Resources
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
- Suggestions for inclusive course design and teaching
- Resources to help diversify your curricular materials
- Multicultural Teaching and Learning: Inclusion and Belonging In and Outside the Classroom
- Wake Forest's Workload Estimator 2.0
Building Classroom Community and Setting Expectations
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Getting to know who is in the class survey (you can make your own copy and tailor it)
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Best practices for preventing and managing disruptive classroom behavior
Resources to Help Students Succeed in College
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University of Pittsburgh's Time Management Calculator for students
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Resources to help students read science papers and interpret data
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Academic Services Resources for Faculty
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Includes the Academic Alert Form, Academic Integrity Report Form, Advising Resources, and the Incomplete Request Form.
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Resources developed by Prof. Hannah Snyder to help students overcome procrastination:
Resources for Courses with a Writing Component
- Resources for Writing Intensive Instructors (from the University Writing Program (UWP))
- The UWP is creating disciplinary Writing Guides to support writing in the majors.
- The Departmental Writing Guides section includes examples of disciplinary Writing Guides, such as the:
- If your department would like to work with us to create a guide for your discipline, please contact Lisa Rourke (lrourke@brandies.edu) or Elissa Jacobs (ekjacobs@brandeis.edu).
- If there are other materials that would be useful to you, or you would like to arrange a consultation, please reach out to the UWP (uwp@brandeis.edu).
- The UWP is creating disciplinary Writing Guides to support writing in the majors.
Additional Resources for Instructors
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Report It! (Have you experienced something you want to report?)
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Includes links to the:
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Conduct and Community Standards Report Form (for reporting any violations of Rights and Responsibilities)
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Care Team Report Form (for reporting concerning or significant changes in behavior, statements of concern regarding violence, self harm or disturbing imagery)
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Academic Integrity Report Form (for reporting all aspects of academic dishonesty and integrity)
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Accessibility (for reporting access barriers and concerns about implementation of academic accommodations
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Human Resources: Where to Go for What