Course Overview
Quick links
- Quick links of resources or technology that instructor wants to highlight (tl;dr)
Course Description
What will you learn in this course?
What do you need to know to be successful?
How will you learn in this course?
- Link to Course Map/Architecture page or the document to show alignment between goals, SLOs, and assessments/activities
- Types of instructional materials and expectations for engagement (e.g., watch videos before class or work through material in any order)
- Types of learning activities and teaching philosophy
- Feedback time (e.g., you will receive assignment feedback within one week so you can incorporate the suggestions into the next assignment)
Where is the syllabus?
Your Instructor/Instructional Team
Who am I?
- Education
- Research interests
- Personal interests
- Anything special to highlight about feelings towards course or course content
Who are your TA(s)/Grader(s)?
- Education
- Research interests
- Personal interests
- Anything special to highlight about feelings towards course or course content
What do you need to know about course communication?
How can you contact me?
- Phone
- Communication preferences (include course and section # in email, use full name, etc.), and requirements (if they’re by appointment only)
- Response time (week day and weekend) to messages
How can you use my office hours?
- In-person information (if any)
- Online conferences (if any)
What kind of communication is expected of you?
- What kind of learning space you expect (team based, discussion-based, safe vs brave space, etc.), and what kinds of communication will support this
- Discussion/discussion board guidelines
- Any codes of conduct or expected classroom norms
What texts and technology do you need?
- Texts
- Hardware/software
- Accounts
- If you have college specific computing requirements, link to it here.
What do I need to know about academic honesty?
- What is the value of honesty in your class and discipline? How does academic honesty in your classroom relate to students' professional futures?
- What are your expectations for the course and individual assignments?
- Will students be expected to work individually or collaboratively, and for which assignments?
- Are students allowed to resubmit work from previous coursework? If yes, provide description of what this process looks like
- Are there other examples of academic misconduct that can be defined?
- What is your response to academic misconduct?
How can you share feedback or concerns?
- UF Faculty Evaluations
- Concerns/complaints
- How should students share concerns or complaints?
- Informal feedback
- How will you gather informal student feedback? (Start/Stop/Continue anonymous survey provided)
- What will you do with that feedback?