The Annotated Syllabus is a great way to get students involved in the class early on and it gives them agency. This article by Remi Kalir is a solid introduction to getting started on your journey. Creating an Annotated Syllabus can be as simple as opening up a Google Doc for comments by students or by using a tool like Hypothes.is.
"...a syllabus is an educator’s draft vision of teaching yet enacted, a preamble to learning yet accomplished. To help learners read, make sense of, question, and discuss their course and learning, invite learners to annotate the syllabus. This activity is appropriate for online, hybrid, and face-to-face courses. This activity can occur both synchronously and asynchronously depending on the format of the course syllabus and the technology used for annotation. This activity is an informal, low-stakes means for students to connect with one another through their discussion of an important text – the syllabus."
Remi Kalir