Many of the decisions affecting the success of a course take place well before the first day of class. Careful planning at the syllabus design stage not only makes teaching easier and more enjoyable, ...

Both minimalist and maximalist approaches to syllabus design have their proponents: concise syllabi are easier to navigate, while detailed ones offer a more precise picture of the course structure.

The course syllabus is one of the central artifacts of higher education. It is a critical means of communication between teacher and student and is often the first form of interaction. The syllabus ...

Your challenge is to jot down or think of at least 5 must-have elements for a great and inclusive syllabus before scrolling down for our recommendations. Designing Syllabi for Clarity, Collaboration, ...

Designing a successful academic course is a multi-step process requiring both subject expertise and pedagogical knowledge. To ensure the best possible alignment between course subject matter and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about innovation and the future of education. The conversation always starts the same way. A friend corners me and says, ...

The Course Home Page is the first view your students will see when they enter your course. For the Course Home Page, you can customize a page from your course Pages and have it display as the Course ...

The College of Science (CoS) Brightspace course template offers several modifiable, pre-loaded common components to get your next course started, or to enhance an existing one. This template is a ...

A one-page course outline is required by university policy for every course offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences. Instructors will receive an email reminder through TRACS to upload their course ...

The following answers are designed to address common questions associated with Indiana HEA 1001, which asserts “A faculty member shall prepare and post on the institution’s website a syllabus for each ...