1. Getting Prepared for the Webinar

2. Write syllabus for blended/online course
Teaching Commons
2017

3. Overview Common syllabus components
Additional syllabus components suggested for blended/fully online courses
Strategies to motivate students to read syllabus
Templates and examples

4. Facilitators Yelin Su Educational Developer, Teaching Commons
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Lisa O’Neill
Educational Developer, Teaching Commons
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Polling activity:
Which faculty are you from?
Do you have a syllabus developed for your fully online/blended course?

5. Essential purpose/value of a syllabus
The syllabus serves as a map of the course and an agreement between instructor and students
The syllabus provides a teaching and learning plan for students
This is what they must do
This is when it must be done
This is how it will be graded
This is how their grades for the semester will be determined

6. Essential components for syllabus
Course information
Course info (credits, prerequ’s, term, course page, location, etc)
Your name, , (virtual)office hr’s, phone #, homepage link
Expanded Course description
Statement of the purpose
Course learning outcomes
Course Structure
Schedule of topics and readings
Course evaluation and grading information
Expectations & responsibilities of you and your learners
Associated policies (academic honesty, ethics review, accessibility, etc)

7. Additional components for blended/fully-online courses
Online classroom organization
Class participation expectation
Guidelines for remote participation
Etiquette for online learning (Netiquette)
Instructions on teamwork
Online communication guidance
Communication with the instructor
Technical requirement
What it takes to succeed in a fully online class

8. Online classroom organization
Online classroom procedures
The class and tutorial format
Explanation of course geography, such as specifics on how to log in to the course, how often to log in to the course, how the online classroom is organized, where to post materials in the classroom, how often to post in the discussions, and any special other instructions.

9. Class participation expectation
Participation expectation, focusing on guidelines for remote participation,
Expectations for discussion forum participation,
Netiquette (how to communicate effectively and courteously online) guidelines.
If students are required to do collaborative team projects online, it is best to include instructions on teamwork.

10. Online communication guidance
Indication of instructor availability online, including “office hours” and private communications
Information on communication turnaround time
Preferred addresses/ways of communication, for example whether students should contact the instructor via or in-Moodle messages
If students will submit assignments via s, indicate file format, file size, and how the file/ message should be labelled if applicable
Where the grade will be posted and the grading turnaround time.

11. Technical requirement
Information about the software/technologies needed and where to get them
Contact information for technical support
Specify what to do in the event the course site is down and an assignment is due.

12. What it takes to succeed in a fully online course
List important characteristics/skills/prerequisites required for the successful completion of the online modules
Link to additional resources if applicable to provide additional information/assistance.

13. Lets Check:
The Uncreative Design syllabi

14. Motivate students to read syllabus
Lets brainstorm…

15. Strategies to motivate students read syllabus
Make syllabus easier and more fun to read
Graphic syllabus
Tool:
Discuss the crucial information in the first class meeting (blended) or in course welcome messages (fully online)
Revisit when the crucial information becomes more relevant
Have required/extra credit/graded activities requires syllabus reading
Have students develop questions about the syllabus (individually or in group)
A scavenger hunt exercise requires students to review the course syllabus to find answers
A syllabus quiz

16. Guidelines & Templates
York university course outline guidelines
York basic course outline model
Q & A