A simpler way to manage syllabi
See why colleges and universities choose Simple Syllabus over WIDS for syllabus publishing
Focused to help you succeed
WIDS takes a broad approach, supporting training, curriculum management, program mapping, outcomes assessment, syllabus management, and more. That breadth can be useful, but it can also come at the expense of depth in areas that require specialized functionality.
Simple Syllabus takes a different approach. We focus exclusively on syllabus management, giving colleges and universities a more complete, intuitive, and flexible platform for creating, managing, and publishing class syllabi.
That focus allows Simple Syllabus to support even complex institutional requirements while remaining easy for faculty and administrators to use. As the largest provider of digital syllabus technology in higher education, Simple Syllabus combines deep functionality, extensive customization, and a cost-effective model.
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UNDERSTANDING YOUR USERS
Usability is key
If a tool isn’t easy to use, people won’t use it. That’s where Simple Syllabus stands out. The platform is designed to save faculty time with a single-click publishing experience, automatic carry-forward of previous content, and major syllabus sections prepopulated directly from the LMS. Simple Syllabus also reduces the administrative work behind the scenes. Conditional logic automatically delivers the right content based on rules like delivery method, campus location, program, and more. Faculty see what they need, administrators maintain control, and everyone spends less time managing the process.
- Single page editing experience
- Seamlessly integrated
- Eliminate dual entry
- Intuitive design
Highly configurable
Personalized to you
Simple Syllabus has the flexibility to support what makes your institution, well, your institution. Through a simple click-and-drag administrative interface, non-technical users can control everything about your site. Users can design templates across campus using personalized terminology and workflows, so the software works exactly the way you need it to work. During implementation, our team of experts will help you configure the solution. The configurability of the Simple Syllabus platform ensures it meets your needs now and into the future.
- Customizable templates
- Configurable terminologies
- Conditional logic
- Dynamic workflows
Seamless integrations
The friendly application
Simple Syllabus can talk—with other applications, that is. Integration with higher education’s leading LMS providers typically takes less than 30 minutes to set up and is entirely built upon the Learning Interoperability Standard (LTI), ensuring ongoing stability and compatibility. Additionally, connections with your Student Information System can be deployed quickly, with multiple communication methods supported on most major commercially available platforms.
- LTI integration
- Real-time API connections
- Flat file transfer support
YOUR PARTNER FOR SUCCESS
The syllabus experts
Our team is knowledgeable and diligent, and has developed extensive expertise from our work on hundreds of syllabus implementations. Your Simple Syllabus project team will consist of former educators, higher ed professionals, and software experts, all with the same goal—to ensure your campus is successful with syllabi. Our teams are always cross-functional and bring together several different subject matter experts based on your organizational needs.
