​This year when I sat down to construct my syllabi I took on a new approach to the syllabi’s organization and headings: Q/A style.

​The intent of a syllabus is that it is a place students can find out important information about the course, and hopefully answer questions they have about the class and due dates, before asking the instructor. To help facilitate students’ ability to do this (and in part inspired by recent changes made to IRB consent forms at my university), I now label the various parts of the syllabus with particular questions a student might have about the course.