Keep Things Simple with Simple Syllabus
Loyola has adopted Simple Syllabus as a new platform for storing and displaying course syllabi, effective Summer 2024. This new system maintains a repository of all syllabi to meet accreditation requirements and provides a searchable resource for students looking to review future courses. Simple Syllabus simplifies the process for faculty, allowing you to upload your syllabus once and share the link in Sakai or other places.
If you are one of the many faculty that have been requested to upload your syllabi to Simple Syllabus, check out this video for some guidance.
Why is Loyola using Simple Syllabus? Our Higher Learning Commission accreditation requires institutions to have syllabi that are easily accessible for students. We must be able to demonstrate this on demand to comply with this assumed practice. Simple Syllabus allows us to do that. Plus, faculty may copy a link to the syllabus they post on Simple Syllabus and post that same link on their Sakai site. While Sakai is our learning management system, not all faculty utilize this tool. Using Simple Syllabus will allow students more than one access point for a syllabus. It also allows Loyola to remain in compliance with our accrediting body.
This tool has the potential to improve both the student and faculty experience. For instance, instead of posting your syllabi in multiple places, after you have uploaded your syllabi to Simple Syllabus you can easily take the URLs that are generated and copy them into your Sakai courses, making it quick and easy to reuse your syllabi. There are several ways to accomplish this goal, but one method is to redirect your course’s Syllabus tool to point to a Simple Syllabus webpage.
Learning Technologies & Innovation will soon provide a video that will showcase how easy it is for students to search the Simple Syllabus database for courses they might want to take in the future. Doing so allows students to review the syllabi from past courses, which can aid in planning their course of study well in advance of registration time.
If you have any general questions or concerns about Simple Syllabus, please write to simplesyllabus@luc.edu or if you require technical assistance, please contact the ITS Service Desk at ITSServiceDesk@luc.edu.