{"id":199,"date":"2020-06-30T09:22:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T13:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/ctl\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2024-08-21T14:08:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:08:32","slug":"syllabus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/ctl\/teaching-resources\/designing-courses\/syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"Crafting and Revising Your Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The syllabus provides a vital function for your classes. It acts as the guide for what will happen over the semester, it represents a type of contract that outlines your expectations from your students and what your students should expect from you, and it is, in many ways, your chance to make a great first impression, as the syllabus is typically the first document that students will receive from you at the start of the semester. Due to the importance of the syllabus, we provide some links to help you both craft a syllabus for a new course and to offer ideas for how to revise a syllabus for an existing course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crafting and Revising Your Syllabus: <\/strong>Since your syllabus acts as a guide and a contract, it is important to spend time developing and fine-tuning this critical document. There are many websites that provide ideas for how to craft a new syllabus and also how to revise an existing syllabus. We would recommend checking out the following first:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/crlt.umich.edu\/gsis\/p2_1\">\u201cCreating Your Syllabus\u201d from the University of Michigan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/teaching\/designteach\/design\/syllabus\/\">\u201cWrite the Syllabus\u201d from Carnegie Mellon University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you prefer, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QJ7zzqU5ljM\">here<\/a> to see\u00a0to watch a video on designing a syllabus from Northern Illinois University.<\/p>\n<p>When developing a new syllabus, it is important to keep in mind the flow and key times of the semester so that you can plan accordingly. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/teaching.berkeley.edu\/points-semester-consider\">here<\/a> to see a great list from the Teaching Center at Berkeley of key points in the semester and how they may affect your syllabus planning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The syllabus provides a vital function for your classes. 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