Syllabus Checker

Submit your syllabus no later than the Friday of the first week of your class start date. Every syllabus must follow the MCCCD Syllabus Standards. One syllabus per submission. Combined courses must list every class, including class numbers.

Step 1 · Your course info

Instructor name *

Email *

Is this for a combined or associated section? * Includes courses with separate lecture and lab sections. Combined syllabi must list all classes, including class numbers. Yes No

Major class & number * Typically the level-one / introductory course. Format: PREFIX###-#####

Class start date *

Term

Format

Seat-hour profile * Confirm your credits, load hours, periods, and activity type on the CCTA website. Total student hours = credits × 40 always. Load hours change the split not the total.

Step 2 · Attach your syllabus

Upload a PDF or Word doc of your syllabus PDF (.pdf) or Word (.doc.docx). Max 100 MB. Skip this if you use Simple Syllabus / Syllabus+ and use the field below instead.

Simple Syllabus / Syllabus+ option: paste your “Syllabus PDF URL” In Canvas, submit your syllabus in editor mode. Two links appear (with confetti). Use the second one, titled “Syllabus PDF URL.”

Step 3 · Submit

You will get a reply right away: a thank-you if your syllabus is complete, or a short list of what to add before you resubmit.

What it checks

District required elements (MCCCD Regulation 3.6)

College name, campus or site
Instructor name and contact information
Course title, prefix, number, and section
Academic term and year
MCCCD course description or overview
Course format (online, hybrid, face-to-face)
Delivery modes for course materials
Credit hours
Contact hours and out-of-class expectations
Link to the MCCCD Official Course Competencies
Grading standards and practices
Attendance requirements
Required and recommended texts and technologies
Student responsibility for syllabus information
Student responsibility for college policies
Availability of accommodation services
Third-party tools, LTI, proctoring, plagiarism disclosures
Subject-to-change statement
Instructor communication response-time expectation
Disability services statement or link
Title IX sexual harassment statement or link

Required approved language

Approved seat-hours statement, verbatim · the exact language for your credits, load hours, and activity type, in the workload section (in Syllabus+, “Instructional Contact Hours & Out-of-Class Student Work”)
RSI, regular and substantive interaction · online and hybrid courses only. The statement describing instructor-facilitated discussions, timely feedback, interactive presentations, peer collaboration, and projects

Both statements must appear exactly as approved, not paraphrased. The approved wording depends on your credits, load hours, and activity type, so confirm those on the CCTA website before you submit. Department reference: approved seat-hours language ↓

Any additional requirements set by your program are included here automatically.

Your reply

Status: prototype. No login needed, and no personal information is collected.

On the approved language: the seven approved statements are stored in this page, transcribed verbatim and against the department reference sheet which is always the authority. They are stored rather than fetched on purpose: seven paragraphs that change about once a year do not justify an API integration, and a browser page has nowhere safe to keep a credential. When the department revises the doc, this page must be updated to match. A production version with a server would read the doc directly and this caveat would go away.