Creating Online Syllabus from Word

Option 2: Create a Syllabus in Microsoft Word and Paste into Webcourses@UCF

Follow the steps below to create your online course syllabus. You will need two things: the Syllabus template and your original Syllabus file. First, you will be working outside the IDL course to copy content into the Syllabus template (which you will save). Then, you will copy and paste your newly formatted syllabus into the IDL development course.

Steps for Using Syllabus Template.docx

  1. Open the  Download Syllabus_template.docx
    1. When the dialog box appears, select OK or Open.
  2. Save this document to a location on your computer (e.g., desktop, document folder) using a file name of your choice (e.g., Syllabus_ENC1101_Smith).
  3. Open your existing Syllabus file from Microsoft Word. You will refer back to your existing Syllabus document as you complete this assignment to copy over each section.
  4. Enter your information in the Instructor Contact and Course Information tables of the template.
  5. Under the heading "Course Description," copy/paste or add this section of text also from your existing syllabus document to the Syllabus template file.

Note:  Paste your text below the heading. Do not paste over the heading "Course Description." If you paste over any heading, you will remove the formatting. Under the heading "Course Description," copy/paste this section of text from your existing syllabus document to the template file.

  1. Continue this process for all other sections in your syllabus that correspond with the sections in the syllabus template file.
  2. You may want to review the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning’s (FCTL) Syllabus Statements and add any that you feel are relevant to your course.
  3. If you do not have anything to add under a heading, you may skip or delete that section.
  4. Please refer to the Provost's Syllabus Requirements to make sure you do not remove required syllabus elements. When you are finished working in the syllabus template file, save the document. (Is there a naming scheme for this new document?) This is your newly formatted syllabus. Now you only need to copy and save it into the IDL Development Course.

Note:  If you have decided additional sections of your syllabus are needed (i.e. Assignments, Bibliography, or Resources), please contact your instructional designer and he/she will guide you with creating the other sections.

Steps for Copying and Saving Your Online Syllabus into Webcourses@UCF

  1. Open your online course syllabus: select all and copy.
  2. Open Webcourses@UCF.
  3. Go into your IDL Development Course.
  4. On the course menu, select “Syllabus”.
  5. On the right hand side, select “Edit Syllabus Description”.
  6. Delete the template text and paste your online syllabus.
  7. Select “Update Syllabus” at the bottom.

Note:  You will only be able to paste text.  Images must be added through Webcourses@UCF. Click here for directions. (link?)

If you need to make any updates to the syllabus, select “Edit Syllabus Description”.  Make the changes and select “Update Syllabus” to save them.

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