Teaching and Learning Trainings
Custom tutorials and training sessions
Our self-paced and scheduled live trainings are listed below, but since HMS's programs and academic technology needs are so diverse, a customized tutorial or training is often the best solution.
Examples of tutorials/trainings we have offered:
- Review Canvas basics and how to set up your course
- Panopto video creation 101
- Solve Canvas teaching or learning challenges using design approaches
- Host a hands-on working session about pedagogical approaches for using Canvas tools
- Best practices for utilizing a Canvas template
- Practice using academic technologies and learn how to best utilize them for learning activities
Email us at tlt@hms.harvard.edu to schedule a custom session for your teaching team.
Self-paced trainings
All self-paced trainings are in Canvas and require a HarvardKey. The links below will enroll you in the training.
Accessibility in Canvas
Learn the essentials of accessible content creation in Canvas, using both native Canvas tools and Cidi Labs DesignPLUS features.
Audience: anyone who creates content in Canvas.
Cidi Labs DesignPLUS User Guide
Learn how to use Cidi Labs DesignPLUS, a suite of design tools for Canvas.
Note that this link enrolls you as an "instructor" so that you can create your own pages and practice the skills taught. Be careful not to delete or change any of the existing course content.
Audience: Instructors, course support staff and TAs/TFs in MD/DMD, Master's, and External Education programs.
Managing Clerkships
Learn to access the course roster and manage evaluations in OASIS, and navigate reports in Tableau.
Audience: MD core clerkship coordinators and directors.
Perusall Training Course
Learn to configure assignments in the social learning platform, Perusall, which integrates with Canvas.
Audience: Instructors, course support staff and TAs/TFs in some Master's programs, which have purchased Perusall licenses.
Turnitin Training Course
Learn to use Turnitin Feedback Studio, a suite of automated plagiarism detection tools available through Canvas.
Note that this link enrolls you as an "instructor" so that you can practice creating assignments. Be careful not to delete or change any of the existing course content.
Audience: Instructors, course support staff and TAs/TFs in Master's and External Education programs.