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  1. Gather Study Lounge

    Gather Study Lounge: Tutorial Video & Guide Click on the video above & view the guide below for tips on helping your students get started using the Gather Study Lounge, ways they can use it, and how to get help. What is the Study Lo...
  2. Instructional Technology Group- Instructor Development Event Resources

    Spring 2023 Session: Implement Active Learning Design with Feedback Fruits Download Spring 2023 IDW Slides Fall 2022 Session: Turn Students Into Instructors & Curators: Improve Group Work with Interactive Tools Download "...
  3. Class Recordings and Opencast Video in Canvas

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  4. Enter and Post Grades in Canvas

    Canvas offers built-in grading features Gradebook enter grades in a Canvas spread sheet include a comment SpeedGrader view each student's complete submission annotate student work assign a grade download and upload all submissions...
  5. How to Motivate Your Students to Do Course Readings

    1.  Share the Context & Purpose of the Reading:   Add your personal instructor voice by annotating the reading pages to make the reading process more meaningful. Also, include a list of what readings are required and optional.  Examples of...
  6. IDN Home Page Agenda:  On-Campus & Online  6pm - 6:30pm:  Food & Networking Format:  On-Campus & Online  Room: East Wing Zoom Link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/98800586711?pwd=SU00aCtEMVl0Y08wUnVLVWFudjJkUT09   ...
  7. Accessibility in Canvas

    Canvas Accessibility Checker Using Canvas image options Alt text and decorative images Link text Heading tags Emphasis in text Color contrast Lists- Bullet Points & Numbering Formatting tables PDFs and documents Acces...
  8. Feedback Fruits - demo

    Feedback Fruits is a suite of peer review, self-assessment, and annotation tools that are easy to use in your Canvas course site.   Watch this 15-minute highlight reel to see how Feedback Fruits operates, in both student and instructor views. Fill...
  9. Universal Design for Learning (UDL): Engaging Diverse Learners

    UDL:   a framework to make learning accessible for all types of learners through multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement.  Unpacking the UDL Framework to Provide Multiple Means of: 1.  Engagement:  W...
  10. ActiveClass: Viewing & Grading Posts

    ActiveClass is a topic-based graded discussions tool that auto-aggregates all of an individual students' posts and comments for you to grade and provide feedback.  View Posts and Comments per student Grading in ActiveClass View Po...