Using eSyllabus in your BrS courses

This is a faculty tutorial on how to create an eSyllabus, also known as Simple Syllabus, link to Brightspace (BrS).

If this is your first time using the Simple Syllabus tool in BrS

1. As you log into Brightspace, select your course where you would like to add the eSyllabus.

2. Click Content on the red navigation bar. Under "Table of Contents," create a new module called "Syllabus & Course Schedule."

TIP: Using your keyboard, type in the name of the module and press ENTER (Windows) or RETURN (Macs).

3. Once entered, you will appear in your newly created module.

4. Hover to Existing Activities, then External Learning Tools.

5. Scroll down using the vertical scrollbar and select Simple Syllabus-York.

8. You will return to the module with your newly created eSyllabus link.

9. We recommend to edit link to "eSyllabus". To do so, click "Bulk Edit".

10. Click the name of the link (for example, "Simple Syllabus-York") and change the name to "eSyllabus".

11. Click the Done Editing button.

If you are migrating materials from Blackboard to BrS which includes the Simple Syllabus tool

1. As you log into Brightspace, select your course from which it was migrated from.

2. Click Content on the red navigation bar.

3. Under "Table of Contents", click the "Syllabus & Course Schedule" module.

4. Remove the link by clicking the action button next to the eSyllabus link and then "Delete Topic".

5. Under "Delete Topic," select the radio dial called "Permanently delete both the topic from Content and the associated file or activity from the course."

6. Click Delete.

8.. Follow tutorial steps 3-11 from If this is your first time using the Simple Syllabus tool in BrS.