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A course level Master Syllabus is a very useful tool to help make sure that your department can accurately and efficiently develop and distribute syllabi across all of your subjects. With a Master Syllabus you have the ability to create a syllabus for a course, and have it automatically push content out to all of the individual sections. The way you set it up can make it very simple and quick to set up a syllabus that faculty in your department can use, customize, and publish.
When you fill out the Master Syllabus, it will automatically import the content to the individual sections. For example, if you have a Master Syllabus for MATH 1010, it will populate MATH 1010 501, MATH 1010 502, and the rest of the sections for MATH 1010.
If you ever used a Master Syllabus in the past, then you are familiar with how this works. What is new this semester is that we have turned on the ability for people who create a Master Syllabus to not only have that content automatically pushed out to all of the individual sections, but to also automatically submit the syllabus and put it in the Syllabus Library.
Automatic Submission
Any Master Syllabus submitted with the following criteria will cause individual sections to automatically submit as well. After they are all submitted, they can be found in the Syllabus Library
- All required components are filled out
- Brief Description of Assignments/Exams
- Grading Scale
- Engagement Plan
- Note: Even though it is not technically required, we still recommend filling out the Required Text or Materials component as well
- No instructor has been assigned in Banner, and no instructor is listed in Simple Syllabus
We were able to make this more easy to accomplish by adding instructions to the Instructor Information component, which allows the syllabus to be submit when an instructor has not been assigned yet.
What if you've assigned an instructor already?
Everything works exactly the same, but without the automatic submission. The assigned instructor will see the Instructor Information component, will need to add their contact information, and then click submit. The rest of the content from the Master Syllabus will be prepopulated.
What if you assign an instructor after you create the Master Syllabus?
In this case, the syllabus will stay complete and visible in the Syllabus Library, but the new instructor will still be prompted to put in their contact information when they try to edit their syllabus. Once they are finished, they will still need to press submit to save their work.
Where can I get help?
Reach out to elearningsupport@slcc.edu and we can set up a consultation or a training, or troubleshoot any problems you might encounter.