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This is a sample syllabus template that meets accessibility expectations.Text in brackets provides guidance for a particular heading or subheading.

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Instructor Information(Note: Heading 2 style)

<Name>

Course Information

Course Description <Note: Heading 3 style>

Course Delivery Method

Course Goals

Textbooks and Materials

< List required textbooks and materials for your course. Include any recommended resources. Include if textbooks or materials are available in digital or ebook format.>

Communication

<Explain your preferred modes of communication with students and how students should communicate with you.
<Example: I will send urgent and regular communication to all students using the Announcements tool in Canvas. It is a requirement in this class that you set your New Announcements in Notifications to “Right Away” to ensure that you receive any announcements. (Go to Profile>Notifications, find for new announcements and set to Right Away).

Announcements

For example:

I will use Announcements to send time sensitive information to the entire class. Because you can set your own notification preferences in Canvas, you will need to make sure you receive announcements daily. You are required to set your notifications for New Announcements to be Right Away.

Virtual Office Hours (MST)
<Indicate whether or not you will offer virtual office hours for remote students. Indicate time zone. Include any links to your virtual office such as Skype ID or Adobe Connect room URL.

Email
<Indicate the email address you wish students to use to in order to contact you. Indicate the response time students should expect for email replies such as 24 hours.>

Phone Number
<Indicate a phone number you wish students to use in order to contact you. If this is your preferred form of communication, let students know. If not, let them know that also. Include your area code and communicate anything that warrants explanation about leaving messages and your phone response times.

Prerequisites

<Indicate prerequisites to this course here.

Online Preparation
<Describe expectations that you have regarding how much time students should spend in the course weekly. Also provide them with tools to self-assess their readiness to take an online course. Examples of self-assessments include preparation self-tests such as this one at the Distance Education website.

Required Technical Skills

<Pick from the following list and revised as needed.>
Taking an online course requires a number of technical skills as well as other soft skills. However, at a minimum you will need to meet certain technology responsibilities to complete work for this course. If you have questions about technical requirements for the course, please contact me immediately.

To begin in this course, you must:

Read this syllabus carefully and contact me immediately if you have any questions. You are responsible for the content and assignments in this syllabus.
Be able to obtain access to an internet connection, preferably broadband, and a working computer for the duration of this course.
Be Proficient with Microsoft© Office applications.
Be able to conduct research searches on the Internet; see the libguide for this course, the NMSU Library and Research Help for Students
Find resources on the Internet; see Internet Tutorials
Be able to send and receive emails and email attachments in an out of class.
Know how to change your Canvas Notification settings.
Know how to read email in Canvas.
Maintain backups of all work you create for this course.

Course Expectations

Netiquette

< Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informalrules that students follow when communicating in an online course. Include netiquette in your syllabus and/or in your course.>

Course Organization

Grading Policy

<Identify all major assignments required in this course. Include number of the assignments within an assignment type, points assigned per assignment, and overall weight for each assignment type. This information can be listed or placed within a table.

Example Assignments Table:

Assignments

Units

Points

Weight

Discussions / 10 / 400 / 40%
Policy Paper / 1 / 100 / 10%
Global Paper / 1 / 100 / 10%
Course Redesign Plan / 1 / 200 / 20%
Final Reflection / 1 / 100 / 10%
Participation / 1 / 100 / 10%
Total / 15 / 1000 / 100%

Grading Criteria

<Provide the grading scale that will be used to determine your final grade and indicate where students will be able to see their grades. This information can in the form of a list or a chart.

Example Grading Criteria:

Percentage

Grade

91-100 / A- to A+
81-90 / B- to B+
71-80 / C- to C+
61-70 / D- to D+
60 and Below / F

Assignments

<Describe the main assignments you will ask students to complete in this course and explain why they will be completing the assignments. You can describe assignments in a module within your learning management system to reduce syllabus length. If you do, refer students to the specific unit/module within the course. This information can be a chart or an assignment list.

Late Work

Incomplete Grades
Add incomplete grading policy. For example: The grade of "I" may only be assigned if the student is unable to complete the course due to circumstances beyond the student's control that develop after the last day to withdraw from the course.

Class Withdrawals
Add class withdrawal policy. For example: It is your responsibility to know important dates such as the final day to withdraw from classes. You must officially withdraw from any class that you intend to drop.

Academic Integrity

Add policy on academic integrity. For example: Refer to the NMSU code of conduct regarding academic integrity and plagiarism. You will find information on academic integrity at these sites:

NMSU Library
NMSU-Las Cruces code of conduct policy
NMSU-DACC

Technology Requirements

Computer Hardware & Software

<List all technologies that students will need to fully participant in your course. For example:

Access to a Windows or Macintosh desktop computer or laptop with internet access, sound, and speakers
Canvas Learning Management System
Microsoft Office 2007 or higher
Adobe Reader (for reading PDF files)
Headsets with Microphone (Optional for Adobe Connect or Skype)
Skype (Optional)
Adobe Connect (Optional)
Learning Management System
Instructure Canvas
Canvas Instructions

Web Browsers

< List the specific web browsers recommended by your IT Department for your learning management system. For example:

Use the following browsers in Canvas. Please remember to update the web browser you are using to access Canvas. Internet Explorer is not recommended for use with Canvas at this time.

Firefox -
Chrome -
Safari -

Canvas does not fully support mobile devices;while there is a free Canvas mobile app available through iTunes store, a lot of functionality is unavailable when using a mobile phone. When you take this course, it is assumed you have access to a computer or laptop for full access to functionality in this course.

Accessibility Support

< Add your institution's specific webpage of statement. For example:

Obtain the updated NMSU syllabus statement about accessibility services from the NMSU-Las Cruces accessibility services website or the DACC accessibility services website.

Academic Learner Services Support

<Provide a description and contact information for available and relevant academic support for online students. Support includes access to library services, readiness assessment, testing services, tutoring, writing center, math center, or online orientations.>
Student Support Services

Provide a description and contact information for available student services for online students. At minimum, include university advising and registration, college advising and registration, and financial aid.>

Technical Support

<Include technical support information for students. For example:

The ICT Customer Service Center is equipped to deal with all of your information technology (IT) and telecommunications needs at NMSU. The ICT Customer Service Center hours of operation are from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm Monday through Friday Mountain Time. Please feel free to contact them at 646-1840 or via e-mail at .

You can also go to the Student Technology Help web page and Student Resources located at the Canvasweb page for additional information on Canvas.

Accessibility of eLearning Tools

<List the tools that you use in this course and include a link to each 508 compliance statement. If you do not have the compliance statement, do a Google search to find it.

Include the link to NMSU’s for further assistance.

Accessibility Statements or Voluntary Product Accessibility statements can be found here.

Course Schedule

<Provide the course schedule or refer students to a printed course schedule in the course.

Syllabus ModificationsStatement

Provide a statement that states the instructor can make changes to the syllabus and indicate how students will be notified of such changes.

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