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  1. Ed Discussion Startup & Resources

    Once Ed Discussion has been installed on your Canvas course site, it will be visible in the Canvas left navigation.  Students will not have access to content until you activate it. Activation is quick - follow the steps below.  Ed Discussi...
  2. About Ed Discussion

    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 ...
  3. Instructor Guide to Setting Up an Ungraded Kialo Discussion

    Follow these steps to add an ungraded Kialo discussion to your CANVAS classroom. STEP 1 Go to the Modules page in your CANVAS classroom and use the “+” icon to create an External Tool connection to Kialo Edu. If ...
  4. 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...
  5. Canvas Inbox

    Easily, privately and securely correspond with your students with Canvas Inbox. * Note: You and your students should make sure  Canvas notification preferences  are set properly to receive a copy of the email to your personal email addresses....
  6. Building an Exam in Canvas? Use New Quizzes!

        From the Quizzes page, click the button for "+ Quiz".  In the dialog box, choose "New Quizzes" and click the "submit" button.  Enter your exam name and click the "build" button to start adding questions to your exam. ...
  7. 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...
  8. Adding Extra Time to A Running Exam

    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...
  9. Canvas Admin Onboarding

    Adding People to Course Sites DO NOT add anyone   to the course site in an admin role. Direct requests to FEAA or reach out to ITG .  TAs requesting access to course sites should be direct to FEAA . Teaching staff are automatically fed int...
  10. 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 Acc...