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  1. Alternatives to Traditional Exams

    Alternatives to Traditional Exams Purpose:  Alternative assessments can foster deeper student engagement, real-world skill-building, and more accurate representations of what students know and can do, especially in the age of AI. To make...
  2. Zoom at DCE

    If you've used Zoom to teach at another Harvard School, or another institution, you'll notice we do some things a bit differently here.  Even if you have taught at DCE, policies and procedures are continuously evolving.  Getting into Your Online ...
  3. Copy Content from another Canvas Site

    A rushed or incomplete course copy can result in broken links, incorrect dates, missing content, and a confusing student experience throughout the term. Taking a few minutes now to copy your course correctly will save you and your students...
  4. Calculate Final Grades

    Organize assignments and set assignment weights for final grade calculations. This option assigns a weight to each assignment group, not the assignments themselves.  Important - you must enter in "0 points" for any missing student submission i...
  5. Add Content in Canvas

    What to know 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 . ...
  6. FeedbackFruits: Configuration

    Easily integrate FeedbackFruits into your Canvas assignment.  Once integrated, you can also take advantage of FeedbackFruits' grade passback to the Canvas grade book. Step 1. Create a Canvas Assignment.  Step 2. Name th...
  7.  How to Use Announcements

    Create new announcement Go to the announcements page Click the “add announcement” button on the top right of the page Add content Write a title and content for the announcement  Select whom in...
  8. 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 th...
  9. What's New in Zoom?

    Updated June 9th 2026 General Accessibility Hosts and Co-Hosts Apps Video, Effects, and Virtual Background Share Screen Other General Added...
  10. Creating a Sandbox Site with a Basic Instructure Canvas Account

    We cannot create course sites before the Extension and Summer Schools have set up the course catalog and registrar system.  You can create a sandbox site yourself by setting up an outside Instructure Canvas account and build out things th...