We're excited to announce a new workshop offering for faculty and teaching staff: Using VoiceThread in Canvas, February 1, 2021, at 2:00 pm EST. Please register in advance at this link. In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to create VoiceThreads and then add them to your Canvas course as lessons or assessments and see examples from real courses. We will also cover the new assignment feature for those who have already been using VoiceThread.... Read more about New Workshop: Using VoiceThread in Canvas
As you may be aware, Dean Gay has asked FAS faculty to familiarize themselves with Zoom in preparation for possible interruptions to residential teaching due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Her message to faculty (included below) highlights the training and resources now available to faculty and instructional support staff, and we hope you will share these resources within your departments. Read more...
Daniel Jamous, senior instructional technologist with the FAS Academic Technology Group, led a presentation on the use of two advanced Canvas features: rubrics and peer-review. The presentation included examples from residential courses in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the John F. Kennedy School of Government, as well as an online continuing education course offered through the Center for International Development at HKS.
Are you interested in helping the FAS Academic Technology Group test out new tools for teaching and learning? Contact us to learn more about our expanded Spring pilots of VoiceThread, AnnotationsX, and Flashcards, each of which can be seamlessly integrated into your Canvas site.
ATG is collaborating with HarvardX developers to bring you the Annotation Tool that has been used in the EdX platform for MOOCs. This will allow on-campus instructors to set up text assignments within Canvas so that students can annotate and start an online dialog with classmates and instructors about interpretation of a text.
This will replace the Collaborative Annotation Tool (CATool) that was available in iSites.
We are piloting this in Canvas for the Fall 2015...
With this week's unprecedented weather, faculty and teaching staff may be looking for ways to keep coursework on track when classes can't be held. Please share these quick tips and resources with faculty and teaching staff!
Students in all levels of French were evaluated on their comfort level in specific language situations (interpersonal, cultural, presentational, etc.) at the beginning and end of each term. The goal was for students and the department to be able to assess their strengths and weaknesses as individuals and as a collective, and to see the change over the course of the term.
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In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to create VoiceThreads and then add them to your Canvas course as lessons or assessments and see examples from real courses. We will also cover the new assignment feature for those who have already been using VoiceThread.... 
