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Piazza, Course Communication Tool

Piazza is a FERPA compliant discussion board and Q&A communication tool for courses. It is an alternative to Campuswire or discussion boards in Canvas.

Since Fall 2022, Grainger Engineering has sanctioned the free version of Piazza through campus purchasing and risk assessment. Piazza is available to courses who wish to use it.

Courses (or departments) can buy a license for Piazza to enable premium features such: polls, statistics, and class locking capabilities, which are not in the free tier. See their Paid model for Piazza Q&A article for more information.

Getting Started as an Instructor

Instructors can navigate to https://piazza.com/instructors/illinois to start setting up their course.

Integration with Canvas

As of November 2024, Piazza has been integrated with Canvas as an LTI for the Grainger College of Engineering. 

Piazza: Article on Configuring Piazza within Canvas

Enrolling Students

Roster sync or Single Sign On capabilities are not currently available. Instructors must "invite" students, TAs, and other Instructors using their university email addresses.

This will change after integration with Canvas is available.

Support

Tech support can be sent to Engineering IT's eLearning group via engrit-help-elearning@illinois.edu

Help from Piazza is available at https://piazza.com/toolkit and https://support.piazza.com/support/home 

Guides and Resources

Visit the Piazza demo class

Support Resources: Getting Started - Instructor 

Privacy Policy: Privacy Policy for Piazza  

Accessibility

An accessibility review with Technology Services has been conducted in Spring 2024. It has been found that while Piazza is accessible in all of the class features, the Network feature of Piazza is not fully accessible. More advice may be posted here as we uncover any access disparities or workarounds. Below is the current alternative access plan for students who wish to use the Network feature.
Alternative Access Plan for Piazza: Piazza @ Illinois Alternative Access Plan
Accessibility information from Piazza: Accessibility Statement for Piazza

Mobile Apps

Piazza has mobile apps for iPhone and Android: Mobile Apps


Keywords:
piazza discussion chat DM messaging 
Doc ID:
123351
Owned by:
Anya K. in Engineering IT
Shared Services
Created:
2023-01-09
Updated:
2024-11-19
Sites:
University of Illinois Engineering IT