Simple Syllabus Overview
Simple Syllabus, required for UT San Antonio undergraduate courses, is a Canvas-integrated platform designed to help instructors create, copy, and share syllabi efficiently. It uses institutional data to automatically fill in information, saving faculty time and effort. Furthermore, it offers analytics to track how students interact with the syllabus. The following will introduce you to its key features and provide resources to help you seamlessly integrate it into your courses.
Key Features of Simple Syllabus:
- Enhanced Communication: Facilitate clear and consistent communication with students by providing a readily available and organized syllabus.
- Centralized Information Hub: Consolidate all essential course information, including policies, schedules, assignments, and resources, into a single, easily accessible location.
- Automated Policy Inclusion: Easily incorporate institutional policies and standard information into your syllabus, saving time and ensuring institutional consistency and compliance. Review Suggested Syllabus Statements,
- Calendar Integration: Display course schedules and deadlines in a clear, interactive calendar format.
- Dynamic and Updatable: Easily modify and update your syllabus throughout the semester, ensuring students always have the latest information. Changes are automatically reflected for students.
What’s New in Simple Syllabus
As you prepare your syllabus, please note several updates designed to improve accessibility, flexibility, and the overall student experience.
- Use of Generative AI Syllabus Statement (Beginning Spring 2026)
All course syllabi must include a statement outlining expectations for student use of generative AI in coursework. Review the Sample Syllabus Statements for Student Use of Generative AI in Coursework for guidance. - Accessibility Checker Requirement (Beginning Summer 2026)
The Simple Syllabus Accessibility Checker is now a required part of the submission process. To support accessible course design and alignment with April 2027 ADA Title II requirements, any issues identified by the Accessibility Checker must be reviewed and resolved before a syllabus can be submitted and published. Learn how to resolve accessibility checker issues in Simple Syllabus. - Cross-Listed Section Syllabi (Beginning Summer 2026)
Cross-listed courses now have individual syllabi for each section rather than a shared syllabus. This provides greater flexibility to customize assignments, assessments, and course expectations while still allowing you to reuse core content across sections. Learn more about working with section syllabi in cross-listed courses.
How to Integrate Simple Syllabus into Your Course
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