Harmonize is a discussion tool that allows students to communicate, interact, and engage more easily with one another. Harmonize supports richer discussion and collaboration by allowing you and your students to upload multiple files directly within posts and easily record audio and video comments.

Harmonize also supports image annotation, video annotation, and PDF annotations for instructors and students. For more information on the three annotation options within a page, please refer to Creating image, video, and PDF annotations.

See these release notesfor information about new Harmonize features.

Explore Harmonize

Add yourself to this course as a student (SUNet ID required) to explore Harmonize features. After you've added yourself to this course, just click Harmonize on the left-hand side course navigation bar to see the Harmonize discussion tool. Click Assignments on the left-hand side course navigation bar to see how Harmonize can be integrated into course assignments. (Note: The recommended browser for Harmonize is Chrome.)

Learn More about Harmonize

Check out these helpful resources for getting up to speed quickly with Harmonize. If you'd like to attend a Harmonize 101 Webinar training series, please register. For a more in-depth 51-minute-long tutorial video, please refer to Harmonize 101: How to Create Engaging & Inclusive Discussions.

Add Harmonize to Your Stanford Canvas Course

The Harmonize tool is available for all Stanford Canvas courses and can be enabled by going to the course Settings > Navigation > drag Harmonize Discussions to the top section > scroll down and Save.