Updated Articles

  1. Ed Discussion for Students

    As of May 2022, Ed Discussion is available to all Penn faculty, staff, and students. A Canvas integration is available for all courses taught through Penn Canvas . Ed Discussion is an asynchronous discussion tool that provides a platform for s...
  2. Zoom FAQ

    Questions and troubleshooting tips that will help you use Zoom meetings at Wharton.  Some early adopters at Wharton created Wharton Zoom accounts, but now the accounts are managed by Penn. If you still have a Wharton Zoom account you should m...
  3. Video Conferences for Instruction

    Zoom course video conferences scheduling Canvas
  4. Ed Discussion for Faculty

    As of May 2022, Ed Discussion is available to all Penn faculty, staff, and students. A Canvas integration is available for all courses taught through Penn Canvas ; in 2023, a chat feature has been introduced and can be added to a course alread...
  5. Blueprint Sites in Canvas

    This article will help you understand what a Canvas Blueprint site is and how to manage your Blueprint parent site and associated sites. This is a high-level overview and does not include all setup and configuration information. If you are using ...
  6. AWS at Wharton Guardrails

    The Cloud Architecture Team and the Information Security Office have implemented guardrails to ensure security, control, and consistency within the AWS Cloud Environment. Some of these guardrails may restrict the use of certain AWS services; the...
  7. Video Conferences

    How to use Wharton's video conferencing solution, PennZoom
  8. 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. To activate your Zoom account: Visit https://upenn.zoom.us . ...
  9. Should I Use a Blueprint?

    Blueprint for Canvas is useful when a course has multiple sections which run in approximately the same part of a single semester, and which have the same, or mostly the same, content but it's not for every course. Read on to determine whether a ...
  10. A Guide to Remote Working - Staff

    Working from home has a few requirements that differ from working in the office. This article covers some of the basic things you should have in place before you consider working from home. Have computer you can use for remote work This can be...