Earth and Planetary Sciences

Specialized Technologies and Resources

Core Technologies

Ed Discussion
Ed Discussion is available for all FAS courses. To enable Ed Discussions in your Canvas site: Navigate to your Canvas course and click the Settings link in the left side bar Select the Navigation tab Drag the "Ed Discussion" tool just under Home and...

Canvas Behind the Scenes
Helpful behind the scenes info on how Canvas integrates with my.harvard, common administrative questions, and more. Data Feeds Canvas gets data feeds from my.harvard every 5 minutes, including: Course catalog information (course description) Class roster...

What are faculty and students saying about Canvas?
The Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) program conducted a thorough evaluation of the Spring 2014 Canvas pilot, with great feedback (positive and constructive) from faculty and students—the full report is on the TLT website. Students tell us: "The...

Google Apps
Google Apps for Education is used widely for student collaboration on both a small and a large scale. For example, students can: Collaborate on written work, presentations, or datasets Use Google Spreadsheets to organize data that can be integrated with...
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Canvas Syllabus Template

To help students make informed course choices, all Spring 2024 Canvas sites were pre-populated with a standard course information template.

If this content was erased or overwritten during site setup, you can use the text on our Registration Reminders page to replace it. 

Remote-Ready Contingency Planning

View our Contingency Planning guide for some of the tools, practices, training, and resources that are available to help you teach remotely when needed.

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