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  1. Tips for Giving Meaningful Feedback

    Feedback is a key component in helping students progress towards the goals you have laid out for them in your class. What is good feedback? More importantly, how do we frame our feedback in a way where students read it and use it to inform their fut...
  2. Alternatives to Exams

    Goals & Planning Considering changing from a traditional final exam to another format? Start planning from the beginning of the term. Some of these ideas could be added during the term, but for maximum flexibility, include them in your first syll...
  3. 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...
  4. 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 ...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  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 ...