Syllabus

Teaching at scale is a specialized form of instruction. There is a specific kind of "stage fright" that comes with a large enrollment course; the fear of the "void", that 50-minute stretch where you’re talking to a room where many students are hidden behind screens.To fix this, we have to move beyond thinking of the lecture as a "speech" and start seeing it as a choreographed social experience.

Concerns about student mental health are not new, but they have become more visible, and maybe more complex in recent years.

For many students, the syllabus is their first introduction to your course. What information is important for students to know in order to be successful in your course? Explore a non-exhaustive list of recommended information and template statements to include in your course syllabi.

A course syllabus is an important document to do exactly this. While a syllabus may principally provide some of the “nuts and bolts” about a course and communicate campus-wide policies, it can also be a place to consider the tone and environment you’re creating for students before the class even begins.

Develop a set of learning objectives for a course by crafting a short list of concepts, topics, or skills that can guide student learning and add clarity to students’ learning experiences.