1. In your Brightspace course that needs the Syllabus content imported, click on the Syllabus link in the navigation bar.

2. Near the top left side of the Syllabus screen, you will see an 'Import' button. There are three steps to importing content: select source, map content, and confirm import. 

   1. Select source - This is where you will choose which syllabus you’d like to import content from. You are required to select a term to filter syllabi, but you can also narrow down your results by subject, course number, or instructor, as well as perform a global search by keyword or phrase in the search bar. A list of syllabi fitting your filter criteria will show beneath the search tool. Click the syllabus you’d like to import from to proceed to step two. 

   2. Map content - If you would like to import the entire syllabus selected in step one, click “Finalize”. If you would like to choose specific components to import, toggle the “Advanced” slider to the right. In the left-hand column, you will see the source content, or a list of components in the syllabus you are importing from. In the righthand column, you will choose which component on your syllabus to map the source content to. Once you have finished your mapping, click ‘Finalize’ to proceed to step three.  

   3. Confirm import - Here you will be able to review the mapping of the content that you are importing. If all looks good, you can click “Start import of the following content” to import. If you would like to make any changes, you can go back to step one or two by clicking on the name of the step at the top of the wizard.  

3. When the import is complete, components that imported successfully will have a checkmark in the middle column. Click the close button to close out of the import wizard. 

4. After importing, you are able to make changes to any editable components. Click the submit button at the bottom of the syllabus in order to submit your syllabus. 

1. Log in and access your course. Click on ‘Syllabus’ in the navigation bar.

2. The syllabus publisher will appear. If the instructor has previously edited or submitted another syllabus of the same course in Simple, the most recent syllabus content will automatically populate onto the current syllabus. However, if the instructor would like to start from a different syllabus than the one that auto-populated, they can use the ‘Replace with a different syllabus’ button at the top of the publisher to select a different syllabus to import. Depending on the system settings you have enabled at the admin level, instructors may see Add, Reorder, and Import icons on the top left side of the publisher.

• Add: The add icon gives instructors the ability to add additional content components to their syllabus. After clicking the icon, they’ll just need to give their component a name and it will be added to the bottom of their syllabus.

• Import: The import tool allows instructors to import content from any syllabus in your school’s syllabus library. After clicking the import icon, a three-step dialog will appear. In step one, they will search for and select the syllabus they want to content import from. In step two, they’ll choose which content from the syllabus they'd like to import. By clicking the Finalize button right away, they can import all content, or they can toggle the Advanced slider to specify which content to import. In step three, they can click a button to begin their import.

3. When editing a syllabus in the publisher, instructors will see their syllabus broken up into the different components outlined on the template. Components that are not editable at the section level will be visible to them, but they will not be able to make any changes to these components. Components that have been made editable at the section level will be available to them for customization and will be housed in orange-colored boxes. You must fill out all fields housed in orange-colored boxes. Below is a breakdown of how instructors can edit each component type:

• Instructor components: To edit an instructor component, the user simply needs to click the pencil icon to the left of their instructor information (some of their information, such as a name and email address, has likely auto-populated for them). They can then make any necessary changes to info that has pre-populated as well as complete any fields that did not auto-populate. To add an additional instructor, they can click the pencil icon to the left of ‘Add new’.

• Content components: To edit a content component, the instructor can type directly into the text area of the component. The toolbar at the top of the component can be used to style and format text, as well as add links, images, videos, and tables to the component. Additionally, instructors can click the block icon in the toolbar in order to make use of blocks to inject data onto their syllabus.

• Objectives components: To add an objective to an objectives component, instructors can click the pencil icon to the left of ‘Add new’. They will then be presented with the objective fields that were created on the template and will need to input information into all required fields before clicking save to add the objective. This process will need to be repeated for each objective. Objectives can then be dragged and dropped to be reordered.

• Materials: To add materials to a materials component, instructors will click the pencil icon to the left of ‘Add new’. In the editing interface, they will see all of the fields that were created at the template level. For textbooks, instructors can either manually input information into each field or they can use the Book search feature to search for their textbook on Google and auto-populate the data. Any data that populates is able to be edited or removed. After all required fields have been completed, the instructor can click Save to add their material, and should then repeat this process for each material they’d like to add to their syllabus. Materials can be dragged and dropped to be reordered.

4. Each editable item has a ‘Visible’ and ‘Public’ slider to toggle between ‘Visible/Invisible’ and ‘Public/Private’. Visible/Invisible — The Visible/Invisible setting determines whether or not a component shows on the published syllabus. By default, components will be set to 'Visible', and to hide a component the instructor can toggle the slider to the left ('Invisible'). Note that this can only be done for optional components — components that have been set to required on the template will be set to 'Visible' and locked (denoted with a lock icon). Public/Private — The Public/Private slider is primarily for intellectual property purposes. When a component is set to private, it is only visible on the published syllabus to students enrolled in the class, users assigned as instructors to the section, and Simple Syllabus admin users. Components that are set to public will be visible to anyone who has viewing access to the syllabus.

5. Time to finish up and submit the syllabus! Once all required components have been completed, instructors will be able to submit their syllabus using the Submit button at the bottom of the publisher. If the button is still greyed out, that indicates you still have a required field in the syllabus that is not yet populated. Scroll up and double-check for that and try again. Instructors also have the ability to leave a comment along with their submission, which will be visible in the syllabus 'History' feed to approvers and any other editors of the syllabus, as well as Simple Syllabus admin.

Note: when a syllabus is submitted, NICC currently auto-approves all syllabi.

1. In your Brightspace course, click on the Syllabus link in the navigation bar.

2. Near the top of the Syllabus screen, you will see a shaded progress bar. Hover your mouse over the bar to see an indication of which students have and have not viewed the syllabus.

3. You can also click on the bar itself or the person icon to get a full list of your students and if they have viewed the syllabus.

1. Go to MyCampus and search for Syllabus Library

2. Click on the task (or click Start) to go to your Simple Syllabus Dashboard

From there, you should be able to see and edit all of the syllabi that you have access to.

It is likely your syllabus has not been submitted yet. Go to Syllabus in your course's Nav Bar and see if you have a Submit button, if so it means your syllabus has not been submitted yet. Click Submit, and students should be able to see the syllabus.

If your syllabus has been submitted and students cannot see it, please reach out to one of our support channels.