Have you ever seen the T-shirt with the phrase It’s in the syllabus? There is another version that reads It was in the SYLLABUS, it’s still in the SYLLABUS, it’s always in the SYLLABUS.
These T-shirts voice the frustration we have all experienced when our students ask about policies, due dates, or assignments that we presume we have clearly stated in the course syllabus. But perhaps we need to take another look at what information we include and how we, as the instructors of record, come off in this critical piece of writing.
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