…online teachers. Rule 1: Provide Extra Detail in Your Online Syllabus Most of us spend much of the first day of class going through the syllabus, taking time to elaborate…
…they need to do. Laney posts instructions within the discussion forum rather than in the syllabus or the course schedule, because the forum is where the assignment takes place and…
As an instructor new to the online environment, I carefully reviewed the syllabus and the requirements for the course discussions and assignments and incorporated the following ideas from Myers-Wylie, Mangieri…
…and how to address it when it does occur: Make expectations clear Use the syllabus to set expectations. Schmidt includes the course honor code in the syllabus, which describes respectful…
…is in the syllabus!” she responded. She then explained that when she was in college, she began each course by carefully reading the syllabus and organizing the assignments into a…
…from the course if they don’t meet that university requirement. They read the syllabus and take the quiz, which comes to them as an attachment in the course welcome email….
…Most sections of this course were taught by teaching assistants (TAs) who had received little to no training on how to write a syllabus, structure a course for student learning,…
…professor, and we hope the ideas presented here encourage others to have frank discussions at their own institutions. Start with the syllabus; identify the pronouns that you use for yourself….
