Classpages
Access to your Classpage
Most Faculty Assistants and Professors will have access to their classpage. If you find that you need access, please contact Mark Bourne in IT Services.
Classpage Manual (pdf)
The link below is a full set of instructions for the classpages, FAQs are below.
Uploading the Syllabus
The classpage syllabus upload follows a different process than setting up your classpage. We have a seperate syllabus page for those who need help with the upload.
FAQ's
Do I need to do anything special in the beginning of the semester?
The beginning of the semester sees the most intense use of the classpages, both by the administrators and students. Admins can take the following steps to ensure a smooth start to the semester:
- Go to your Classpages Administration section and click on the administration button. Set the HKS Community Participation to "Student." This will ensure that all students shopping your class have access, and that your class will appear on the list of "open courses".
- Check your classpage daily for the first few weeks of the classpage and look for Cross Registered and Auditing students looking for access to your classpage. If there is a student waiting for approval on to your classpage you will see a "Pending Request" link at the top of the homepage. Click it and approve students you think should be in the class. If you have a hand written classlist that the professor has collected its best to try to match up those looking for access with the list. This limits the possibility of people who should not have access to your class from getting in.
How can I give someone Administrator privlidges on the HKS Classpage?
Course Assistants and Teaching Fellows require admin privileges. They should have full rights to edit discussions, add announcements and assignments, and register new people for the course. CA’s and TFs can be entered on to your Classpages by clicking the blue book ( ) next to the word ‘Assistants’ on the middle of the Class Administration page. A window will appear that looks similar to an email address book. Search for a student’s name in the “search” window, next to the flashlight icon. Once you have found the student (or students, you can search and add as many to your class as you wish) click on the ‘>’ arrow and select ‘OK’ in the address book, and be sure to click “Save Changes” on the administration page as well.
How do Cross Registered and Auditing Students get access?
Both should go to the HKS Home page and click the login link at the top right hand side. The login page will appear with a link at the bottom for those in need of an account. The link leads to the request page and a full set of instructions for requesting an account.
Once they have submitted their request a link will appear to administrators of the classpages on the homepage of the class. Thus, if a student requests access to ENR-100, a "Pending Request" link will appear on the homepage of ENR-100. Any administrator can click this and select the Approve, Deny, or Pending options.
Upon Approval, the student will automatically be entered into your classlist and will also automatically receive an E-Mail with their user name and password.
The links to my On Line Materials don't work. What's wrong?
The most common problem with On Line Materials is the title. In effort to organize the semester, many administrators use the number sign ( # ) in the title in an effort to organize. Unfortunately, the number sign is also an code in html for a page anchor, and causes student web browsers to look for files in a location that does not exist. Keep out the # and the links will work.
How can I manually add students and administrators to the classpages?
Click on the "Administration" menu item and select the blue book next 'Students' to add a student, and 'Assistant to add a Course Assistant or Teaching Fellow. A dialog box with the HKS mailbox will appear. Search for the student, once found select them and click the Right Arrow (>) to move them over to the class list. Click OK and the Dialog box will disappear. Be sure to also click Save Changes on the Administration page. Note that Cross Reg students do not show up just by registering for the course at the Registrar's office, they still have to request an account
How can I E-Mail the class?
HKS discourages students from E-Mailing the class, but Course Administrators (F.A.'s, C.A.'s, and T.F.'s) need to send a messages out from time to time and this is allowed. To E-Mail the class, use the format below:
API-101A@ksg.harvard.edu
How do I change the folder names in the On-Line Materials Section?
Folder names cannot be changed in one spot. If you wish to rename the folder, you have to edit the contents in the folder. By clicking the capital "E" next to your item, you will be sent into edit mode. From edit mode you can either add new a new folder to place your resource in, or you can select existing folders from the dropdown list (see the "Classpage Manual" above for more information about editing items in the On Line Materials section). Once all items have been removed from a folder the folder disappear from your classpaqe.
I'm a CA or TF, how do I get admin access to my classpage?
Course Assistants and Teaching Fellows can get access to the classpages by contact the faculty member, the faculty member's Assistant, or other Course Assistants or TFs. They all have the ability to grant Administrator rights to the classpage. The faculty assistants will show up in the HKS Directory along with faculty if you type in the faulty's last name into the search box.
Do I have to manually add HKS students to the classpages?
HKS Students who are taking your class for credit are automatically added and dropped from your classpages. You do not need to add and remove them.
Do Faculty need to be added to the classpages?
Faculty should have automatic access. If they do are not allowed in the classpage (when this happens it is usually because they have a hyphenated first or last name, or they are co-teaching)you can be add them as an administrator to the class. This option has all the rights needed to run the class.
How can I collect material from previous years (the Classpage Archives)?
Log on to the intranet and click on the My Courses link. There will be a section for Classpage Archives, listed by academic year. Thus, Fall and Spring 2004 in the archives are, on the calendar year, Fall of 2003 and Spring of 2004. Access will only be granted to those who were administrators for the class in the year it was taught. If you are a new admin and would like access please email Mark Bourne
