Simple Syllabus is a centralized, template-driven platform that enables instructors to quickly personalize and publish interactive class syllabi directly within Canvas. All syllabi are automatically stored in a campus-wide repository.

 

Important Information:

All UCF instructors, regardless of course modality, must post their official syllabus to their published Webcourses using the Simple Syllabus tool by the first day of the session in which the course is taught. For GEP core courses, syllabi must be posted 45-days before the long semester* begins in accordance with BOG Regulation 8.00. [UCF Policy 4-403.3]

               
* the “long semester” means for the Summer Semesters, the start of Summer C; for the Fall and Spring semesters, the start of the “regular 16 week” session

 

GEP Core / Black Diamond Courses:

The GEP Core/Black Diamond Courses must submit their syllabi in Webcourses@UCF using Simple Syllabus (with the visibility set to General Public) 45-days prior to the first day of the semester (no matter the session the course section is taught in). To help facilitate this, the Select-All script in the Faculty Webcourse Manager (FWM) will select and send the GEP Core /Black Diamond Courses to Webcourses@UCF 60-days before the start of each semester.

 

Setting Up Simple Syllabus in your Webcourse@UCF Course Section

Generating A Course Section

If your fall 2024 course is not listed in Webcourses yet, go to the Faculty Webcourses Manager and select it. s.

• • • Refer to the Semester Start-Up Guide for directions.  
    • Please note: It will take approximately 30 minutes for the section and student enrollments to appear. 

 Once your course section is created, import course content from a previous course or build your course content from scratch.

Enabling Simple Syllabus 

In your course navigation, if you have not already done so: 

• • Hide the Canvas Syllabus tool.  
  • Make the Simple Syllabus tool visible.  
  • Don’t forget to click Save to save your changes. 
  • Resource: Canvas directions to manage your course navigation 

Updating Course Content (including Simple Syllabus  

Make updates to your course for the semester. This includes updating assignment due dates and module release dates. 

• • Please note: The assignment due dates will synch with Simple Syllabus. 

Within approximately 6 hours of your course appearing in Webcourses, the Simple Syllabus link within your Webcourse will be synched and will load with information automatically imported from the university template. 

• • You can click on the Simple Syllabus tool on the course menu to edit the syllabus content. 
    • Enter your content in the Simple Syllabus 
    • OR, if you have previously used Simple Syllabus for a section of the course, you can use the “Select a syllabus to copy from” option. 
  • Click on the refresh icon in the Assignment Schedule section to ensure the most up-to-date information appears
  • Once you enter all the required information, the Submit button will become active. 

Things to Note:

• Simple Syllabus cannot be made the "homepage" of a course the way a typical Canvas syllabus can
• Simple Syllabus content cannot be viewed using the Student View option in a Canvas course

 

Need Help?

• Visit: https://provost.ucf.edu/academic/syllabi/
• Fill out the request form or contact syllabi@ucf.edu with your Simple Syllabus questions.
• Watch a Video Demo Here!