Documentation:Using Piazza through Connect

From UBC Wiki

Piazza is a Q&A style forum that can be easily integrated with Connect. Piazza allows:

  • Students and Instructors to post questions. Other students’ or Instructors can answer to the question.
  • Instructors and students to endorse students’ questions and answers.
  • Instructors to check the statistics to see contributions from the students.

Setup Piazza in Connect

  1. Log in to your Connect course
  2. Access to content area
    Piazza8.png
  3. Hover on Tools, and select Piazza.
    Piazza addtool.png
  4. Under Tool Information, type in a name and a description
    Piazza1.png
  5. Under Options, choose yes for Permit users to view this content option
    Piazza6.png
  6. If you are satisfied with the other options, click Submit.

First Launch

  1. The link to Piazza is now created to Content Area. Click on Piazza
    Piazza11.png
  2. Press Submit
  3. A new window will pop up. Under Create your class on Piazza, enter your estimated enrolment number. You can also change your Class Name and select the term of your class. Under Already created a class on Piazza?, you can also search for existing Piazza classes by typing in the name of the class in the Class Number field.
    Piazza 3.png
  4. If you are satisfied with the setting, click on Create Class or Search.
  5. Finally, click on Continue in the new page that opens.

Student Access

If students do not have an existing account in Piazza

  1. Students will access to Piazza through the link you that you have created during the Setup Piazza in Connect step.
    Studentview piazza.png
  2. Students will be asked to enter their email and set a password.
    Student enrollment piazza.png
  3. When Students click on Continue, Piazza will launch.

If students have an existing account in Piazza

Instructors can either:

  • Provide students with Piazza registration link or
  • Redirect students to enter their email account used in Piazza

Where to get Piazza registration link

  1. Launch Piazza
  2. From the top menu bar, click on Manage Class.
    Piazza registrationlink1.png
  3. Under Signup link, you can find your course's registration link
    Piazza registrationlink2.png
  4. Inform the registration link to your students.

Redirect your students to enter their existing log in information in Piazza

  1. Students will access to Piazza through the link you that you have created during the Setup Piazza in Connect step.
    Studentview piazza.png
  2. Students will enter their email address and password that they have used with their existing Piazza account.
    Student enrollment piazza.png
  3. When students click on continue, Piazza will launch.