This 90-minute workshop will focus on the course syllabus as a powerful tool for course planning and development. Conducting a syllabus review provides instructors with a framework for creating a course that promotes equity in students’ experiences and outcomes in its structure and content throughout the term. During this session, instructors will learn about an evidence-based approach to messaging that can help ensure that students’ earliest experiences in their courses promote a sense of belonging and self-efficacy that will support equity, belonging, and growth throughout the term. While this workshop focuses on the course syllabus as a core document that sets expectations for the term, the suggested messaging is applicable to many other venues for communication with students, including: course websites or Learning Management System spaces, emails, lectures or asynchronous videos, and assignment instructions.

Presenter: Dr. Christine Logel

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