Creating a Hope-Filled Syllabus to Support Student Success Online
Students’ first encounter with their classes is often through syllabi for them. Syllabi also help set the tone for students’ expectations of learning in their classes. If this tone is too negative or punitive, students can feel discouraged out of the gate in their classes. Attend this session to learn how to check and revise your syllabi for a tone that supports student success through hope-filled language that’s clear and aligned with your learning goals.
Participants should learn three key strategies for building hope-filled syllabi and will be invited but not required to share their own insights as well.
Concrete, specific examples will be given of hope-filled classroom policies, expectations for students and instructors, technology policies, other typical items found on course syllabi.
- Date:
- Thursday, August 21, 2025
- Time:
- 10:00am - 10:45am
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Online
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Faculty Graduate students and post-docs
- Categories:
- Course design