Course Structure and Design

Making a syllabus that reflects your interests can make that hard work more enjoyable for you and offer many benefits to your students. Happy creating!

Designing Inclusive Syllabi: Getting Started Checklist Created by Tolulope (Tolu) Noah, Ed.D. (@DrToluNoah) Based on the books, Inclusive Teaching (Hogan & Sathy, 2022) & The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching (Artze-Vega, Darby, Dewsbury, & Imad, 2023) Tone & Language Use warm, support...

Creating a visual syllabus, often as an alternative to the standard approach, creates a more approachable document that communicates the tone, structure, and nature of the course in an immediate way.

This article is the first in a two-part series. “Envisioning the Radical Syllabus: A Critical Approach to Classroom Culture, Part 2 [https://hybridpedagogy.org/envisioning-radical-syllabus/]” provides response and follow-up from the author. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Syllabi that reflect the mundane, bureaucratic requirements of the University are at risk of setting an equally

Setting boundaries on communications is a major step toward being intentional

How do you find a balance between flexibility and structure?

Introduction What counts as “class time” — especially when you are adapting a course to a new format like hybrid or online? How do you structure time to maximize engagement and (in online or hybrid situations) get the most out of synchronous or in-person time? Here we explain the relationship between instructional time, homework, and […] ... Read More

What decisions can you make now to avoid making emergency decisions later?

Pandemic teaching pushed many professors to be more flexible about deadlines. Our colleague reports on how that’s shaking out now.

Implementing these strategies have the power to ease additional challenges for students pursuing a post-secondary degree with a disability.

60-Second SoTL – Episode 1 This week’s episode explores how syllabus design can impact students’ motivation and their perceptions of the course and instructor. The episode features two recent publications from the open-access International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching...

Read all #AnnotatedSyllabus Posts and Resources Yes, it’s that time of the summer. That time when you’re beginning to prepare courses for the new academic year. And if you’re read…

A syllabus does a lot of heavy lifting - don't forget to make it engaging & student-centered...

Julia Charles talks about disrupting the syllabus on episode 419 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Christopher Richmann talks about the self and syllabus project on episode 418 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

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Overview/Purpose In this learning module you will examine how important the design process is to the success of a blended course. When you blend a course one needs to be aware of how you plan to align what happens before, during and after class, so students do not think they are all separate. One of […]

When it comes to late work policies, this instructor established a "Make-Up Day" that allows students one free pass at the end of the semester.