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Center for eLearning (CeL) master courses are high-quality online courses, grounded in sound instructional design principles, prepared to meet all course specific Student Learning Outcomes. The information below focuses on the preparations for adjunct faculty's asynchronous (DL) delivery, although CeL master courses can be used in all modalities. Please refer to the Instructor Toolkit in your CeL master course for detailed course specific information and preparation requirements, and utilize the resources and steps below to ensure your course, and its components, are aligned and available for your students.

Distance Learning (DL) Syllabus

FSCJ uses Simple Syllabus to create and personalize digital syllabi. The Simple Syllabus platform enables instructors to comply with Florida Statute 1004.085 and other regulations by making required syllabi components publicly available on the FSCJ Simple Syllabus Public Site. Please refer to "A Note to Faculty" in Simple Syllabus for details on public and private components.

Initial DL Syllabus

The initial syllabus should be published 45 days prior to the session start (or as soon as possible after assignment) to meet state requirements and FSCJ policy. Instructors are not required to prepare their Canvas course for the initial submission.

The Center for eLearning is in the process of converting all FSCJ Master Courses for Simple Syllabus implementation and enhanced user experience. While this conversion is underway, please follow these steps.

  1. Access your syllabus through the FSCJ Simple Syllabus Public Site. Log in at the top right with your FSCJ credentials to see your assigned courses.
  2. Download the Simple Syllabus Distance Learning (DL) language document. This provides DL specific language and information for the required Simple Syllabus components.  Simple Syllabus Distance Learning (DL) Language (DOCx)   PDF
  3. Retrieve your course specific Learning and Grading Plan.  You’ll need this to complete the Course Outline component and the Grade Breakdown component. Many Learning and Grading Plans are complete and stored temporarily on the FSCJ Online Canvas course through the following link. https://canvas.fscj.edu/enroll/WNCCNJ. If your course isn’t listed, please access the CeL syllabus template for your course. This is temporarily located in myFSCJ. Path: Faculty Center, Faculty Resources, Archived Syllabus (left hand menu). Cut and paste the Calendar of Activities into the Course Outline component and Grade Distribution in the Grade Breakdown component.
  4. It is not necessary to include due dates for the initial syllabus. These will be added for the final syllabus.
  5. When the required Initial Syllabus components are complete, click on "submit" to publish the initial syllabus. Note: While the syllabus can be edited at any time Instructors cannot unpublish a syllabus in this system.

Please view the Initial Simple Syllabus set-up video for detailed instructions.

For additional information, visit Introducing Simple Syllabus.

Final DL Syllabus

  1. The final syllabus should be published 14 days prior to the session start.
  2. Access the final syllabus in your Canvas course. 
  3. The syllabus is located in Course Syllabus in the left-hand course navigation in your Canvas course. If you do not see Course Syllabus on the menu, please add it through the Course Navigation tab in Course Settings. 2-minute Video: Enabling Simple Syllabus in a Canvas Course 
  4. Open Simple Syllabus from Course Syllabus in the left-hand course navigation.
  5. Please add your welcome message if you didn't complete this step in the initial syllabus.
  6. Please add due dates for assignments, discussions and quizzes in your final syllabus. This can be accomplished in the required Learning Plan (Course Outline component) or in the optional Course Calendar. 
  7. If you choose to use the optional Course Calendar, please set availability and due dates for assignments, discussions and quizzes in Canvas, then publish all items. 2-minute Video: Setting Canvas Dates in Bulk Note: This may be accomplished during Third Party platform set-up. If you change any due dates after the syllabus is published, please reset the Course Calendar.

Final Course Preparations

  1. Review Instructor Toolkit items.
  2. Consider allowing students to view the course after the course end date by unchecking the box under Settings, Course Details. This allows students to view grading feedback after the session is complete.
  3. Review your course in "Student View".
  4. Publish your course by 12:00 am on the first day of the session.

Canvas Course Conversion

The Center for eLearning is in the process of converting all FSCJ Master Courses for Simple Syllabus implementation. In addition to including course specific Learning and Grading Plans for each master course, the conversion replaces the instructor guidelines with a stream-lined quick start module and adds a student survey to gather information about course design. Full conversion is scheduled to be complete by the summer 2025 term.

Conversions are being completed in rounds to accomodate the spring schedule. Please check the Conversion Status to view the current list of courses in the conversion process. Please contact cel@fscj.edu with any questions.

Fall 2024 Simple Syllabus Users

Syllabi created with Simple Syllabus can be used from term to term. Due to changes implemented in the spring 2025 term, instructors will need to make some minor adjustments when reusing fall 2024 syllabi. Please review Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 Changes for instructions.

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