About Syllabus at FIU
Centralizing FIU’s Syllabi Project
The syllabus is the entry point to an academic course. It serves as the student’s guide through the semester and establishes the instructor’s expectations toward successful course completion. All of FIU’s University Core Curriculum (UCC) course syllabi will be managed centrally effective Fall 2023. Pursuant to Florida Statutes, Section 1004.085, required and recommended textbook and instructional materials and the respective UCC syllabi have been publicly accessible at tim.fiu.edu since July 2022. To optimize the user experience, the university’s Syllabi@FIU project is launching the Simple Syllabus tool to offer direct public access to UCC syllabi for Fall 2023 courses.
An essential component of teaching and learning success, centralizing and uniformly managing all FIU’s syllabi in the near future will reduce the workload for instructors, provide one-stop access to past and present syllabi for students, and generate new organizational efficiencies for instructional staff and administrators.
Stay tuned for further project updates on centralizing FIU’s syllabi.
Centralizing FIU Syllabi Project Milestones
February 20, 2023
FIU completes the technical review of syllabi applications and identifies Simple Syllabus as the most advanced solution
March 24, 2023
FIU acquires the Simple Syllabus license and kicks off the project rollout (template configuration and technical integration)
April 14, 2023
Centralizing FIU Syllabi Project presented to Faculty Senate Student Success Committee
May 05, 2023
Syllabi.fiu.edu project website is launched and the Centralizing FIU Syllabi Project announcement is sent to FIU employees
May 15, 2023
FIU Simple Syllabus goes live
June 02, 2023
Initial instructional designers, staff and admin trainings completed
June 13, 2023
Centralizing FIU Syllabi Project presented to full Faculty Senate
June 23, 2023
Initial UCC instructor training completed
June 28, 2023
Fall 2023 institutional deadline for UCC syllabi to be posted in FIU Simple Syllabus
July 07, 2023
Fall 2023 legal deadline for UCC syllabi to be posted in FIU Simple Syllabus
Project Partner

Simple Syllabus’s advanced application is designed to simplify syllabi management throughout the academic life-cycle. From the instructor’s personalized content entry, to the students’ convenient access, all the way to the permanent archiving, managing our institution’s syllabi has just become a whole lot simpler!
Training & Support Resources
- Coming Soon…Upcoming Training Sessions and Webinars
- Self-paced Training Courses
- Walk-in Lab for Hands-On Support
- Tutorials
- Simple Hub@Simple Syllabus
- Support@ Simple Syllabus
Project Implementation Team
Focus Area | Representative | Primary Objectives |
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Project Lead | Birgitta “Gitta” Rausch-Montoto, Chair, Textbook Affordability Task Force | Project team lead and coordination, regulatory compliance, campus communications, vendor relations |
Teaching and Learning Innovation | Leanne Wells, Executive Director, Center for the Advancement of Teaching | Curriculum and faculty policies, data, and personalize system terminology and messaging, faculty and administrative communications and training |
Core Curriculum | Maricel Cigales, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies, CASE | Configuration/template development, administrative roles, faculty success, un |
Faculty Technology | Sara Moats, Chair, Faculty Senate Student Learning & Success Committee | Faculty success: teaching and learning functionalities, faculty access and support |
Student success: student access and support functions | ||
FIU Online, LMS | Raquel Perez, Faculty Development Manager | Online & Hybrid faculty and student support |
Robert Parhizgari, Director of Technology Services | Online & Hybrid faculty and student support | |
Division of IT, Panthersoft Campus Solutions | Eduardo Monteiro, IT Associate Director | Integration of Simple Syllabus with PS Campus Solutions, SSO, and AIP; assurance of compliance with technical institutional policies and requirements |
Division of IT, Educational Technology Support | Mariel Romero Guerra, IT Director | Integration in Canvas; technical configuration, tool administration |
Robert Romano, IT Assistant Director | Integration in Canvas; technical configuration, tool administration | |
Division of IT, Operations | Juan Quintanilla, Senior Systems Administrator | Single Sign On (SSO) integration |
Data Integration for Teaching Innovation | Bryan Cooper, Associate Dean for Engagement and Innovation | Integration with Open Syllabus (tech fee project) |