Once you are satisfied with your syllabus, you will submit it for approval. To do so, scroll to Publishing Options at the very bottom of your editing page. You will check off “Submit for Approval” and then click “Update”
Note: Once a syllabus has been submitted for approval, the creator will no longer have access to it. Therefore, any copies needed for multiple sections should be made before submitting for approval. The syllabus will return to your Syllabus List once it has been approved.
The Submission Process
Once submitted, your syllabus must be approved at both the departmental and decanal levels before it is published. Here’s how the process works:
- After submitting your syllabus to your department for approval, it will disappear from view. If you discover an omission, or would like to make a change, contact your departmental secretary and ask them to return it to you. Similarly, if they discover an error or omission, they will return it. In these cases, there is a “Comments” field at the bottom of your editing page, detailing why your syllabus has been returned. The comments field will not be visible on a published syllabus, but instead a way of keeping track of changes between faculty/department/Dean’s office.
- Once your syllabus has been approved at the departmental level, it will go to the Dean’s Office for review. As before, you will not be able to see it again until it has been approved. As with departmental review, you may also request that it be returned at this stage, if necessary.
- When approved, you will be given access to the syllabus edit screen again. At the bottom, you will see the new field called “Direct URL”, which you can use to link your Blackboard course site to your published syllabus. Should the need arise, you may also use the “Unpublish/Return to Dean” button at the bottom of your editing page. Tick this option, then click “Update”.
