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  1. About Hello Harvard

    Hello Harvard is a tool DCE built to provide self-service options for teaching staff to use when setting up their Canvas sites. Phase 1 of Hello Harvard, which is now available, provides an app store of DCE vetted and approved tools. Sel...
  2. Working With Online Students

    A Guide for Teaching Assistants (TA) TA Responsibilities Lectures Sections Resources TA Responsibilities Determined by the instructor Based on the needs of the course and students You may be asked to do some, or all, of...
  3. News in Canvas

    February 2024 Rich Content Editor When viewing course files with long and similar names in the Rich Content Editor (RCE), users can  hover over the file name to view the full name . Modules Option to unpublish a module only. This option ...
  4. Accessibility Services Office Introduction

    Thank you for your interest in Accessibility. As our name implies, the Accessibility Services Office (ASO) works to support students with disabilities in the classroom and throughout their educational experience here at the Division of Continuing ...
  5. IDW Home Page   Questions  For questions, reach out to the Faculty Development Team:   FacultyDevelopment@extension. harvard.edu   COVID-19 Info Visitors coming to campus will need to fill out a health attestation form u...
  6. Top 6 Ways To See How Your Students are Doing

    How are your students feeling about class? Does silence mean they’re confused, or that they’re ready to move on? Here are a few ways to check in with your students when teaching online. Zoom polls during web conference . You can  prepare a poll i...
  7. Comparison of ActiveClass to Other Discussion Tools

    While ActiveClass is going away, we have other discussion tools that might do the trick.  This is an opportunity to reimagine how discussions work in your classroom. Canvas Checkpoints (coming soon) and Feedback Fruits On Topic discussion board...
  8. Teach site Keywords and Tagging - Answers to FAQs

    Updated 2022Apr14 Q: What if there is more than one Keyword/no Keyword that best fits my piece of content? No Keyword For now, tag to the best available Keyword, and *also* tag it to a more specific tag of your own design in one or mor...
  9. Gather Attendance

    Taking Attendance in Your Course Gather, the tool that we use at DCE to create and launch Zoom meetings, has attendance tracking features for your web conference or in-person class meetings.  Attendance tracking is automatically tu...
  10. Using Your Course Evaluations

    Resources Evaluations RX is a DCE Teaching and Learning team resource that lays out the major questions of student evaluations and gives suggestions on ways to improve their course. Vanderbilt University also has a great "Student Evaluation"...