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Harmonize is now available as a discussion tool inside Canvas! It can replace standard text-only discussion boards with a card-based board where students can respond in video, audio, image, or text. You can annotate directly on top of what they submit, set staggered due dates, facilitate peer reviews, and more. If text-based discussions have started to feel flat, Harmonize may help you boost engagement and facilitate meaningful interaction in your online classes.
- Facilitate interactive and media-rich discussions
- Invite students to peer review their classmates' work
- Engage students with social annotation assignments
- Integrate Turnitin for plagiarism detection
- Monitor discussions to identify students who may need help
Getting Started: Create Your First Harmonize Assignment
Your first step in creating your Harmonize discussion is adding a new assignment in Canvas. Here's how to do it:
- Within your course, navigate to Assignments and click the + Assignment button. This will open the Create New Assignment Page in Canvas:
- Give the assignment a name and set the appropriate number of points:
- Scroll down the page until you see Submission Type. In this section, select External Tool from the drop down menu. Under "Enter or find an External Tool URL", click Find.
- In the Configure External Tool dialogue that appears, click Harmonize Assignment:
- In the Link Resource from External Tool dialogue that appears, click Discussion:
- The dialogue window will close automatically and return you to the Configure External Tool dialogue. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please do not alter or remove the URL that appears in this window. Click the Select button.
- This dialogue window will close automatically. Scroll down the page until you see Assign. Set a Due Date for your discussion. This date is the final due date when all student work is due. Click Save or Save & Publish at the bottom of the page:
Your graded Harmonize Discussion is now created and you will be redirected to the Harmonize Edit Topic page. If you need to revisit the Canvas assignment settings page, click the Edit Assignment Settings button located on the top right of the Canvas window.