The Unizin and Harmonize partnership helps institutions more easily deliver online learning experiences that boost student engagement and promote inclusive learning, while using data from these experiences to inform student success initiatives.
Join the University of Michigan, a Unizin member, on March 24, for a live webcast when they share how they’re using Harmonize to create engaging in-person, hybrid & online learning experiences.
“We decided to use Harmonize because we wanted to provide more collaborative and flexible learning tools for students. Plus, with Harmonize, we can see which students are progressing towards goals, which are actively participating, and which have dropped off in engagement. These kinds of insights help empower our instructors to trust and take action on their gut-feelings about which students are in trouble.”
Read on to see how this Unizin member built a more inclusive & engaging blended learning experience
Core to more effective online learning is a focus on increasing the interactions that support active learning. Fully accessible multimedia discussion tools give instructors more flexibility and help students contribute in ways that feel natural. Interactions become more frequent and dynamic as students engage more deeply with course material and each other.
Milestones and notifications keep students organized around instructors’ expectations for the class, including baseline requirements for how and when students should be interacting. Also known as multiple due dates, milestones:
Help students track their learning progress with timely feedback from instructors—and support instructors with more efficient grading:
Providing learners with multiple ways to engage with content and each other is important if you want to enable participation. With rich, fully accessible multimedia tools for adding content and collaborating, you’ll ensure there’s a way for students of all abilities to be part of the conversation.
Harmonize’s Engagement Insights show instructors how much — and how well — students engage with course content and one another, providing instructors with better visibility into how students are engaging in their course so they can identify and support at-risk students. Engagement Insights are integrated into the Unizin Data Platform (UDP), driving more informed student success initiatives.
Grid view
Gauge student engagement at a glance. The Harmonize layout makes it easy to see which conversations have the most engagement and what students are saying.
Rich multimedia
Why should students only be able to post text? Harmonize supports video, images, audio, and embedded URLs, so students can finally express themselves.
Q&A
Let students answer each others’ questions. Leave Q&A boards up all term to avoid repeated questions and help students share information in one place.
Annotations
Adding annotations to content promotes peer-to-peer learning, richer instructor feedback, and deeper engagement with course material.
Tagging
Pull students into the conversation by tagging them directly. Students and instructors have the ability to tag anybody in the class.
Notifications
Keep students on task and help them meet deadlines with notifications. Add a custom notification for the whole class or individual students.
Chat
Using Harmonize Chat, instructors and students can communicate in real time. It’s easy for students to see which classmates are online and begin a new chat.
Polls
Use polls to gauge understanding, assess students, or review content. You can even use a poll to take attendance. Run a poll on its own or add it to any discussion.
Reactions
Students can use emojis to respond to their classmates. Reactions lower the barrier to responding to peers and help more students contribute.
You can use Harmonize with any major LMS. Harmonize feels so familiar to instructors and students that there’s virtually no learning curve.
It’s simple to get started — Harmonize plugs right in!
