The Offices of the Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs require university-wide use of primary courses that integrate syllabi into the learning management system course sites. A primary course contains a primary course syllabus integrated into a learning management system course site (including course layout, navigation, and learning objects).
University faculty and staff members create individual course sections by copying the primary course into course sections. Section instructors then update the course within the learning management system with their personalized section information.
The goal of this initiative is to provide students with a quality learning environment and faculty with a scalable and efficient process for creating and administering quality course sections.
A primary course serves as a ready-to-teach blueprint for a single course. The primary contains core course elements that do not change from section to section. This includes the overall structure of the course, course materials, assessments, and syllabus. Primary courses help to ensure that curriculum is provided to students in a consistent manner and can be delivered by multiple instructors.
Generally, only one primary would exist per course. However, the below aspects can determine if a course qualifies for an additional version of a primary course.
A primary course contains a primary course syllabus and its attendant primary learning management system course site (including course layout, navigation, and learning objects) that remains essentially the same across all course sections. University faculty and staff members create individual course sections by copying the primary course into course sections. Department chairs and authorized faculty are responsible for writing and maintaining primary courses.
This learning management system (LMS) primary course template serves as the template for building primary courses. The LMS primary course template includes the required layout, navigation, and course components. The LMS primary course template includes both standardized course components and course information that requires customization by section instructors.
Contact cic@csp.edu for questions regarding access to the LMS primary course template.
The primary course syllabus contains course information that remains the same across all sections of a course. This standardized document is available as a PDF within the primary course. This Word document serves as the template for the writing of primary course syllabi.
| Version Name/Number | Date | Updated Information |
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| primary-course-syllabus-template-3.0.docx | 7/24/23 |
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| primary-course-syllabus-template-2.1.docx | 3/23/22 |
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| primary-course-syllabus-template-2.0.docx | 3/23/22 |
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| primary-course-syllabus-template-1.0.docx | 8/11/21 |
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| primary-course-syllabus-template-ge-1.0.docx | 8/11/21 |
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| Syllabus-Master-Template-3.0.docx | 5/8/20 | |
| Syllabus-Master-Template-GE-3.0.docx | 5/8/20 |
The below-listed wording is recommended in the Required Course Materials section of your syllabus in the event that the course does not require students to obtain any course materials (books, subscriptions, etc.), which are only available for purchase.
The below-listed wording is recommended in the Required Course Materials section of your syllabus in the event that the course requires students to obtain course materials (books, subscriptions, etc.), which are only available for purchase but may also be available through the CSP library with limited access. Examples: 1 copy is owned by the library, or an ebook license only allows for one user access at a time.
The below-listed wording is recommended in the Class Delivery Modifications section of your syllabus in the event that the course is delivered online and asynchronously.
The below-listed wording is recommended in your Course Resource List in the event that the course requires students to obtain course materials (books, subscriptions, etc.), which are only available for purchase but may also be available through the CSP library with limited access. Example: an ebook license only allows for one user access at a time.
The below-listed wording is recommended in your Course Resource List in the event that the course requires students to obtain printed course materials (books, textbooks, etc.) that are not available in an electronic format.
