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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...
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Updated October 2025 Stay informed! Zoom continuously adds and changes features and Harvard's Division of Continuing Education (DCE) often updates policies and procedures. Even if you taught last semester, there's a possibility that things...
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Discussion Tools Comparison Chart
For a great description of each discussion tool, visit the demo course site and click on the enroll button.
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Download the Acces...
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If you choose to add time to a student's exam due to a disruption, you can use the Canvas "Moderating This Quiz" feature to give extra time for timed exams. IMPORTANT NOTES : You can only add extra time while the student is still taking the ex...
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Kialo Setup Kialo Grading Share with your student the Kialo's How to and Support Guides in the Student Pocket Guide. Kialo Setup Instructor Guide to Setting Up a Graded Kialo Discussion Instructor Guide to Settin...
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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 wi...
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Ed Discussion is a threaded Q&A-style tool that is easy to use in your Canvas course site. Fill out a Canvas course site request to have Ed Discussion installed on your course site or self install the tool by selecting Hello Harvard from the ...
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Student groups can be used to set-up group projects. They also give groups of students a space of their own to collaborate outside of the central course site. Setting Up the Groups Manually Make Groups and Add Students Link Student Grou...
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For students with officially approved extension of time accommodations, you can append the available time in a Canvas Quiz. The quiz must be published in order to access the extension of time feature.
Note : The Extension School poli...
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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...