Syllabus

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Canvas Syllabus (Spring 2022, Template) HTML (code)

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ALTERNATIVE OPTION

If you'd prefer to use your own syllabus document instead of using the super-cool-and-convenient-template we provide you, please be sure to use this syllabus checklist to confirm that you're including the basic course details every syllabus requires.

Here are steps to replace the template syllabus with your preferred syllabus layout and text:

Within your Canvas course navigation menu, click the Syllabus link/tab.
Click the "Edit (icon)" option to access the syllabus description in edit mode.
Delete what you don't want. Then copy/paste your preferred syllabus text into the syllabus description field.
Click the Update Syllabus button at the bottom.

Find all of RTC's TILT-ed templates at: Transparent Templates for Faculty Use

The following Tools for an Equity-Minded Syllabus list are concepts adopted from the Syllabus Review Guide, A inquiry tool for promoting racial and ethnic equity and equity-minded practice from the Center for Urban Education, USC . (The full guide can be found at http://cue-equitytools.usc.edu)

Tools for an Equity-Minded Syllabus

DEMYSTIFY: Faculty can use syllabi to demystify the implicit norms and ambiguous processes that characterize college, such as how to be a "successful" student.

- Does your syllabus provide your students with information they need to successfully complete the course in clear, plain language with limited academic jargon.

WELCOME & VALIDATE: Syllabi can welcome them into a classroom where they will be cared for and validate their pursuit of a college degree and ability to be successful.

- Does your tone and content, communicate care, support, care and inclusion as class norms?

PARTNERSHIP: Syllabi can send the message that while students need to work hard in college, faculty are there to support and work in partnership with them.

- Communicate your commitment to work with students to ensure their success.

DECONSTRUCT & REPRESENT: Finally, syllabi can affirm the belonging of racially minoritized students in higher education by representing their experiences in course materials and deconstructing the presentation of white students and white experiences as the norm.

- Promote awareness and critical examination of social inequalities, privilege, and dominant racialized norms.
- Communicate the value of student's racial backgrounds and lived experiences as sources of learning and knowledge by including them in assignments, readings, and other materials

Steps to Copy/Paste Syllabus Code (Video)

Canvas Syllabus (Spring 2022, Template) HTML (code)

<h2 id="Navigation" style="margin: 20px 0; border-bottom: 5px solid #ccc; width: 100%; height: 48px; text-align: center; line-height: 200%; font-size: x-large; background-color: #98002e; color: #ffffff;">WELCOME</h2>

<div id="Navigation_Container" style="padding: 0px 10px 10px 10px; text-align: center;"> <a id="Purpose_button" style="width: 140px; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0; background: #f5f5f5; color: #2d3b45; border: 1px solid; border-color: #C7CDD1; display: inline-block; position: relative; padding: 8px 14px; margin-bottom: 0; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; overflow: auto;" href="#Purpose">ABOUT THIS COURSE</a> <a id="Outcomes_button" style="width: 140px; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0; background: #f5f5f5; color: #2d3b45; border: 1px solid; border-color: #C7CDD1; display: inline-block; position: relative; padding: 8px 14px; margin-bottom: 0; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; overflow: auto;" href="#Outcomes">COURSE OUTCOMES</a> <a id="Checklist_button" style="width: 140px; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0; background: #f5f5f5; color: #2d3b45; border: 1px solid; border-color: #C7CDD1; display: inline-block; position: relative; padding: 8px 14px; margin-bottom: 0; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; overflow: auto;" href="#Checklist">TIPS FOR SUCCESS</a> <a id="Tips_button" style="width: 140px; margin: 5px 5px 5px 0; background: #f5f5f5; color: #2d3b45; border: 1px solid; border-color: #C7CDD1; display: inline-block; position: relative; padding: 18px 14px; margin-bottom: 0; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; overflow: auto;" href="#Grading">GRADING</a> </div>

<h2 id="Purpose" style="margin: 20px 0; border-bottom: 5px solid #ccc; width: 100%; height: 48px; text-align: center; line-height: 200%; font-size: x-large; background-color: #98002e; color: #ffffff;">ABOUT THIS COURSE</h2>

<ul>

<li> Course Description & Prerequisites: (Include <a style="color: #275486;" href="http://catalog.rtc.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> catalog course description & prerequisites</a> )</li>

<li> Class times: (List Days / (Start to End) Times)</li>

<li>Office hours: (List Days / (Start to End) Times)

<ul>

<li>List holidays or other days, such as non-contact days, on which classes will not be held.</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li>(New) Include an image and/or statement that recognizes and celebrates diversity and inclusion. (Review the Canvas for Faculty's Syllabus Review Guide on Equity and Inclusion - The Canvas Faculty resource is linked in your Canvas course navigation menu)</li>

</ul>

<h3 style="text-align: center;">About your Instructor</h3>

<ul>

<li>(Include a brief introduction and/or teaching philosophy, and (new) invite students to contact you via the Canvas Inbox - this way all interactions are documented automatically, and everyone can reply via their selected email or Canvas).</li>

</ul>

<h3 style="text-align: center;">Materials and Textbooks</h3>

<ul>

<li> Required textbooks: (Texts should be current; within five years in most cases. Include a .jpg, .png, or .gif image file, if possible.) </li>

<li> Required tools/supplies: (For example calculators, scrubs, etc.)</li>

<li>Supplemental resources: (Additional texts and resources that are considered supplemental.)</li>

</ul>

<h3 style="text-align: center;">Course Modality </h3>

<h4>This course is _______.</h4>

<h4>RTC: Four Instructional Modalities </h4>

<ol>

<li>Face-to-Face/Web-Enhanced: Based on the state’s response to COVID-19:  Online instruction will replace face to face instructional time.</li>

<li>Hybrid:  A combination of face-to-face meetings and online instruction. Based on the state’s response to COVID-19.

<ul>

<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Wingdings" data-listid="2" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="3">Hybrid = online instruction will replace face to face instructional time </li>

</ul>

<ul>

<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Wingdings" data-listid="2" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="3">Hybrid A/B = A/B Split – hands-on portion delayed to return to campus time</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li>

Optional F2F - Online (FLEX): Class exists fully online and fully face to face and students have a choice of how to attend on any given day.  Based on Washington state’s response to COVID19: Online instruction will replace face-to-face instructional time.

</li>

<li>Online: 100% online. (This modality of an online class will not change.) </li>

</ol>

<h3 style="text-align: center;">More Help for Your Success!</h3>

<ol>

<li><a href="/courses/1834788"> LRCC </a> (student technology resources, tutoring, etc), and <a style="color: #275486;" href="/courses/1945750">Emergency Resources</a> (jobs, food, childcare, etc), are both listed in the HELP (icon/button), at the bottom of your Canvas account's navigation menu. RTC's <a href="https://rtc.edu/behavioral-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mental Health Support </a> is also listed here, <a title="https://www.rtc.edu/behavioral-health" href="https://www.rtc.edu/behavioral-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://rtc.edu/behavioral-health </a> </li>

<li>

Campus-wide policies and resources for students are found in the <a class="inline_disabled" href="https://www.rtc.edu/rtc-support-syllabus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Student Resources </a>

</li>

<li>Canvas Help:

<ol>

<li>Guides <a href="https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Student/ct-p/canvas_student" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Student/ct-p/canvas_student</a> </li>

<li>Live Chat <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/rtc-elearning" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://sites.google.com/view/rtc-elearning</a></li>

<li>Knowledge Base <a href="https://servicedesk.rtc.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://servicedesk.rtc.edu</a> </li>

<li>Help Ticket <a href="https://servicedesk.rtc.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://servicedesk.rtc.edu</a></li>

<li>Email <a href="mailto:servicedesk@rtc.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">servicedesk@rtc.edu</a> </li>

</ol>

</li>

</ol>

</div>

<h3 style="text-align: center;">Land Acknowledgement</h3>

We acknowledge that RTC sits uninvited on the ancestral land of the Puget Salish people, including the <a style="color: #275486;" href="https://www.duwamishtribe.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-auth="NotApplicable">Duwamish</a>, <a style="color: #275486;" href="https://suquamish.nsn.us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-auth="NotApplicable">Suquamish</a> , <a style="color: #275486;" title="https://www.snoqualmietribe.us" href="https://www.snoqualmietribe.us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-auth="NotApplicable">Snoqualmie</a>, <a style="color: #275486;" href="https://www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-auth="NotApplicable">Tulalip</a>, and  <a style="color: #275486;" href="https://www.npaihb.org/member-tribes/muckleshoot-tribe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-auth="NotApplicable">Muckleshoot</a> nations. We are grateful to the original inhabitants of this land, upon which we gather and dialogue.

We also acknowledge our increasingly virtual world, in which RTC’s work is done across multiple indigenous lands, in some cases, away from Puget Salish territories.  We thank the original caretakers of our local lands and waters, who are still here.

Beyond acknowledgment, we each have an obligation to learn about and support our local tribes. Find out how on the <a href="https://www.rtc.edu/rtc-support-syllabus" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Student Resources </a> course navigation menu tab, which includes scholarships for Indigenous students.

<hr />

<div>Note: If you know you will be absent from course activities due to reasons of faith or conscience, you may request reasonable accommodations so that your grades will not be affected. There is no penalty if you do this. Such requests must be made within the first two weeks of the course. You must let your instructor know and follow the procedure provided in RTC's Student Rights and Responsibilities on the <a class="inline_disabled" style="color: #275486;" href="https://www.rtc.edu/rtc-support-syllabus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Student Resources</a>, located in every RTC Canvas course navigation menu.</div>

</div>

<h2 id="Outcomes" style="margin: 20px 0; border-bottom: 5px solid #ccc; width: 100%; height: 48px; text-align: center; line-height: 200%; font-size: x-large; background-color: #98002e; color: #ffffff;">COURSE OUTCOMES</h2>

What you will take away

<ul>

<li>(List what students will learn by taking this course. Course outcomes can be found at the RTC website.)</li>

</ul>

You will meet these outcomes by

<ul>

<li>(Include an explanation of how outcomes will be met.  For example, “Small group discussions will be used to collaborate on important points; your final presentation will be used to evaluate your understanding of how to_____”)</li>

<li>(Explain how the course will utilize Canvas beyond the grade book. “Expect occasional updates and announcements from me via Canvas” or “You will take weekly quizzes in Canvas,” etc.)</li>

</ul>

</div>

<h2 id="Checklist" style="margin: 20px 0; border-bottom: 5px solid #ccc; width: 100%; height: 48px; text-align: center; line-height: 200%; font-size: x-large; background-color: #98002e; color: #ffffff;">TIPS for SUCCESS</h2>

<ul>

<li>Clearly state conditions for student success; “To be successful in this course, you….”</li>

</ul>

</div>

<h2 style="margin: 20px 0; border-bottom: 5px solid #ccc; width: 100%; height: 48px; text-align: center; line-height: 200%; font-size: x-large; background-color: #98002e; color: #ffffff;">COURSE GRADING</h2>

<ul>

<li>Distribution of Grades: (Describe how students will be graded (for example, research paper 30%, tests 20% etc). Set up your course <a class="inline_disabled" style="color: #275486;" href="https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-weight-the-final-course-grade-based-on-assignment/ta-p/746" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assignment group weights</a><a class="inline_disabled" href="https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-weight-the-final-course-grade-based-on-assignment/ta-p/746" target="_blank" rel="noopener">)</a><a class="inline_disabled" href="https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-weight-the-final-course-grade-based-on-assignment/ta-p/746" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a></li>

<li>Class Policies: List class attendance/participation, late work, expectation, etc.</li>

</ul>

</div>

<h2 style="margin: 0;">RTC GRADING SCALE</h2>

</caption>

<thead>

<tr>

GPA

</th>

Overall Rating

</th>

Performance Indicators  -  This student:

</th>

</tr>

</thead>

<tbody>

4.0

</td>

95 - 100%

</td>

<h3 style="text-align: center;">Excellent Performance</h3>

</td>

<ul>

<li>demonstrates consistent mastery of learning outcomes for the course;</li>

<li>demonstrates ability to interpret, integrate, and apply learning outcomes beyond the context of the course through application of critical and creative thinking skills;</li>

<li>completes work assignments that consistently exceed requirements;</li>

<li>demonstrates consistent leadership in class-participation activities.</li>

</ul>

</td>

</tr>

3.9

</td>

93 - 94%

</td>

</tr>

3.8

</td>

92-91%

</td>

</tr>

3.7

</td>

90%

</td>

</tr>

3.6

</td>

89%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

3.5

</td>

88%

</td>

<h3 style="text-align: center;">Above-Average Performance</h3>

</td>

<ul>

<li>demonstrates a high level of competence in learning outcomes for the course;</li>

<li>demonstrates ability to interpret, integrate, and apply learning outcomes within the context of the course through application of critical and creative thinking skills;</li>

<li>completes work assignments that consistently meet requirements;</li>

<li>contributes regularly to class-participation activities</li>

</ul>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

3.4

</td>

87%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

3.3

</td>

86%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

3.2

</td>

85%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

3.1

</td>

84%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

3.0

</td>

83%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

2.9

</td>

82%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

2.8

</td>

81%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

2.7

</td>

80%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

2.6

</td>

79%

</td>

</tr>

2.5

</td>

78%

</td>

<h3 style="text-align: center;">Average Performance</h3>

</td>

<ul>

<li>demonstrates an adequate level of competence in learning outcomes for the course;</li>

<li>demonstrates competent ability to interpret, integrate, and apply learning outcomes within the context of the course;</li>

<li>completes work assignments that satisfy minimum requirements for the course;</li>

<li>satisfies minimum requirements for class-participation activities</li>

</ul>

</td>

</tr>

2.4

</td>

77%

</td>

</tr>

2.3

</td>

76%

</td>

</tr>

2.2

</td>

75%

</td>

</tr>

2.1

</td>

74%

</td>

</tr>

2.0

</td>

73%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

1.9

</td>

72%

</td>

<h3 style="text-align: center;">Minimum Performance</h3>

</td>

<ul>

<li>demonstrates minimum competence in some learning outcomes for the course;</li>

<li>completes work assignments that usually meet minimum requirements;</li>

<li>contributes inconsistently or infrequently to class-participation activities.</li>

</ul>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

1.8

</td>

71%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

1.7

</td>

70%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

1.6

</td>

69%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

1.5

</td>

68%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

1.4

</td>

67%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

1.3

</td>

66%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

1.2

</td>

65%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

1.1

</td>

64%

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

1.0

</td>

63% -61%

</td>

</tr>

<td style="text-align: center;">below</td>

61%

</td>

<td>

<h3 style="text-align: center;">Unsatisfactory Performance</h3>

</td>

<td>

<ul>

<li>cannot demonstrate competence in many or fundamental outcomes for the course;</li>

<li>submits work assignments that frequently do not meet minimum requirements, or does not complete the assigned work;</li>

<li>does not satisfy minimum requirements for attendance or contribution to class activities.</li>

</ul>

</td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

</div>

Syllabus

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Tools for an Equity-Minded Syllabus

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