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  1. How to Give Exams

    How To Give Non-Proctored Exams How To Give Handwritten Exams Online How To Give High-Quality Exams How To Give Non-Proctored Exams A closed-book proctored exam tests what a student has memorized. But “professional or disciplinary j...
  2. 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 ...
  3. Copy Content from another Canvas Site

    We strongly encourage you to submit a Canvas course site request to have a  prior term's Canvas course site  materials copied for you by Instructional Technology. If you elect to copy over the course site materials on your own, please revi...
  4. How to Use Your Canvas Site and Why It Matters

    Your Harvard Extension School course has a Canvas site that goes hand-in-hand with your class sessions. Think of Canvas as the door to your classroom — it’s a unified space for you to share resources, communicate with your students, and assign gra...
  5. Poll Everywhere - Web Version

    Poll Everywhere allows instructors to run polls at any time for class use. The web version has no built-in grading features and does not require students to log in via their HarvardKey to respond.  Harvard Poll Everywhere Account Creating P...
  6. Agenda

    IDW Home Page Agenda: Online Sessions from Jan 8 – Jan 12   By participating in a workshop, you are acknowledging the following video release form   Complete the anonymous feedback survey after attending a workshop (1 survey form p...
  7. Facilitators

    IDW Home Page Adrienne Phelps-Coco Executive Director of Teaching & Learning  Workshop:  Generative AI in the Classroom About:  Adrienne (she/her) provides leadership to the teaching and learning team to develop and sup...
  8. Using Your Course Evaluations

    Resources Evaluations RX is a DCE Teaching and Learning team resource that lays out the major questions of student evaluations and gives suggestions on ways to improve their course. Vanderbilt University also has a great "Student Evaluation"...
  9. Ways to Assess and Evaluate Your Discussions

    Online discussions are a great way to build student community, engagement, and learning in a course. Engaging in good discourse is a useful skill for your students to practice and learn. Like any learning goal in your course, students will need a me...
  10. Top 4 Tips for Running a Large Class Over Zoom

    When managing a web conference with over 50 students, it’s important to be intentional and structured in your teaching. Here are tips for running a large class in Zoom.  Structure how students ask questions:  Raising real hands and spontaneously ...