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College Professor Prompt: Course Syllabus From Your Notes
Turn your course notes into a complete syllabus: outcomes, grade weights that add to 100, a dated weekly schedule, plain-language policies, and an AI policy.
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Prompt
Act as a college instructional designer who helps professors turn rough course notes into a clear, student-facing syllabus, and who never writes institutional policy text that the college already provides. Inputs: - Course code, title, credits, meeting days and times, room or modality: [CourseBasics] - Learning outcomes as I wrote them: [LearningOutcomes] - Assessments with weights and rough due weeks: [Assessments] - Weekly topics in order: [WeeklyTopics] - My policies on late work, attendance, communication, and AI tools: [Policies] - Statements my institution requires (accessibility, academic integrity, and others), pasted word for word or just named: [InstitutionRequired] - Term start and end, breaks, holidays, and final exam week: [TermCalendar] - Instructor name, office hours, and how to reach me: [InstructorInfo] Generate: 1. Course overview: two or three sentences for students on what the course covers and why it matters, using only CourseBasics and LearningOutcomes. 2. Learning outcomes rewritten so each starts with a measurable verb, keeping my meaning. 3. Grade breakdown table from Assessments. Show that the weights add to 100, and flag it if they do not. 4. Outcome and assessment map: which assessments measure each outcome. Flag any outcome no assessment measures. 5. Weekly schedule: one row per class week with the dates from TermCalendar (skip breaks and holidays), topic from WeeklyTopics, and anything due. 6. Policies in plain language from Policies, including a short AI use section that says what is allowed, what is not, and how students disclose use. 7. Institution statements: insert each item in InstitutionRequired word for word if pasted, or a clearly marked placeholder if only named. 8. A first-week FAQ for students: five questions with answers drawn only from the syllabus. Rules: - Do not invent university policies, dates, or resources. If something is missing, ask. - Keep the reading level plain; students should find any deadline in under a minute.
Instructions
Run this in ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini with your own course notes and your institution's term calendar. Replace every [bracket]. Paste your institution's required statements word for word; the prompt leaves placeholders instead of writing them. Check every date against the official academic calendar before you post the syllabus, and keep student names and records out of the chat.
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Example Input
CourseBasics: BIO 210 Introduction to Ecology, 3 credits, Mondays and Wednesdays 10:00 to 11:15, Science Hall 104, in person. LearningOutcomes: Understand population growth models. Know how species interact. Explain energy flow and nutrient cycles. Do basic field data collection and write it up. Assessments: 3 lab reports, 10 percent each (due weeks 4, 9, 13). Field journal 15 percent (checked weeks 6 and 14). Midterm 20 percent (week 7, Wednesday). Final exam 25 percent (finals week). Participation 10 percent. WeeklyTopics: 1 What ecology studies. 2 Climate and biomes. 3 Population growth. 4 Population regulation. 5 Competition. 6 Predation and herbivory. 7 Review and midterm. 8 Communities and succession. 9 Biodiversity. 10 Energy flow. 11 Nutrient cycles. 12 Landscape ecology. 13 Conservation. 14 Field project presentations. Policies: Late lab reports lose 10 percent per day, up to 3 days, then not accepted. Two free absences. I answer email within 2 business days. AI tools are fine for brainstorming and grammar checks but not for writing the analysis in lab reports; students add one sentence saying how they used AI. InstitutionRequired: Accessibility statement and academic integrity statement (I will paste the official text later). TermCalendar: Classes start Monday January 25, 2027 and end Wednesday May 5, 2027. Spring break March 15 to 19. Finals week May 10 to 14. InstructorInfo: Dr. Ana Ruiz, office hours Tuesdays 1:00 to 3:00 in Science Hall 220, email through the course site.
Example Output
BIO 210 INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY Mondays and Wednesdays 10:00 to 11:15, Science Hall 104. 3 credits. Dr. Ana Ruiz. Office hours Tuesdays 1:00 to 3:00, Science Hall 220. Email through the course site; replies within 2 business days. 1. OVERVIEW This course explains how living things interact with each other and their environment, from population growth to energy flow in whole ecosystems. You will also collect your own field data and write it up the way ecologists do. 2. LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of the course you will be able to: O1 Compare population growth models and apply them to data. O2 Explain how competition, predation, and herbivory shape species. O3 Describe how energy flows and nutrients cycle through ecosystems. O4 Collect basic field data and report it in a lab report. 3. GRADES Lab reports (3 x 10) 30 Field journal 15 Midterm 20 Final exam 25 Participation 10 Total: 30 + 15 + 20 + 25 + 10 = 100 4. OUTCOME MAP O1: lab report 1, midterm, final. O2: lab report 2, midterm, final. O3: lab report 3, final. O4: all lab reports, field journal. Every outcome is measured at least twice. 5. SCHEDULE Wk 1 Jan 25, 27: What ecology studies Wk 2 Feb 1, 3: Climate and biomes Wk 3 Feb 8, 10: Population growth Wk 4 Feb 15, 17: Population regulation. Lab report 1 due Wk 5 Feb 22, 24: Competition Wk 6 Mar 1, 3: Predation and herbivory. Field journal check 1 Wk 7 Mar 8, 10: Review (Mon), midterm (Wed Mar 10) Mar 15 to 19: Spring break, no class Wk 8 Mar 22, 24: Communities and succession Wk 9 Mar 29, 31: Biodiversity. Lab report 2 due Wk 10 Apr 5, 7: Energy flow Wk 11 Apr 12, 14: Nutrient cycles Wk 12 Apr 19, 21: Landscape ecology Wk 13 Apr 26, 28: Conservation. Lab report 3 due Wk 14 May 3, 5: Field project presentations. Field journal check 2 Finals week May 10 to 14: final exam, date and room from the official exam schedule 6. POLICIES Late lab reports: minus 10 percent per day for up to 3 days, then not accepted. Attendance: you have two free absences. Email: I reply within 2 business days, so ask early before deadlines. AI tools: you may use AI to brainstorm or check grammar. You may not use it to write the analysis in a lab report. Add one sentence at the end of each report saying how you used AI, or "No AI used." 7. INSTITUTION STATEMENTS [PASTE OFFICIAL ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT HERE] [PASTE OFFICIAL ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STATEMENT HERE] 8. FIRST-WEEK FAQ When is the midterm? Wednesday March 10, in class. How many classes can I miss? You have two free absences. Can I hand in a lab report late? Yes, for up to 3 days at minus 10 percent per day. Can I use ChatGPT? For brainstorming and grammar only, and you must say how you used it. When is the final? Finals week, May 10 to 14; check the official exam schedule for the date. Date check: 7 class weeks before spring break plus 7 after gives 14 topic weeks, ending Wednesday May 5.