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Effective Syllabi
The syllabus is a roadmap to your course providing basic information on assignments, requirements and policies, and communicating your expectations for student success.

• Strategies for classroom use
  Review this checklist created by ODL staff for essential elements of a syllabus including proposed wording for FSU policy statements.
  Syllabus Checklist (180 kb)
  
  
• Creating a Syllabus (616 Kb)
  Considerations, uses, a template and checklist, examples, tips, a sample, and resources. From the handbook, Instruction at FSU: A Guide to Teaching & Learning Practices.
  
  
• Writing to Learn
  Dr. Susan Nelson Wood explains how writing is a vital tool for thinking and learning across all disciplines. Requires Windows Media Player