District Board of Trustees Policy 6Hx-18-2.051 requires that faculty and instructors post syllabi to their faculty/instructor home page according to the following deadlines:

• Summer term 2010-3 - Post syllabus by April 1, 2010
• Fall Term 2011-1 - Post syllabus by July 1, 2010
• Spring Term 2011-2 - Post syllabus by November 1, 2010

Academic Calendar Dates for Reference - www.palmbeachstate.edu/AcademicCalendar.xml

Syllabus Information

Palm Beach State College has documents to help you prepare syllabi for your classes. You may choose to use a "syllabus checklist", which lists all the required information to be included in a syllabus, or you may choose to use a "syllabus format" which is a Word document template.

The templates are Word forms with grey box areas in which you can type information for your class. These forms are not password protected, so you can make your own individualized syllabus as long as the information from the syllabus checklist is included.

You may also choose to completely design your syllabus as long as you include all the items from the syllabus checklist. Please note that the syllabus checklists and templates do not require you to include class handouts, case studies, or other instructional material. If you would like to "unlock" the template, please download the following document: click here.

Syllabi Templates and Checklists
The syllabi template forms and checklists are posted below. There are three forms and checklists: Classroom classes, hybrid/component classes, and fully online classes (distance learning).

Posting the Completed Syllabi to Your Faculty Homepage
Once you complete your syllabus, it should be uploaded to your faculty homepage in PDF format (please see the link below for the Employeeweb tutorial, or click here). There are many reasons to use PDF format. First, it protects your document from unauthorized editing; second, a student does not have to have Microsoft Word to download the document; third, the document will print more consistently across the hundreds of different printers that exist. The faculty homepage tools are not compatible with the Microsoft Word 2007 file format. Outlined below are many free tools for converting your Word files to PDF format.

Syllabi Templates and Checklists - Updated with Palm Beach State College

Classroom Classes: Syllabus Checklist - Click Here Syllabus Format Template - Click Here

Hybrid/Web Component Classes: Syllabus Checklist - Click Here Syllabus Format Template - Click Here

Online (Distance Learning) Classes: Syllabus Checklist - Click Here Syllabus Format Template - Click Here

Tutorial on Employee Web - Click Here to download the document.

Other Links

If you want to save your syllabus as a PDF file, but you do not have the Adobe software, here are some suggestions from the web. For links that require a software download, please use and download at your own risk. The ability to save as a PDF is also available in the Professional Teaching and Learning Centers (PTLC).

Free Software for PDF - http://www.dopdf.com/ (for your home computer)

How to activate PDF for Word 2007 - click here

Convert a Word file to PDF online (no software install needed, all web-based) -
http://www.media-convert.com/

Please remember that the faculty member’s name MUST be attached to the class for the class to be displayed on the faculty member’s faculty home page. If a faculty member's name is added to a class today, it will display the next day on the web as it is refreshed each night.

Other Helpful Information for Faculty

Course Outlines - click here

Faculty Handbook - click here

Free Recording Software for Podcasts - click here

How to Plan and Record a Podcast - click here