Description:

All faculty are invited to participate in a pilot of a new Discussions tool in Canvas. Harmonize is an LTI that's been enabled in spring 2024 Canvas courses to provide an opportunity for instructors to try out its features, including: 

• multiple due dates for participation
• auto-grading for low stakes discussion forums
• multiple discussion types, such as Q&A and Polls
• a modern interface that promotes engaging discussions using media
• student activity "dashboards" inside of SpeedGrader and automatic pass-back of grades/feedback to Canvas
• ChatGTP assistance for developing and refining discussion prompts and creating rubrics with success criteria
• integration of Turnitin to check posts for plagiarism and AI generated text

Flex credit is available for pilot participants who develop and implement 3 or more tasks using Harmonize in their course(s), administer a student survey, and provide instructor and student feedback on the experience to the DE Committee. To allow time for discussions related to future funding of this LTI, we ask that pilot participants complete these requirements by the end of March or early April at the latest.

Following registration, additional details will be provided and support is available to assist you with implementation.