Bringing Your Syllabus to Life with Inclusivity and Creativity

The syllabus…it’s where everything lives. From due dates to policies to your office hours to who you are as a teacher, it’s all-encompassing. And with that, the syllabus can get pretty lengthy, it may sometimes get overwhelming for both you and your students, and maybe even boring for students to read. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In today’s episode we’re going to talk about:

1. How you can add creative flair to your syllabus and specific tools you can use to do this
2. How you can get your students to actually read your syllabus
3. What to look for when you’re creating an inclusive and antiracist syllabus

Recommended resources:

• 20-Minute Mentor: How Can I Create an Engaging, Student-focused Syllabus?
• 20-Minute Mentor: How Can I Write a Course Syllabus That's Worth Reading?
• 20-Minute Mentor: How Can I Build an Antiracist Syllabus?
• 20-Minute Mentor: How Can I Create an Effective Syllabus for My Online Class?
• Magna Online Seminar: Beyond Pedagogy: Infusing Equity into Your Syllabus, Assignments, and Course Content
• Notion: https://www.notion.so/ 
• Coda: https://coda.io/
• Craft: https://www.craft.do/