LON-CAPA Help

For Course Coordinators, the inline menu includes a Public dropdown item containing selections for Syllabus and Feeds. For all other course participants, the inline menu will include a Syllabus item, unless the Syllabus has been included in the course's Content area, and items have been added to it. There is also a link to a course's syllabus for each course listed on a user's Roles screen.

The main effect of including a Syllabus item explicitly within course content is that students will be able to generate a PDF for printing using LON-CAPA's print utility. If, on the other hand, the syllabus is not added to the contents, but instead remains as an item in a student's inline menu, students will need to use a browser's own printing support to print it.

When you select "Syllabus" from the Public dropdown a syllabus page will be displayed containing the current syllabus style specified for your course. By default, this will be the standard template, which includes a listing of Course Personnel (and their roles in the course), and any fields which have been completed previously using the Syllabus template.

By default, a syllabus item will have been placed in your course's Main Content area when your course was created (unless it was cloned from an existing course). You can use the Remove link for this item in the Course Editor if you do not wish to have the syllabus included within the Main Content.

To edit the syllabus select Edit from the Functions menu.

Your choices for the syllabus are:

• Minimal template Use the Rich text editor to create a single HTML document, including formatting etc. You can include image files by clicking the image icon in the text editor (second row of buttons, fourth from right). In the Image properties pop-up enter the file name. Click "Save and Edit" or "Save and View". If you have included an image, click LON-CAPA's Manage Dependencies button to display a screen where you will be prompted to upload the image file.

• Standard template Fill in one or more of the text boxes and click any of the
  

  Save All

  buttons to save changes to your syllabus. By default, users with non-student roles will be displayed in a table at the top of the syllabus. You can either uncheck display of this item entirely, or choose which course personnel and/or roles will be displayed.

• External URL Enter a web address in the text box. Use the Preview link to preview the page, and the
  

  Save

  button to save it.

• Uploaded file You can upload a file (e.g., a PDF or HTML file) if you have already created a syllabus document. Click the Browse button to locate the file, and the
  

  Save

  button to save it.

Clicking the Exit Editing link will show you you how the syllabus will look when viewed by your students. You can copy the URL of your syllabus and distribute it to anyone. The syllabus is publicly viewable and anyone can see it, even without logging into LON-CAPA.