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  1. 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...
  2. Immersive Classroom Activity Types

    Immersive Classroom Activity Types Do you do activities or discussions in your live class? Are your async students left watching your live class with no way to participate? Or have you been building alternative versions for async students...
  3. 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 C...
  4. 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.  Here's where you can learn h...
  5. 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...
  6. 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 ...
  7. FeedbackFruits at DCE

    We've curated tools from the FeedbackFruits suite to help create engaging and meaningful learning experiences with less work for you, from the setup to the grading.  Once an activity is set up, you can be high or low touch as you want. Feed...
  8. Compare Discussion Tools

    Discussion Tools Comparison Chart For a great description of each discussion tool, visit the demo course site and click on the enroll button. Click on comparison chart to enlarge.  Download the Acces...
  9. What's New in Zoom?

    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...
  10. Kialo Startup & Resources

    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...