tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491969761936604222024-02-08T07:20:23.795-08:00Dynamic SyllabiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12574318365478857177noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649196976193660422.post-40994570733801327002014-10-15T18:10:00.000-07:002014-10-15T18:10:30.461-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Welcome to the Dynamic Syllabus</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A website dedicated to gathering information about re-visioning the syllabus across disciplines. It's goal is to provide college faculty and other educators with alternatives to traditional 8.5" x 11" black and white formats. The goal isn't to do away with traditional syllabi but rather make a common document more accessible so that students engage with them throughout a semester. While not all courses may take full advantage of these examples or ideas, this space hopes to provide the forum and opportunity to explore pictures, visuals, and other ways to enhance the syllabus. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Steps for creating:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Invention (do you have old syllabi you could use?)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Requirements (what does your institution need, what does your course need, what do you want to add personally to the course)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Arrangement (what goes where? are you going to use a template? what kind of template?)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Experiment (what works for your discipline? what might not work for your discipline?)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Focusing on different needs (universal design issues, implementation issues, economic issues especially printing, online classes, vs. offline)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u><b>Word Templates</b></u></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/results.aspx?qu=newsletters&av=zwd">Microsoft Word Templates (for free!)</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>A Standard Word Template</u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9kO1AANTnv8dm1MOVZDWXdiaHc/edit?usp=sharing">Try out my own template</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>My first year composition class' syllabus:</u></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9kO1AANTnv8RzIxaXFRRF9BUUU/edit?usp=sharing">Calendar-like Schedule</a></span><br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9kO1AANTnv8TnZDTGpVTmhISDQ/edit?usp=sharing"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grading Policy</span></a><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9kO1AANTnv8UF9YSGtjWC1sTTA/edit?usp=sharing">General Syllabus</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u><b>Sample Syllabi:</b></u></span><br />
<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/610087/Syllabuses/JenksAnth1020416onlineSpring12syllabus.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anthropology</span></a><br />
<a href="http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/610087/Fundamentals%20Syllabus%20F%2011%20%28Sheridan%29.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Biological Anthropology</span></a><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://prezi.com/zgtnkg0wwvov/chemistry-majors-lab-gc/">Chemistry</a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/610087/Syllabuses/Clarysyllabus-en270-2012.pdf">Fiction</a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/610087/Syllabuses/Clary2011syllabus2.pdf">History (US Civil War)</a> </span><br />
<a href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/610087/Syllabuses/Gannon332.syllabus.Fall2012.pdf"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">History (Latin America)</span></a><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://cdlrsandbox.org/wordpress/mediarevolutions/syllabus/">Media Studies</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u><b>Helpful Suggestions:</b></u></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/11-fast-syllabus-hacks/22657">Eleven Fast Hacks for Syllabus Creation</a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.4faculty.org/Demo/digdeeper/syllabus/01.htm">Using Microsoft Publisher? Try this.</a></span><br />
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