Loyola Support Documentation

What is the Syllabus tool?

Updated on

The Syllabus tool allows instructors to upload a syllabus to the course site and provides students with easy access to it.

Instructor Options for Posting a Syllabus

File Attachment: Instructors may add a document (ie, .pdf, .docx) as an attachment to the Syllabus tool. Students may download, open, and print the file at their convenience. To edit to a syllabus posted using this option, the instructor will need to edit the original document on their computer, remove the attachment and replace it with the edited document.

Webpage from Document: Instructors may create a webpage syllabus from a text document using the Rich Text Editor in the Syllabus tool. Instructors may copy and paste the text from the document into the Rich Text Editor to create a webpage version of the file. Students may read the document in the Syllabus tool, or print the syllabus. Edits to the syllabus can be completed directly in the Rich Text Editor.

Multi-Part Syllabus: Instructors can create a multi-part syllabus by adding one syllabus item at a time, allowing individual syllabus items to be reordered or removed. The Syllabus tool allows users to bulk add items by number of items or by dates. This option works well if the syllabus is organized by weeks or class meetings.

Point to Webpage: If the instructor has a syllabus posted on a webpage, the instructor may direct the Syllabus tool to that syllabus.

To access this tool, select Syllabus from the site Tool Menu.

Select Syllabus from the Tool Menu.
Previous Article What is the Statistics tool?
Next Article What is the Tests & Quizzes tool?