Piazza - Social learning platform

Piazza stands out as the premier social learning tool in the educational sector, utilized by numerous educators to effectively respond to students' inquiries. The platform encourages student interaction and facilitates peer responses in a safe, organized environment. Learners appreciate Piazza for the quick replies they receive to their questions. Educators value it for its time-saving attributes and the enhanced understanding it provides.

Create a Class

Steps for Instructors on How to Add/Create A Class on Piazza

1. Click the blue Professors and TAs Get Started button on Piazza.com:

2. Enter your school: 

3. Enter your class name for the correct term and click + Create a New Class:

Note: You can also select Other as a term. 

If a class already exists with the same name, simply add your last name to the course name or number. 

(Example: Test Class 100 - Murphy or TC 100 - Murphy)

4. Enter your class information:

5. Select Join as Professor (or Join as Teaching Assistant):

6. Enter your school email address:

Instructors: View Class Statistics

View Class Statistics Section

As the class becomes active, the Class Statistics page will display a rich summary of course statistics, including student participation, usage trends, and average response time.

Please note that students will not have access to this information, they will only have access to their own statistics in their Statistics tab.

Click Statistics > View Statistics to view your class stats:

Downloads and reports:

There are 3 options along the top bar:

       → Download class statistics as a CSV file

      → View Class Report, an overview page of statistics

      → Bulk download all poll results in the class

You can also select the option below to get a JSON/XML and a CSV file of class data.

Graph

View a line graph of usage trends, including number of unique users per day and number of posts per day, broken down by week:

Class at a glance

View a summary of class totals:

Top student contributors

View the top 5 student contributors in the class:

*posts are questions and notes

**contributions are posts, responses, edits, followups, and comments to followups (i.e., everything)

Individual student statistics

1. Number of questions posted

2. Number of questions marked as "good" by instructors

3. Number of questions answered

4. Number of student answers endorsed by an instructor

5. Number of posts viewed 

Participation report for instructors and students

Data is shown for each student and instructor enrolled in the course.