Syllabus Software
Simple Syllabus is a centralized software platform.
Simple Syllabus offers an easy-to-use interface, improved Blackboard integration, and instant access to updated syllabus content.
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Accessing Simple Syllabus
There are two ways to log into the Simple Syllabus platform - Inside any Blackboard site or from the Simple Syllabus platform.
- From within Blackboard: Navigate to a specific course and click on the Tools menu item and select Simple Syllabus to begin editing your syllabus.
- Outside of Blackboard: Go to UND's Simple Syllabus platform and sign in with your NDUS.identifier (example – jane.doe). Click the edit icon on your syllabus to begin editing.
Getting Started for Instructors
- View the Getting Started Knowledgebase Article for step-by-step navigation and editing instructions
- View Simple Syllabus Video Tutorials
How to Find Help
The Simple Syllabus knowledge base is a great resource for additional information. NOTE: You will need to login in order to access their articles and videos. The Simple Academy also provides documentation and videos that you may find helpful.
For additional assistance, on the Simple Syllabus page, click on the question mark (?) icon to send a message directly to the product support team — or you can email support@simplesyllabus.com for help.
Why Should Instructors Use Simple Syllabus?
Take Back Your Time
Creating engaging, informative syllabi shouldnʼt be time consuming or difficult. Yet with complex syllabus templates and constantly changing policy information, this is often the case. Simple Syllabus helps instructors publish digital syllabi - quickly and easily - and provides a way of pushing updated University policies out to published syllabi. Content built for your course automatically carries over as a starting point, from term to term or even section to section if teaching multiple sections within a semester. Done actually means done when using Simple Syllabus since all syllabi are archived centrally—eliminating the need to upload and send files to different places and people across campus.
Work Smarter, Not Harder
The Blackboard integration with Simple Syllabus allows instructors to pre-populate
their syllabus with
data to save time. This helps to eliminate redundant tasks. For example, updates to
assignment due dates or points entered into Blackboard can be automatically reflected
on the syllabus schedule (if the instructor chooses to enable this feature). Data
stored within Campus Connection, such as location, meeting times, and course description
are also dynamically linked within the syllabus, which reduces manual data entry.
Personalize Your Syllabi
Simple Syllabus gives instructors the power to build highly personalized, engaging
class syllabi by embedding web media such as images, video, audio, and more. Build
the syllabus once in Simple Syllabus and it generates a web, mobile, and print version
so your students can consume class information across multiple form factors. Instructors
don’t have to be accessibility experts to build content that is usable by all students.
Simple Syllabus
automatically optimizes the content for most screen readers and accessibility applications.
Know Your Learners
Have you ever wondered if a student has read your syllabus? Simple Syllabus can track student engagement, indicating who has looked at the syllabus, how many times, and how recently. Instructors can also leverage Simple Syllabus’ proprietary, Student Confirmation feature. Track the actual percentage of the syllabus that a student has read and prompt them upon successful completion to affirm success—all with detailed reporting of the class roster on the backend.