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  1. Activating Your Zoom Account

    Penn offers Zoom as our video conferencing solution for all students, faculty, and staff. In order to activate your account, you must log in at least once with your PennKey. Activate your Zoom Account To activate your Zoom account: V...
  2. Set Your Primary Email Address in Penn Directory

    Many software services at Penn rely on an email address for identifying you.  For this reason, you will need to choose a primary address and and enter it in the Penn Directory. Before You Start   You will need one or more of the following before...
  3. WeConnect

    Using WeConnect Before You Start   You will need to:  Be an active Wharton Executive MBA Global student  Have a PennKey username and password                                                      Connecting to WeConnect for Online Class ...
  4. Managing notifications in Canvas (Students)

    A quick overview of setting notifications and recommended settings in Canvas
  5. Exam Accommodations

    This article describes how to use Canvas to grant students additional time and extended availability windows for exams, which, in Canvas, are called quizzes .  If a student in your course has an approved accommodation from Student Disabilities Se...
  6. Setting Up an Out-of-Office/Vacation Message in Gmail

    Out-of-office or vacation messages are a great way to let people know you may be delayed in getting back to them, or that your email address is changing. Google offers a service for Gmail users that allows for automatic out-of-office replies. Wharto...
  7. Video Conferences

    This article covers using video conferences for individual meetings and small group collaborations. To learn about using video conferences for teaching or learning within Canvas, see Video Conferences for Instruction . Penn offers both Zoom an...
  8. Logging Into Wharton Computing Knowledge Base

    Unable to see an article in this Knowledge Base that you think you should be able to? It's possible the article is specific to a Wharton audience.  Try first logging into the Knowledge Base: Click on the Login link in the upper right corner of th...
  9. Exams for Remote Instruction - Faculty

    This is a guide for faculty who plan to administer exams remotely. Overview As you plan to administer exams remotely, consider if   an exam is necessary ,  or if alternatives would better allow you to evaluate what your students have learned.  F...
  10. Penn+Box

    Penn+Box is a cloud-based collaboration service providing up to 1 TB of storage per user for securely managing and sharing files and folders within the Penn community and externally.  Penn+Box ensures that University data and intellectual property...