Harmonize for Instructors & TAs

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Overview
• Multiple Due Date Framing
• Set-Up Wizard 
• Additional Documentation & Support

Overview

Harmonize is a collaboration and discussion tool that resembles popular social media applications. This tool has multimedia applications allowing the user to record and post photos and videos. Harmonize also supports multi-part discussions with multiple due dates. 

Please Note: Harmonize is accessed via Canvas but relies on your browser for certain permissions. Browsers ask permission to access your camera and microphone, many browsers only ask once and it can be easy to miss - if you experience any issues when trying to use your camera or microphone in Harmonize, please check the settings in the browser. We link to a couple of pages below that show you step-by-step how to check these settings depending on which browser you like to use.

• Chrome: Use your camera and microphone in Chrome
• Firefox: How to manage your camera and microphone permissions with Firefox
• Safari: Change Websites settings in Safari on Mac
• Edge: Windows camera, microphone, and privacy

Multiple Due Date Framing

Since Harmonize is unique and offers multiple due dates for multi-part discussions, we recommend notifying students about these requirements in several areas of the course so they are not surprised by this mechanic. 

Instructors can mention the pacing of the assignments in the introductory module in Canvas and/or add a text header before the Harmonize assignment in a module that reads: "This Harmonize assignment has multiple due dates. Please carefully read the instructions ASAP and note all due dates." 

We strongly encourage instructors to inform students to check their Canvas To-Do lists and the Canvas Calendar for assignment due dates and not the Grades area, as that area will not show multiple due dates for the assignment.

Set-Up Wizard 

Harmonize has introduced a new "setup wizard" to streamline the process of setting up graded discussions for instructors. This update provides a slightly different user experience but remains intuitive and easy to follow. Instructors can seamlessly navigate through the steps or switch to the older, more manual setup process with the click of a button.

Please note that the setup wizard may reference AI functionality. However, AI is not enabled for our license. If prompted to use AI, please skip directly to the manual setup. You can always access the manual setup by clicking the Configure Manually button in the top-right corner of the wizard (see picture below).

Please follow Harmonize's Creating a Graded Discussion guide for step-by-step instructions on how to create a discussion with the help of the new wizard or with the older more manual process.

Additional Documentation & Support

• Getting Started with Harmonize
• Creating a Graded Discussion
• Download All Attachments
• Adding to Canvas Modules
• Create a Student Video Introduction How to
• Harmonize Support Knowledge Base

If you experience any technical difficulties, please email online-learning-help@sas.upenn.edu.