Designing a successful academic course is a multi-step process requiring both subject expertise and pedagogical knowledge. To ensure the best possible alignment between course subject matter and ...

Many of the decisions affecting the success of a course take place well before the first day of class. Careful planning at the syllabus design stage not only makes teaching easier and more enjoyable, ...

This post was inspired by the presentation Everyday Instructional Design Practices That Support Student Success (and Reduce Frustration), given by Ryan Allen, Aaron Witherspoon, and Sarah Tangeman on ...

The Brandeis University Syllabus Template helps faculty follow best practices for creating syllabi that invite learning and support all students in a course by providing clear descriptions of learning ...

Creating and sharing the syllabus at the onset of a course is an important component to help orient students. The following recommendations provide guidance on producing and sharing a high-quality ...

A syllabus has many audiences—department chairs, Core committees, colleagues—but it should serve students, its most important audience. A well-designed syllabus does much more than convey policies: ...

This page was created collaboratively by the offices of Advancements in Teaching Excellence and Diversity & Inclusion and Teaching & Learning Technologies, with contributors from the University of ...