For students and anyone else accessing your course, the syllabus serves as a map to guide learners through your course. This is what makes the syllabus so important and makes it imperative for it to be properly developed, containing all of the necessary information (DePaul).
A syllabus must be made available in an accessible electronic format and optionally a hard copy version, and shared no later than the first day of class. The following items must be included in the syllabus and cannot change once the syllabus has been distributed unless otherwise noted. This checklist is adapted by ECU’s CETL department based on the requirements presented under “F2.1.4 Syllabus” from the ECU Faculty Handbook (F2.1 Classroom Policies and Procedures) and the standards presented by our quality assurance program Quality Matters (QM) (Cal State LA).
Use the syllabus checklist linked below to help make sure your syllabus has all the items required by East Central's Faculty Handbook.
Use the syllabus template below to help you create your course syllabus. A number of the example statements on this page have been incorporated into the template. After opening the template in Google Docs, you can download a copy (File > Download) or make a copy to your Drive (File > Make a copy) if you are signed in.
The instructional designers at UC San Diego have created a great Creative Commons licensed resource to assist in course creation and development.
This tutorial from the University of Colorado Denver's Center for Faculty Development defines rubrics, helps faculty create rubrics, and provides examples of rubric types.
Explore how to make a graphic syllabus in this resource from the University of Texas at Austin's Faculty Innovation Center.
These principles and features can help ensure you create a syllabus that is accessible:
The University of Washington has short and focused resources for creating accessible documents. See “Checking Microsoft Office for Accessibility" and “Checking PDFs for Accessibility.” Finally, the National Center on Disability and Access to Education has guides for making documents in many programs (including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) more accessible. See Document Accessibility Cheatsheets for the guides and Accessibility for more information and suggestions (DePaul).
Duke University also has some great resources for creating Accessible Syllabi through their Duke Accessible Syllabus Project.