Syllabus Resources

Angela Jenks on episode 289 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

The farther you get in a field, the more differently you read.

-Angela Jenks

Looking for open education resources is always good, no matter what field you are in.

-Angela Jenks

I think the most important thing is thinking about the syllabus from a student's perspective.

-Angela Jenks

Resources Mentioned

Angela Jenks, UCI anthropology, earns an Academic Senate award for teaching in a field she almost didn’t pursue

Angela’s Twitter thread about syllabi

What information to include in syllabus?

Creating Your Syllabus from University of Michigan

When will your class meet?

Generic Syllabus Maker from Caleb McDaniel

Remember the holidays

Holiday tool from the University of Iowa

How much reading should you assign?

Course Workload Estimator from Rice University Center for Teaching Excellence

How much do the books/course materials cost?

Open access textbooks

Suny - open textbooks

Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges

University of California Luminos

How many works are written by women, people of color, or other marginalized authors?

Resources for decanonizing anthropology

Is your syllabus accessible?

Accessible Syllabus website

Zoë Wool

Conduct a more detailed self-assessment of inclusion in your syllabus and course design with this survey

Inclusion By Design: Survey Your Syllabus and Course Design

Include a statement on access and inclusion

Check Your Syllabus 101: Disability Access Statements

Include a basic needs statement

Basic Needs Security and the Syllabus, by Sara goldrick-Rab

Give a quiz on your syllabus, or make it interactive

Interactive Syllabus from Angela Jenks

Interactive Syllabus from George F. McHendry, Jr.

Perusall

Qualtrix

Hypothesis