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Designing Your MSU Syllabus

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Designing Your MSU Syllabus

Designing your MSU Syllabus is a workshop regularly offered by the CTLI. Below we have an outline, seminar takeaways, links to further resources and the slide deck, and a recording of a previous seminar. Please feel free to contact Ellie Louson or Makena Neal with any follow-up questions about this topic.
 

Seminar Outline

The seminar includes the following sections:

  • What is a syllabus?
  • MSU must-haves
  • Nice-to-haves
  • An example of AI syllabus language
  • Considerations for inclusion and flexibility
  • Creative formats and practices
  • Tips for getting started
  • Q&A

Takeaways

  • Think about your syllabus as a learning tool and an agreement within your classroom community.
  • Some syllabus components are must-haves; others are nice-to-haves (try not to overwhelm!)
  • Consider inclusion and flexibility
  • MSU and departments and colleges have many resources available to help support you build your syllabus

Further Resources

  • MSU’s Inclusive Syllabus Resources, including a new Inclusive Syllabus Template
  • CTLI Welcome to Teaching Playlist

Slide Deck

Slides from this seminar are available and include links to many other resources.

Recording

View a workshop recording from Spring 2024: