Instructor: You may edit this syllabus or replace it with a syllabus in Word. This syllabus is located in the Manage Files area in the folder named Course Orientation - Start Here. Please review this syllabus template and adapt it to your needs.

Instructor Name and Biography

Provide your name and give a brief overview of your educational background.

Contact Information

Office Hours

Day of the week, time, method of communication (Email, Discussion Area, Adobe Connect, etc.)

  • Face-to-face
  • Online

Response Times

Students can expect responses as follows:

  • Email: within 36 hours
  • Discussion posts: within 48 hours
  • Assignment grades: within 72 hours of submission date.

Exceptions: Response times on weekends may vary.

Start and End Date and Date of Finals for this Class

What are the start and end dates and finals date for this class?

Holidays

List the holiday dates for this class.

Dropping this Class

What is the final day to drop this class?

Course Description

Provide the catalog course description here.

General Learning Goals of the Course

What are the general goals of this course? What can students expect to take away?

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Prerequisite Courses, Skills, and Knowledge

What courses, skills, or knowledge should students have to be successful in this course?

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Required Textbooks

What textbooks and other course materials are required for this course? How/where may they obtain them? Are there digital versions of the material?

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Additional Resources

What other resources will students need? Will they have to access external websites that the publisher provides? Will they have to buy and download software for the course? Do they need to access databases at the library? How do they access this information?

  • Online library resources are located on the Brightspace home page.
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Course Structure

This course contains learning modules. Each module represents a unit of instruction. Everything you need for the instruction is located inside each module. There is also a a detailed explanation of the tools in Brightspace located in the Course Structure link in the Course Orientation - Start Here area of this course. Tutorials for Brightspace are located on your Brightspace main page, and there is a help link located in the upper right-had corner of the Brightspace course.

Online Learning Commitment Expectations

You will not be successful in this course if you are not disciplined enough to regulate the time you spend on the course. Online learning requires the learner to take more responsibility in the learning process. Students must be motivated and responsible for keeping up with understanding what is expected and stay on task with due dates for readings, assignments, and other activities. You need to log into the course on a daily basis to check for messages and other important information. Do NOT wait until the last minute to do work that requires you to submit by a due date. Please know, too, that Brightspace goes down for maintenance on a regular basis; you'll find that information--Brightspace Maintenance Schedule--on the Brightspace home page where your courses are listed.

How I Conduct this Class

Briefly describe how you run the class. What can students expect from week-to-week. Readings, assignments, video lectures, discussion activities, etc.

Student Participation Expectations

Outline how you expect the students to interact with you and peers in the class. Will you require them to engage in discussion activities? Will you use Adobe Connect? Will they have to work in groups?

Course Schedule with Activity Due Dates

A detailed course schedule is located in the Course Schedule link in the Course Orientation - Start Here area of this course.

Writing Guidelines

What formal standards do you require for discussion areas (if any) and papers students submit to you? APA, MLA, others? Where are the guidelines for these? Will you use Turn-it-in?

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Netiquette

Because online communication generally lacks visual cues common to face-to-face interactions, you are expected to follow these standards. Netiquette is a combination of Network Etiquette. Please abide by the following netiquette rules when communicating with your instructor and peers in this class.

  • Be sensitive and reflective to what others are saying.
  • Don't use all caps. It is the equivalent of screaming.
  • Don't flame - These are outbursts of extreme emotion or opinion.
  • Think before you hit the post (enter/reply) button. You can't take it back!
  • Don't use offensive language.
  • Use clear subject lines.
  • Don't use abbreviations or acronyms unless the entire class knows them.
  • Be forgiving. Anyone can make a mistake.
  • Keep the dialog collegial and professional.

Work Submission Requirements

How will students submit written work to you? Will you use the dropbox for assignment submissions?

Late Work

What are your rules for late work? Will you allow late submissions, and if so, how will that impact their grades.

Grade Calculations

How much weight do you put on the different graded activities? Will you use percent, points, other?

ActivityNumberPercentage of Final Grade
Discussions 10 25%
Assignments 7 25%
Quizzes 7 10%
Final Project 1 40%

Grade Distribution

GradeScoreGradeScoreGradeScore
A+ 100.9-87.0 A 96.9-93.0 A- 92.9-90.0
B+ 89.9-87.0 B 86.9-83.0 B- 82.9-80.0
C+ 79.9-77.0 C 76.9-73.0 C- 72.9-70.0
D+ 69.9-67.0 D 66.9-63.0 D- 62.9-60.0

Grading Criteria

Will you use grading criteria in the form of rubrics or checklist to help students understand how they will be assessed. Where is that information provided? Note: Rubrics currently do not work (well) for the discussion area in Brightspace. You will have to provide that information in this syllabus or in the Discussion Instructions in this course, which is located in each learning module. Rubrics do work with the dropbox.

Students With Disabilities

What is the policy for students with disabilities?

Academic Honesty

What is your academic honesty policy?

Technical Support

General Technical support information is located in the Course Structure link in the Course Orientation - Start Here area of this course.

Other Institutional or Departmental Requirements for Syllabi

What specific institutional or departmental requirements are needed for your syllabus?