Syllabus

 

About Syllabus

There are two ways to add a a syllabus to your course. You can use the Syllabus tool to create a syllabus, or you can import an existing Syllabus file.

With the Syllabus tool, you can create a customized syllabus for your course. It contains sections for:

  • course information
  • instructor information
  • course goals
  • policies
  • textbooks
  • course requirements
  • lessons

You can also add custom sections.

The Syllabus file option allows you to import a file to be used in place of the predefined syllabus sections.

Before you and your students can use Syllabus, you must add it to your course. For instructions, see Add Page or Tool.

For users who are new to WebCT, we recommend that you use the Syllabus Wizard. The wizard guides you, step-by-step, through the following tasks:

  • editing a built-in syllabus
  • uploading a file

To access the wizard, click Use Syllabus Wizard. For more information about wizards, see Course Design Center. Note: Depending on administrator settings, this feature may not be available to you.

What do you want to do?

Adding a section | Top

  1. From the Course Menu, click Syllabus. The Syllabus screen appears.
  2. Under Syllabus Source, select Syllabus tool.
  3. Under Options:Syllabus Tool, from the drop-down list, select a syllabus section, and click Add. The Add Section screen appears.
  4. For each field, enter text into the text boxes. Required fields are indicated by an asterisk. Field headings left empty are not displayed to students.
  5. Select the format for the text, either Plain text or HTML.
  6. When you are finished, click Add. The Syllabus screen appears and the section is added to the Syllabus list.
  7. To add another section, repeat steps 3 through 6.
  8. To preview the syllabus, click the View tab.
Editing a section | Top
  1. From the Course Menu, click Syllabus. The Syllabus screen appears.
  2. From the Syllabus list, select the section that you want to edit.
  3. Under Options: Syllabus Tool, click Edit. The Edit Section screen appears.
  4. Edit the fields as required.
  5. When you are finished, click Update. The Syllabus screen appears and the section is updated.
  6. To preview the updated syllabus, click the View tab.

Deleting a section | Top

  1. From the Course Menu, click Syllabus. The Syllabus screen appears.
  2. From the Syllabus list, select the section that you want to delete.
  3. Under Options: Syllabus Tool, click Delete. A warning message appears.
  4. Click OK. The Syllabus screen refreshes and the Syllabus list is updated.
  5. To preview the updated syllabus, click the View tab.

Deleting all sections | Top

  1. From the Course Menu, click Syllabus. The Syllabus screen appears.
  2. Under Options: Syllabus Tool, click Delete all. A warning message appears.
  3. Click OK. A final warning message appears.
  4. Click OK. The Syllabus screen refreshes and the Syllabus list is empty.

Reorganizing sections | Top

This feature allows you to change the order in which Syllabus sections are presented to your students.

  1. From the Course Menu, click Syllabus. The Syllabus screen appears.
  2. From the Syllabus list, select the section that you want to move.
  3. Under Organize: Syllabus Tool, select the direction and distance you want to move the section, and click Go. The Syllabus screen refreshes and the Syllabus list is updated.
  4. To preview the updated syllabus, click the View tab.

Hiding a section of the syllabus | Top

  1. From the Course Menu, click Syllabus. The Syllabus screen appears.
  2. In the Syllabus list, clear the Active check box adjacent to the section that you want to hide.
  3. Click Update. The status of the section is updated.
  4. To preview the updated syllabus, click the View tab.

Displaying a hidden section of the syllabus | Top

  1. From the Course Menu, click Syllabus. The Syllabus screen appears.
  2. In the Syllabus list , select the Active check box adjacent to the hidden section that you want to display.
  3. Click Update. The status of the section is updated.
  4. To preview the updated syllabus, click the View tab.

Importing a syllabus | Top

Instead of using the Syllabus tool to create a syllabus, you can import a syllabus created in any file format including: .doc, .txt, .html, .htm, .xls, and .pdf. You will need to upload the file from your computer to your My-Files folder before it can be imported. For more information, see Uploading files. Note: If you have already created a syllabus using the Syllabus tool, all of the sections are saved but are not displayed to your students.

  1. From the Course Menu, click Syllabus. The Syllabus screen appears.
  2. Under Syllabus Source, select Syllabus file. The Syllabus screen refreshes.
  3. Under Syllabus, next to the Filename text box, click Browse. The WebCT Browser appears.
  4. Select your syllabus file from the My-Files folder. The Syllabus screen appears and the filename is displayed in the Filename text box.
  5. Click Update. The file is now the Current file being used in the Syllabus.
  6. To preview the syllabus, click the View tab.

At any time you can revert back to a saved syllabus created using the Syllabus tool:

  1. Under Syllabus Source, click Syllabus tool. The Syllabus screen refreshes and the Syllabus list appears.
  2. To see the saved syllabus, click the View tab.

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