In Simple Syllabus, a Course Template is generated for each part-of-term a course is offered at a college, signified by the college's acronym in the course information.

When a Designer enters information into the Course Template that is offered for the earliest part-of-term, it will automatically "roll" the content forward to the Course Templates for subsequent parts-of-term for the current semester—and future semesters.

In the example below, EDUC-1300 courses are offered in four different parts-of-term at SPC, and entering the course materials into the Spring 2024 Wintermester template will propagate the items onto the templates for the Full Term, Start II--14 Week Session, and 8 Weeks Flex II Session.

Once the Designer role has been assigned to you, log into Simple Syllabus and access your Course Template(s) from the Home link [A] in the navigation bar. If you are also an instructor, both your Syllabi and Course Templates will display on the dashboard. Filter for just Course Template documents [B], then select the Filters button [C] to narrow down your search to the particular Subject in your To Do list.

By default, all documents for current and future parts-of-term will appear on your dashboard, but you can use the Term picklist [D] to help you locate the Course Template for the earliest part-of-term the course will be offered. Once you've located the appropriate template, select the Edit button [E].

Course Template Designers have access to enter information into the following components:

• Materials - Adding new materials to this list will add the items to the top of any entries instructors have previously added at the section-level. (In other words: it will not overwrite the information instructors add to the syllabus before template edits have been made and submitted.)
• Evaluation, Course Policies, and the 2^nd Schedule - Unless it's left blank by the Designer, adding information to these components will overwrite information Instructors may have entered and submitted previously at the section-level before edits to the Course Template were submitted. (This includes content that may have rolled forward from a previous semester.)
• Any additional content components the Departmental Template Editor may have created and provided editing access to Designers to input information.

In the publisher interface, enter the information you would like to populate onto the section-level syllabi for instructors. Once you are finished, Submit [E] the Course Template to propagate the information onto syllabi for the current and future part-of-terms.

Because Simple Syllabus is currently set to notify instructors to complete any unpublished syllabi 7 days out from the start of class, Course Template editing should be completed at least 8 days before the part-of-term's start.