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Planning Your Syllabus
- 2. Traditional Syllabus Everything from traditional syllabus “Class rules” and expectations How to be reached Course learning outcomes Textbooks and materials
- 3. Introduce Yourself Welcome message Picture Video What to expect – how long Assignment grading time Email replies
- 4. Assignments What type of assignments to expect Collaboration assignments? Sample assignment When assignments will be due Day of week and time Late assignment policies What format to submit assignments Discussions? Sample discussion (ice breaker)
- 5. Assessment Types of assessment used in course Tests/quizzes Interactive crosswords/matching exercises Sample of each Warning to save often Projects Rubrics
- 6. Syllabus Quiz Include key parts of syllabus When things due Grading timeframe Addressing correspondence Academic honesty/dishonesty policy “Open book” Allows students to refer back to syllabus Can be used as sample quiz Helps to identify technological problems
- 7. Extras How lecture materials are delivered Campus phone numbers/web sites Links to software Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft Download Open Office Other ideas???
Editor's Notes
- When creating a syllabus for an online course, you need to include all items contained in a "traditional" syllabus and all items you might cover during an "introductory" lecture pertaining to "class rules" and expectations. Be sure to list your office hours, location, and telephone number. Everything from traditional syllabus “ Class rules” and expectations How to be reached Course learning outcomes Textbooks and materials
- Your students may have no idea who you are or what you look like. By adding a picture of yourself or a video, you have helped to add a bit of "personalization" to your course. Your syllabus might include a welcome message. You might wish to add a picture of yourself, or better yet, a short introductory video. Indicate how long students should expect to wait for a reply to their assignments. If you have an online grading procedure and do not reply to assignments, be sure to let the students know this. If you only reply once a week, again, let students know not to expect a reply more often. This will help prevent unnecessary correspondence to you or to your supervisor. If you post grades online, you may wish to consider an automated reply to student email. If you do this, again, remember to tell students that you will be doing so in your syllabus.
- Assignments What type of assignments to expect Collaboration assignments? If your course will include collaboration of some type, be sure to indicate it here. If you do not have any collaboration, you might want to make it clear that you do not. Sample assignment When assignments will be due Day of week and time Late assignment policies What format to submit assignments Discussions? Sample discussion (ice breaker)
- Assessment Types of assessment used in course Tests/quizzes Interactive crosswords/matching exercises Sample of each Warning to save often Projects? Rubrics
- Syllabus Quiz To ensure your students read the syllabus, you might wish to consider a "syllabus quiz" as part of your first week's grade. Make the quiz an "open book" quiz and recommend students open two windows, one with the syllabus and one with the quiz. This will allow them to refer back to the syllabus to answer the quiz questions and will require students to read what you feel is pertinent syllabus information. Include key parts of syllabus When things due Grading timeframe Addressing correspondence Academic honesty/dishonesty policy “ Open book” Allows students to refer back to syllabus Can be used as sample quiz Helps to identify technological problems
- Extras List campus telephone numbers and/or Web sites for student information such as counseling, financial aid, library, etc. If you have a campus technology "help line", also list that. Links to software Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft Download Open Office Other ideas??? Remember, the more information you give your students, the less frustrating online teaching and learning will be for both your students and yourself.