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  1. Facilitators

    IDN Home Page About the Facilitators Adrienne Phelps-Coco Executive Director of Teaching & Learning  Workshop:  Making the Most of Generative AI in Your Course About:  Adrienne (she/her) provides leadership to the te...
  2. Set a Late Submission Policy

    The late Submission policy allows you to automatically deduct points on all late submissions.  A submission is labeled late when it has been submitted past the due date.  Only assignments with a status of Late will be affected by the policy.  Th...
  3. Set a Course Grading Policy

    In the Canvas Gradebook, you can apply a selected grade posting policy for all course assignments. Posting policies can be set to automatic or manual. Set a Course Grading Policy Post Grades for Students to View Set a Course Gradin...
  4. Canvas Essentials

    Communication Use Canvas Announcements to get class-wide information in front of your students in a myriad of ways. Announcements will appear on your course site, and in the student dashboard, notify students via their personal emails and ...
  5. Online Exams - Overview

    Use Canvas Quizzes for all assessments Learning assessments, both graded and ungraded, in the form of high stakes exams, low stake quizzes, practice tests and course level surveys can be administered right in your Canvas course site using the Canva...
  6. Add Content in Canvas

    Canvas content creation works similarly across all areas of the site where there is a rich content editor.   Tip: to revert to a previous version of a page, visit our guide on Pages revision . Add content to your page Add Files Add Imag...
  7. Feedback Fruits Guides

    Peer Review Group Member Evaluations Comprehension Interactive Video Editing a Feedback Fruits Assignment Configurable Grading - Add On Preview Assignment as Student Download Student Analytics Create Templates from ...
  8. Harvard DCE Pilot: Gather Study Lounge

    Gather Study Lounge Best Practices Guide (Harvard DCE Pilot) Hello! Thank you for piloting the Gather Study Lounge. The Gather Study Lounge is a tool built into your course’s Canvas site that gives your students a space to meet outside of class ...
  9. Instructor Online Exam Checklist

    Before Exams Submit your examination information at Online Services and/or notify the Exams Office if changes are made to your exam plans Publish your exam several days in advance (but keep it locked/unavailable.) This will allow students to...
  10. Yellowdig Startup

    No installation required.  Yellowdig is now always available in your course site.  To begin using it, just enable it in your course navigation. Enable Yellowdig Yellowdig Board Setup Enable Yellowdig  in the Course Navigation Sele...