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Creating a Digital Syllabus

January 21, 2015 by Room 213 22 Comments



It’s change of semester time, so we high school teachers are reverting back to start up mode.  It’s time to begin again, which is a nice thing to do in the dark days of winter.

Last August, on my old blog, I shared the digital syllabus I was using for my classes.  I had a number of people ask for a template but was too busy to make one up.  Well, now I have a bit of extra time (actually I’m avoiding marking exams), so I’m reposting this idea with a link to the template I used.  A syllabus is a very individual thing, as we all have different information to give to our students, but if you’re interested, you can use this as a starting point and adapt it and make it your own.


Why do I use a digital syllabus?  I want to use much less paper, so the information is going on line, on our course website. If there is someone who doesn’t have internet access, I will print it off for them.  Secondly, I wanted to create a syllabus that they will actually read, not just shove to the back of their binders, as I know they have in the past.  We all know that this generation is much more likely to read it if it’s on a screen!


I’ve included pics of the syllabus I use (minus the personal info) followed by a link to the template.  If you use it, I’d love to see what you come up with!  



Click here for access to the editable template:
Template for Digital Syllabus

If you want to keep the fonts the same, you can download KG Second Chances Solid (Kimberly Geswein) and Hello TypeHype (Hello Literacy). You can get them for free, as long as it’s just for personal use.


If you’re planning for the first few days back, you might want to check out this freebie too: The Ideal School Project is an engaging way to dive into skill building with your students! And, you can avoid the typical boring first day by trying out my Back-to-School Stations.


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  1. Classroom Sparrow says

    January 21, 2015 at 5:44 pm

    This is a really generous offer! A lot of hard work went into making this, so thank you! I can't wait to re-do my course outlines next year!

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  2. Jackie Cutcliffe says

    January 21, 2015 at 6:33 pm

    Thanks, Shey!

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  3. Brynn Allison says

    January 23, 2015 at 3:37 am

    Your syllabus is amazing. I am jealous you didn't do this in September so I could steal it!

    Brynn Allison
    The Literary Maven

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  4. Jackie Cutcliffe says

    January 29, 2015 at 10:12 am

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  5. Ashley Tensen says

    July 7, 2015 at 6:24 pm

    Hi Jackie! I referenced this post in my blog about my new syllabus for this coming year. You said you'd like to see what others came up with so I wanted to share with you! Thank you so much for the free template and awesome idea! I do not think I could have created such an awesome syllabus without your help & generosity! http://learninglovingteaching.weebly.com/blog/new-rules-new-syllabus

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  6. Shari Erdmann says

    July 9, 2015 at 8:02 pm

    Thank you! I just finished tweaking your template for my class. You rock!

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  7. Room 213 says

    July 16, 2015 at 6:58 pm

    Thanks, Shari!!

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  8. Erika says

    August 15, 2015 at 2:37 am

    Thank you for this awesome syllabus template! I'm in the process of tweaking the template for my class, I want to use the pie chart to display the percentages for my 4 categories of grades. Is there a way to change the pie chart to represent 45%, 35%, 10% and 10%?

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  9. Room 213 says

    August 17, 2015 at 9:18 am

    Hi, Ericka! When you open the template in power point, you can click on the pie chart to edit it. You could also delete it an dust start a new one from scratch. I hope that helps.

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  10. Laura Lockhart says

    August 19, 2015 at 5:34 pm

    Hi Jackie, I love this and am trying to download it. I keep getting Whoops! There was a problem loading this page. Is there a work around or am I doing something wrong? Thanks for your help.

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  11. Room 213 says

    August 20, 2015 at 9:58 am

    I"m not sure….it's working here. Send me your email to [email protected] and I will email it to you.

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  12. Jill says

    August 29, 2015 at 5:53 pm

    Thank you so much!! I have been looking for a template, and you have generously shared one that looks great and is easy to edit. I really appreciate it!

    Reply
  13. LaQuita Denson Mainer says

    February 24, 2016 at 11:13 pm

    This is awesome! I can't want to use it.

    Reply
  14. LaQuita Denson Mainer says

    February 25, 2016 at 12:06 am

    This is awesome! I can't want to use it.

    Reply
  15. Aam Firdaus says

    March 8, 2016 at 1:05 am

    Thank you so much for your great work 🙂

    Reply
  16. Anonymous says

    June 15, 2016 at 2:42 pm

    Thank you so very much for sharing!!! 🙂

    Reply
  17. Anonymous says

    July 16, 2016 at 6:21 pm

    Hi, Jackie:

    I like your idea. I, too, want to use less paper this year. Can you tell me how you made sure students and parents read your syllabus? How did you present it to your classes? How did parents and students "sign" the syllabus?

    Thank you.
    Chenee

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  18. Room 213 says

    July 17, 2016 at 10:21 am

    Hi, Chenee. I don't do anything other than go over it in class and at meet the teacher night. I have played with the idea of sending home a form that both students and parents sign; however, I know that I have mindlessly signed the many pieces of paper that get sent home to parents at the beginning of the year, so I'm not sure that's the best option. The Literary Maven uses a syllabus scavenger hunt that will certainly get the students going over it: http://www.theliterarymaven.com/2015/07/the-literary-maven-goes-back-to-school.html
    Good luck!

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  19. SraSchneller says

    August 6, 2016 at 1:08 am

    Extremely helpful! Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  20. tarafarah7 says

    July 31, 2017 at 11:51 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing! 🙂

    Reply
  21. Amy Tamlyn says

    August 10, 2020 at 12:48 pm

    Thank you! This helped me get started!

    Reply
    • Room 213 says

      August 17, 2020 at 7:26 am

      SO glad to hear it!

      Reply

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