The syllabus and schedule provide a big-picture view of the course for your students. Together they are perhaps the most important documents you can create for your students, primarily because they describe and chart what the course is about, how you will teach it, and what students will do to learn. After reading the syllabus, your students should feel that major questions have been answered, and they should have an inkling what kind of teaching philosophy you will bring to the course.

Before preparing your syllabus, think through the content, activities, and assessments needed to help students meet the learning objectives. 

Use a Course Design Map to outline your course.

This design map can also be helpful in designing or reworking a course. If you'd like assistance filling it out, please contact the Teaching & Learning Center (TLC@nnu.edu).

IDT provides a variety of syllabus templates for the different types of courses NNU offers. The advantages?

• Save yourself time and effort. We even update the academic dates for you each semester!
• Add your personal touch. You may customize these templates as you see fit.
  • Sections with an aqua highlight are instructions for you.
  • Sections with a yellow highlight are suggested but open to your changes.
• Comply with federal law. These templates are formatted to be accessible when you copy and paste your course-specific information into each section.
  • How to Make Your Syllabus Accessible: Accessibility in Microsoft Word (13 minutes) is our video tutorial providing additional information and instructions.
  • Do you already have a department template but are unsure if it is accessible? IDT can review and format your department templates to be accessible.

Syllabus Templates for Fall of 2023

Free TA Help

IDT's Technical Assistants are student employees who are trained to convert your syllabus to an accessible template at no charge. Use our IDT TA Request: Course Help form. Please allow at least 4 days for completion.

Addendum

The University Syllabus Addendum is provided by academic leadership and is required to be linked on the Syllabus page in Canvas. Please copy/paste this link to embed the addendum in your courses. The link will stay the same even when the document is updated.

https://my.nnu.edu/ics/syllabus_addendum.aspx

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