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  1. Zoom Best Practices: A Master Guide

    Below are guidelines the Division of Continuing Education (Harvard Extension School and Harvard Summer School) have for you and your Zoom class. Our guidelines are made to your class remains safe and only accessible to you and enrolled students in y...
  2. Teaching Non-Traditional Adult Learners Online: Strategies for Explicit & Learner-Centered Instruction

    Overall Purpose of Strategies:  Be responsive to the non-traditional adult learners in your online course Empower and motivate learners by leveraging their expertise & experiences  Be explicit about what learners will gain from your course & h...
  3. Request Proctorio

    Requirements Request Proctorio Requirements Training If you have never used Proctorio at DCE before you are required to complete a  one hour, one-to-one training appointment to ensure full understanding of the tool and appropr...
  4. Kialo Startup & Resources

    Kialo Activation Kialo Setup & How To Guides Share with your student the Kialo's How to and Support Guides in the Student Pocket Guide.  Activation  Signup for an account at http://kialo-edu.com/ (do not sign up at Kia...
  5. Group Projects Online: When, Why, and How

    Let's discuss... WHY... ...do a group project? WHEN... ...is a group project appropriate?  HOW... ...should I implement it?  TEAM DEVELOPMENT Forming, Norming, Storming, Performing (and Adjourning) Who am I?  Ethan Contini-Field, M.Ed....
  6. What's New in Zoom?

    Updated May 2024 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 hav...
  7.  How to Manage Notification Preferences

    Link contact email Go to “settings” under your account icon The “ways to contact” section defaults to sending notifications to the email address on file with Harvard Click “Add Email Address” to register and confirm a new email address. ...
  8. Content & Lecturing

    Choosing Your Content  Learning to Know:  Acquisition + development of skills Learning to Do:  Use of skills in one’s career Learning to Live Together: Development of values and teamwork skills Learning to Be:  Self-anal...
  9. Manage Sections

    Sections are a way to organize course users for communication and grading.  Each section can have its own varied due dates for assignments, quizzes, and graded discussions.  Examples of this feature include a course with sections that meet on dif...
  10. Gradescope

    Gradescope helps streamline collecting and grading paper-based, digital, and code assignments and exams.   Students can scan paper assignments or upload documents and files.  Instructors give detailed assignment feedback via rubrics and ...