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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 ...

Yesterday we looked at a philosophy of the college course syllabus and talked some about the legal and quasi-legal roles the syllabus plays. Now let’s get down to business -- what do you put in one?

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 Syllabus in Canvas makes it easy to communicate to your students exactly what will be required of them throughout the course in a chronological order. The Provost requires that every Canvas course ...

Is it plagiarism when a colleague borrows your syllabus and then uses it in its entirety for his own course? A former student asks to borrow a book. She assumes I have it because, after all, “we’re ...

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 ...