January 2017 Academic Technology for FAS Newsletter

January 19, 2017

Spring term is right around the corner!

Remember to Publish Your Course Site

Students are already starting to look at Spring courses, but they can only see your course site if you've published the content.

The image you see here is what you will see at the top right of your Canvas course site if you've published it for...

Canvas Masters Series Workshops Are Here!

August 15, 2016

Beginning this fall, Academic Technology for FAS will be offering Canvas training that goes beyond the basics of setting up and administering a course website. Designed as interactive workshops, these topical training sessions will cover more specialized elements of the Canvas learning management system that you may encounter as teaching staff member or course administrator.

Topics include:

Canvas Mythbusters
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Introducing HUIT Academic Technology

August 5, 2016

With the conclusion of the two-year Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) Strategic Program, including the very successful University-wide implementation of Canvas, HUIT has reintegrated the TLT team with Academic Technology Services (AcTS) to form HUIT Academic Technology. In this exercise, we seized opportunities to realign AcTS to better support the teaching, learning and research needs of the University, and to meet HUIT’s fundamental goals to enhance IT service delivery at Harvard and provide greater support to our IT professionals.

Mission

Our mission is to provide...

Academic Technology Updates April 2016: Canvas is improving, Help with Fall course sites, and more!

April 15, 2016

The spring term is almost over, and we’re planning for summer and fall! Find out more in our April newsletter.

An Improved Canvas Layout
Help With Fall Course Sites
Active Learning Support: Using Clickers With Canvas...

Turning Point Technologies remote clicker

Using Clickers with Canvas

April 13, 2016

By Daniel Jamous, Senior Instructional Technologist for FAS ATG

One of the benefits resulting from the adoption of the Canvas Learning Management System has been the integration with third-party tools.

An example of this is the Turning Technologies clicker registration app. For several years, many courses in FAS, particularly in the Sciences, have used Turning Technologies clickers in the classroom to make lectures...

Academic Technology Updates January 2016: Getting ready for Spring courses

January 15, 2016

Find out how to get your course sites ready for spring, what's new in Canvas, and where you can find help in the January newsletter.

Academic Technology Updates November 2015

November 30, 2015

Find out what's new in Canvas, what's coming this spring, and what help is available in our November newsletter.

The Rubric feature of the canvas learning management system

Evaluating Project Reports Using Rubrics

November 30, 2015

In Applied Physics 50b, the Rubrics feature in Canvas was instrumental in allowing students to get feedback on their project reports and to submit an improved version based on this feedback.

Applied Physics 50b, which is a new project-based introductory physics course, includes three month-long hands-on projects where students, working in teams, are asked to build physical devices applying the concepts taught in class.

Academic Technology Updates September 2015

September 30, 2015

With nearly all FAS courses up and running with Canvas this fall, are you ready to move beyond the syllabus? Find out what you might want to do next in the September ATG Newsletter.