Piazza

Piazza in a free discussion board platform that handles LateX and code snippets making it popular for Math and CS courses.

Creating a course

https://support.piazza.com/support/solutions/articles/48000616647-create-a-class

Additional Resources:

• Creating Course Information

• Adding Resource Files and Links

Syncing class roster

https://support.piazza.com/support/solutions/articles/48000616656-enrolling-students

Also: https://piazzaassist.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/48000616720-set-an-access-code

Adding instructors

https://piazzaassist.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/48000616702-enrolling-instructors

Adding TA's

https://piazzaassist.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/48000616702-enrolling-instructors

Settings (visibility of posts to instructors and others)

Course Page Visibility Settings

Lock a Class or Post

Creating groups

https://support.piazza.com/support/solutions/articles/48000616687-instructors-create-groups

Creating Instructor notes

Creating a Note

Creating a Question

Creating an Announcement

Additional Resources:

• Text Editor Options (LaTeX, Code Blocks, Images and Videos, etc.)

• Link to Another Post

• Pin a Post

Creating folders

https://support.piazza.com/support/solutions/articles/48001080726-instructors-create-custom-folders

Creating polls

https://support.piazza.com/support/solutions/articles/48000616668-post-a-poll

Live Q&A sessions

What is 'Live Q&A'

How to start and end 'Live Q&A'

How does a 'Live Q&A' session work

Moving posts from 'Live Q&A' to your main class feed

Monitoring activities and student statistics

https://support.piazza.com/support/solutions/articles/48000616670-instructors-class-statistics

Advice on instructor responses

Best Practices

Encourage Students to Answer - Set Timer Delays

Clarify or Improve Posts - Wiki-Style Editing

How to Endorse a Student Question, Answer or Followup