Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Hi Shane,
Way to go in covering all aspects of the course and college policy. This way your students should have a clear understanding of how the course is going to operate.
Gary

Shane Boyles

along with my syllabus I also review other expectations using our school catalog.

that way we are covering dress code thru handling an emergency such as a fire drill.

John-Howard Oxley

I actually use a two-stepper here. I provide a Syllabus, which is the course outline, with dates, the grading procedure, identification, and rules and regulations [most of this is determined for me by a standard form all faculty use at my institution] - this is a document under 10 pages in length.

The second part of this is the Student Activity Guide -- which details in minute precision what is to happen in class and in team each day, explains the individual and team projects and exercises [along with rubrics], and provides complete guidance as to what students are to do when. This is a document which usually exceeds 20 pages in length, depending on the complexity of the class.

I adopt this procedure in order to separate the forest [the syllabus] from the trees [the student guide]. If the students want an overview, they look at the syllabus, whereas if they want to know exactly what's up for Day 3, they look at the student guide.

I have found this works well for everyone involved.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Hi Leslie,
How do you go about developing your syllabus to ensure that you have covered the course over-view, purpose, direction, expectations and outcomes?
Gary