Syllabus Information


Kennesaw State University is committed to ensuring that all course syllabi meet institutional, Board of Regents, and federal requirements. Faculty are expected to include the most current policies and procedures in their syllabi each semester. To support this, Academic Affairs provides centralized resources and templates to guide syllabus development and ensure compliance.

Important:

Faculty teaching a Core IMPACTS course, a Bagwell College of Education course, or a teacher education course outside of Bagwell must post syllabi by August 11, 2025.

Simple Syllabus Site

Access the KSU Simple Syllabus template library below. 

Required Syllabus Components

All KSU syllabi must include:

  • Academic Integrity Statement
  • Course Delivery Modality and Instructional Continuity Plan
  • Disruption of Campus Life Policy
  • Web Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodations Policy
  • Enrollment Management and Attendance Policy
  • Copyright Compliance Statement

Faculty should refer to the Required Syllabus Information page for the full list of mandated content and policy language.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Simple Syllabus is a centralized, template-driven platform that allows KSU instructors to quickly personalize and publish interactive class syllabi directly within D2L Brightspace (KSU鈥檚 LMS). All syllabi are automatically stored in a campus-wide repository for easy access and compliance.
  • Kennesaw State University uses Simple Syllabus to: 

    • Ensure all syllabi meet institutional, Board of Regents (BOR), and federal requirements.
    • Provide students with consistent, accessible, and up-to-date course information.
    • Support transparency and academic planning across departments.
  • Simple Syllabus uses a template-based system that pulls course data from KSU鈥檚 Learning Managment System. Templates can be customized at the university, college, department, or course level. The university-level template includes all required policies such as: 
    • Academic Integrity 
    • Accessibility 
    • Instructional Continuity 
    • Campus Safety 
    For help address department-specific template requirements, contact the Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment at curriculum@kennesaw.edu. 

  • Faculty should follow departmental guidelines for syllabus submission.

    • Generally: Syllabi should be available in D2L Brightspace one week prior to the first day of class.

  • You can access Simple Syllabus: 

    • Through your course shell in D2L Brightspace. 
    • Via the Simple Syllabus dashboard using your KSU NetID and password. 

    To enable it in D2L: 

    1. Go to your course. 
    2. Click Course Admin > Navigation & Themes. 
    3. Add the Simple Syllabus link to your course navigation. 

  • Once enabled: 

    • Return to the D2L course section for which you would like to edit the syllabus. 
    • Click the Simple Syllabus link in your D2L course navigation bar. 
    • Fill in and revise the required fields (highlighted in yellow). 
    • You must select 鈥淧ublish鈥� for the changes to be live. 

  • Some fields are locked at the university, college, or department level to ensure compliance. These include: 

    • Course title, number, and section 
    • Instructor of record 
    • Credit hours and modality 
    • University-wide policies 

    If you believe a field should be editable, contact your department chair or curriculum@kennesaw.edu.

  • By drafting and publishing your syllabus within your D2L course section, your syllabus is generated and automatically included in the public syllabus library.
    • Public: Viewable by anyone with the syllabus library link. 
    • Private: Only visible to enrolled students and instructors.
  • Contact Simple Syllabus support accessible from within the syllabus authoring tool or the DLI instructional designer for your college.
  • Any instructor or teaching assistant who you assign the secondary instructor role to within D2L can edit the syllabus. 
  • Yes, using Simple Syllabus ensures compliance with university and BOR policies, which require all syllabi be publicly published in the syllabus library.
  • If you have a question that is not addressed here, please reach out to your instructional designer as listed on the DLI website.

Contact Us

For questions about syllabus requirements or resources, please contact the Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment at curriculum@kennesaw.edu.