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The Faculty Senate Undergraduate Student Success Committee, in consultation with the Provost’s Office and the Office of General Counsel has created a university-wide syllabus template in the software system Simple Syllabus to be used for all undergraduate sections and courses for the Fall 2026 semester. Simple Syllabus is the software tool CSU has contracted with from a company called Simple Higher Ed. Using Simple Syllabus will allow the university to be in compliance with Ohio Senate Bill 1 that requires the following to be publicly displayed:

• The name of the course instructor;
• A calendar for the course outlining what materials and topics will be covered and when during the course they will be covered;
• A list of any required or recommended readings for the course;
• The course instructor’s professional qualifications.

Simple Syllabus will also allow compliance with these provisions of SB1 as well:

• Posting a course syllabus for each course on the institution's publicly accessible website. Each course syllabus shall be all the following:
  • Accessible from the main page of the state institution's website by use of not more than three links;
  • Searchable by keywords and phrases;
  • Accessible to the public without requiring user registration of any kind.
  • Each state institution shall make a syllabus available not later than the first day of classes for the semester or academic term in which the course is offered.
  • Any syllabus posted shall remain posted on the state institution's website for not less than two years after it was first posted.

A syllabus is required for all sections of all courses, including independent studies, music lessons, clinical, studio, labs, etc. The syllabus created will be automatically available to students through the section Blackboard Shell.  Syllabi that faculty create in Simple Syllabus should be the syllabus used for the course. Six of the template modules are required to be public, and this happens automatically. The deadline to complete syllabus for the Fall term is August 20, 2026.

Upon completion of the syllabus, the students in the class will find their syllabus in Blackboard.  There is no need for faculty to upload a PDF of their finished syllabus into Blackboard.

Office of Compliance: Syllabus Posting Requirements

Instructor Information and Guides:

• Bulleted List of Required and Optional Components of a CSU Syllabus.pdf
• Simple Syllabus Template for the Web

Documentation:

Additional Resources:

• Syllabus Posting FAQ
• Syllabus Template Information