Syllabus: How to Upload My Syllabus to eLearn

Online courses should have the syllabus in the course as an HTML (course page) format. Face to face courses may add the syllabus as a Word document.

This 2-minute video demonstrates how to upload your Word syllabus to eLearn:

Locate/Create a Module for the Syllabus

Go to the course in eLearn. You can use the waffle icon to see a list of your courses, if your list has more than 25 course titles, you will have a search bar to help you narrow down the options.

  1. Once you are in the course, click on "Content."
  2. If needed, create a module for the syllabus by clicking the blue + New Module hyperlink within Content.

New Module button within Content of NCE

  1. In the New Module text editor, give the module/unit a title. Here are some suggested module titles: "Get Started Here", "Syllabus" or "Key Course Documents". 
  2. Optional- Give the module a description.
  3. Make the module visible to students by clicking the Hidden/Visible toggle at the bottom of the page.

New Module text editor

For additional help see Content: Creating a Module

Note: Some courses will already have a module for the syllabus. Look for a module named, "Get Started Here", "Start Here", "Key Course Documents", or some other variation.

Upload an Existing Document:

  1. Within the module that you want to upload a document to, click the blue "Add Existing" button.
  2. From the "What would you like to add?" page, drag and drop the syllabus into the dashed box or select browse to search for the syllabus within your computer's files. What would you like to add? dialog box
  3. Use the file manager to navigate to the location of the file you want to upload, click Open.
  4. Your file(s) will upload from your computer into eLearn.
  5. Switch the visibility toggle under the navigation bar from Hidden to Visible to ensure the syllabus is visible to students.

Repeat these steps for each class you teach.

 

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