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I’m getting ready to begin a new online course in a couple of weeks. Since it’s a course I haven’t taught before, I have to get the syllabus ready and make sure all of the course calendar, assignments and information is accurate and, hopefully, easy to understand.

Instructors Learn Lessons Too!

I try to make the information as reader friendly as possible, but this is always a work in progress. Each time I teach a class, I always find ways of improving on my initial efforts. Hey, there’s nothing wrong with instructors learning lessons too. I believe I always learn as much as my students do every term.

Who Reads a Syllabus?

Yesterday, I wrote about the epidemic in our society of not following directions and instructions. So as I was working on my syllabus last night, I had those same thoughts in mind. As I worked to make the instructions as easy to understand as possible, I wondered how many of my students take the time to actually read the syllabus at the beginning of class.

There is no doubt about me; I would have to read the whole thing. Maybe not every little detail, but I would have to know up front what the whole course required of me.

If you were starting a new class, would you read the entire syllabus to get an overall idea of what to expect during the course, or would you just go week by week and do whatever was required of you during that week?

Look for tomorrow’s post: “Five Ways Your Course Syllabus Can Help You Succeed”

If you or someone you know is thinking about online education to earn a college degree or get certification in a particular area, Accredited-Online-Colleges.com is a great place to begin exploring your options.