The Syllabus Enthusiast │Big News This Month: Partnership & New Feature

eNews from the Syllabus Geeks :: Issue 4

Forming Alliances in Higher Ed Syllabus Geeks partner with mighty academic leader Combine the experience and passion of established education leaders with the power and simplicity of the Syllabus Geeks and you've got yourself a league of campus crime fighters that are relentless in their pursuit to ensure your institution improves performance and assures academic excellence. Intellidemia is proud to announce the first member of the Syllabus Geek Alliance, Jenzabar, Inc, a leading provider of software, services, and strategies for higher education. With a reputation for being the "good guys" of education technology, Jenzabar brings end-to-end solutions that keep the entire campus community connected. Our partnership with Jenzabar represents a shared vision to develop new ways that streamline workflows for academic administrators and faculty, while improving student engagement.   The Syllabus Geeks are helping Jenzabar extend its academic portfolio as well as its learning management system, e-Racer, by providing clients with new tools that help simplify the syllabus management process and enhance collaboration with constituents. Here's a shortcut to the full briefing. >> Share   Syllabus of the Day This month's course syllabus brings new meaning to teaching about the 'birds and the bees.' Prof. Jerry Bromenshenk teaches an Apprentice Beekeeping course at UTM & is featured in this interesting article that proves a bee is better than a canary in a coal mine. Have a syllabus worth sharing? Send us the link and we'll feature it. Syllarazzi Storm of Syllabus Geeks at RCCC Many of you know what it's like trying to manage thousands of syllabi from semester to semester. Collecting, reviewing, revising, approving, archiving, copying, posting, distributing...it's a tedious and time consuming, yet absolutely essential process. At RCCC, this burden fell on the shoulders of mainly one individual in the Office of Academic Programs. That's when a band of syllabus pioneers concluded, "there has to be a better way." They were right! More on RCCC. >> Event News Saddle up, we're headed to JAM  Grab yer chaps and shine yer boots, 'cause the Geeks are headed to Dallas. Yee-haw. Now that we've officially announced our partnership with Jenzabar, we're happy to be participating in our first ever JAM; the Jenzabar Annual Meeting. Each year JAM brings the Jenzabar community together to share innovative ideas, participate in "how-to" sessions, and have fun with colleagues. We would love to connect with any budding Syllabus Geeks at JAM. Here's how to find us. >> Feature Facts Ovation for Linked Templates  The introduction of Linked Templates did not receive the ovation composer Giuseppe Verdi did after the 1887 premier of Othello, but it was exciting enough to bring a room full of administrators, ITs, and instructors upright with applauds. True story! The development of our latest feature came at the request of schools tasked with managing several "tiers" of templates, from the institutional level all the way down to course sections. The Syllabus Geeks are thrilled to announce our latest feature and we put together a short video walk through. Enjoy. >>

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The Syllabus Enthusiast │Big News This Month: Partnership & New Feature