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Syllabus Generator

Build a course syllabus with weighted assessment, an auto-generated weekly schedule and policy sections, then export it as a PDF or Markdown file.

Assessment weighting

100%
Total weight
Yes
Adds to 100%

Weekly schedule

Meeting days
22
Class sessions
2
Dates skipped
12
Weeks listed

Finished syllabus — 2 PDF pages

Curly quotes, em dashes and accented names are folded to the closest character the PDF's built-in fonts can encode, so nothing is dropped silently. Everything — the schedule, the tables and the PDF itself — is assembled in your browser; no course material is uploaded.

What is the Syllabus Generator?

A syllabus generator turns course details — instructor block, description, learning outcomes, assessment weights and a week-by-week schedule — into a formatted syllabus you can print or share. This one builds the schedule from your term start date and meeting days, warns when the assessment weights do not total 100%, and exports a PDF or Markdown.

  • Week-by-week schedule generated from a start date, meeting weekdays and a holiday list
  • Assessment table with a live weight total and an explicit warning when it is not 100%
  • Numbered learning outcomes and five editable policy sections
  • Multi-page vector PDF with page-break-safe tables and rules
  • Markdown export with real Markdown tables for a course website or LMS
  • Curly quotes and dashes folded automatically so PDF text is never dropped

How to use the Syllabus Generator

  1. 1

    Fill in the course code, title, term, instructor details and meeting times at the top.

  2. 2

    Write the course description and list your learning outcomes, one per line — they print as a numbered list.

  3. 3

    Add assessment components with their weights; the running total tells you when they reach 100%.

  4. 4

    Set the first day of term, tick the meeting days, paste any no-class dates and type one topic per week.

  5. 5

    Edit the policy sections, then download the PDF or copy the Markdown.

About the Syllabus Generator

Writing a syllabus is mostly assembly work: the same blocks in the same order, with a schedule that has to be counted out by hand against the academic calendar. This generator handles the assembly. You fill in the course details, the outcomes and the assessment weights, and it lays out a clean multi-page document with headings, rules and tables.

The weekly schedule is the part that usually eats an afternoon. Give it the first day of term, tick the days your class meets and paste any holiday dates, and it works out every meeting date, skips the no-class days and pairs each week with the topic you typed. The assessment table adds itself up and tells you — on screen and in the printed PDF — if the weights do not come to 100%.

Everything happens in your browser. The PDF is written locally with a vector PDF library, so the text stays selectable and sharp at any size, and no course material, student information or draft policy ever leaves your device.

Frequently asked questions

What should a course syllabus include?

Most institutions expect course identification, instructor contact and office hours, a description, measurable learning outcomes, the assessment breakdown with weights, a week-by-week schedule and the key policies on attendance, late work and academic integrity. This generator gives you a field for each of those.

How do I make a weekly schedule for a semester?

Enter the first day of term, tick the weekdays the class meets and set the number of weeks. The tool lists every meeting date week by week, marks holidays you paste in as 'no class', and lines each week up with the topic on the matching line of the topics box.

Do the assessment weights have to add up to 100%?

They should, and the tool tells you when they do not. The running total appears under the table, and if it is not 100% a note is printed in the PDF as well so a reviewer sees it before students do.

Can I export the syllabus to Word or an LMS?

Download the Markdown file and paste it into any editor that understands Markdown, or copy the Markdown straight into an LMS page. The PDF is best for printing and for sending as a fixed document.

Is my course information uploaded anywhere?

No. The syllabus is assembled and the PDF is written entirely inside your browser. Nothing you type is sent to a server, and the page keeps working with the network switched off.

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