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Syllabus and Design
Inclusive Syllabus Design and Templates
An efficient and effective course starts with its syllabus. Ensuring your syllabus and its content is helpful to all of your students and audiences is crucial, as its often their first introduction to you, your teaching methods and the course itself. Our resources can help you in designing an inclusive syllabus that works for everyone and makes clear your expectations and goals for the semester.
Syllabus Guide
Explore our guide for creating an inclusive syllabus step-by-step, broken into several categories to help you determine the specifics of your—and the course's—mission.
Syllabus Reflections
This series of reflective questions created by the OTEI team can help you gather your thoughts and establish your vision before you even begin writing your syllabus.
AI Syllabus Statements
View this document for guidance on navigating statements in your syllabus regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and programs.
Course Design
Reaching all Students
The OTEI team is dedicated to encouraging inclusive course design that can reach every student. We've curated resources here to assist you in implementing an inclusive approach to your coursework. See our simplified guide to Bloom's Taxonomy and an overview of the "backwards design" concept, in which the end result—student learning—drives course creation.
Guide to the "Understanding by Design" Process
This series from Vanderbilt University explains the strategy of "backwards design" of courses and curriculum units via the book "Understanding by Design."
Guide to Using Bloom's Taxonomy
Introduce yourself to Bloom's Taxonomy for higher education with an overview of this organizational structure, links to resources and more.
Bloom's Verbs Guide
Browse a comprehensive list of verbs included in Bloom's Taxonomy for learning in higher education to help you develop course materials.
Program Design
Planning the goals and measurements of success for your program requires careful consideration and introspection. What do you want your students to learn, and how will you gauge their understanding? We can help you formulate these decisions via our Curriculum Mapping guide.
Curriculum Mapping Process (PDF)
Our quick guide to curriculum mapping provides tips to help you build a curriculum plan that engages all students.
