Title: How to Write a Syllabus for Your Class - TeachHUB
Headings: How to Write a Syllabus for Your Class
How to Write a Syllabus for Your Class
Andrew Passinger
What’s a Syllabus?
Syllabus Components
How to Write a Class Syllabus

Content: The instructor should focus on the most important ones to be followed, such as “The Big Three” or “The Famous Five.” Better yet, in some of the more successful designs, allowing students to help create some rules supports the empowerment and accountability of students in their own classrooms (they should not create all of them but can help with one or two that they perceive as important). Assessment and grading procedures are vital to students who are reviewing the course. Some educators incorporate assessment timelines to highlight not only the types of assessments they will be implementing but how often, which helps learners understand the design of the course and how many chances they will have to be successful. These may include every single assessment broken down into categories of weighting, number of total points, percentages, and sometimes connections to students’ lives, in order to convey the level of attainability for success. This section can also include a schedule of assignments. Finally, other elements of a syllabus may include participation descriptions (how one plans on evaluating participation in activities), instructor extras (if someone is interested in sharing his or her own connections to the course or background knowledge), tips for studying (anything that helps a student prepare for the course), and other valuables resources as determined by the teacher. How to Write a Class Syllabus
In order to get started on writing a syllabus, one needs to have a complete curriculum in hand, a calendar, course resources physically available rather than as a list, and anything else deemed important by the educator. One should keep in mind there are templates available for creating syllabi, though designing one’s own is more meaningful and original. As well, determine the digital format, whether it is through Microsoft Word, Google Documents, etc.