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

Create a Class

Create another Class

Additional Resources:

• Creating Course Information

• Adding Resource Files and Links

• A Guide to Your Feed

Syncing class roster

Enroll Your Students on Piazza

Set an Access Code

Adding instructors

Enrolling Instructors and TAs

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

Make a Private Post Public

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

Class Statistics

View and Disable Post History

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