Online Guides
Syllabus
- Brandeis official academic policies and required syllabus statements
- Brandeis University syllabus template
- Syllabus creation guidelines
- Example generative AI syllabus statements
- Student-centered syllabus rubric: evaluate your own syllabi
- Brandeis Syllabus Explained for New Faculty video
- Brandeis Syllabus Explained for New Faculty slides
Course Design Materials
- Wake Forest's Workload Estimator 2.0
Building Classroom Community and Setting Expectations
- Community norms and expectations and group contracts
- Getting to know your students by name
- Getting to know who is in the class survey (you can make your own copy and tailor it)
- Best practices for preventing and managing disruptive classroom behavior
Resources to Help Students Succeed in College
- Resources to help students know how to study and research
- University of Pittsburgh's Time Management Calculator for students
- Academic Services Resources for Faculty
- Includes the Academic Alert Form, Academic Integrity Report Form, Advising Resources, and the Incomplete Request Form.
- Resources developed by Prof. Hannah Snyder to help students overcome procrastination:
- Tips for preventing student plagiarism
Writing Resources
Additional Resources for Instructors
- Report It! (Have you experienced something you want to report?)
- Includes links to the:
- Conduct and Community Standards Report Form (for reporting any violations of Rights and Responsibilities)
- Care Team Report Form (for reporting concerning or significant changes in behavior, statements of concern regarding violence, self harm or disturbing imagery)
- Academic Integrity Report Form (for reporting all aspects of academic dishonesty and integrity)
- Harassment and Discrimination, and Sexual Misconduct
- Accessibility (for reporting access barriers and concerns about implementation of academic accommodations
- Includes links to the: