How to Post a Syllabus with eSyllabus

Posting a Syllabus:

  1. Log into the portal at portal.bc.edu.
  2. Click on the “My Services” tab.
  3. In the “Academics and Courses” block, click on “My Courses.”
  4. In the “Syllabus” column, click on the box-shaped icon for the appropriate course.

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  5. Click the "Browse" button and select a PDF file to upload from your computer. Once your file is selected, click on the "Upload" button. For instructions on how to convert MS Office documents, please see our instructions on how to convert MS Office documents to PDF.

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Linking to the Syllabus from Blackboard Vista:

  1. Log into the portal at portal.bc.edu.
  2. Click on the “My Services” tab.
  3. In the “Academics and Courses” block, click on “Course Information & Schedule.”
  4. Click on the “Course Syllabus” tab.
  5. Search for your course by entering your course number in the "Please Enter Keyword" field. In the example below, the user entered CO298 as the course number.

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  6. Find your course, and click on the PDF icon in the "Syllabus" column.

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  7. Highlight the text from the address bar and copy it. You can copy it by selecting "Copy" from the web browser "Edit" menu.

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Adding the URL to your Blackboard Vista site:

  1. Log into Blackboard Vista at cms.bc.edu.
  2. Go to the specific course and click on the "Build" tab.
  3. Click on “Add Content Link,” then on “Web Link,” and then on “Create Web Link.”

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  4. Paste the URL into the "Web Address (URL)" field by placing the cursor into the empty field and selecting "Paste" from the web browser "Edit" menu. Then click on “Save” button at the bottom of the page.

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A Note to Safari Users:

The recommended browser is Firefox, but if you are going to use Safari, here are some additional instructions.

When Safari users follow the instructions to link their syllabus from e-Syllabus to Blackboard Vista, they will view their syllabus through the portal, but they will not see a URL (although the general instructions above say that users will see a URL). Rather, Safari users will see only a PDF document without a toolbar. In order to see the URL in the toolbar, click on "view" in the Safari menu bar and then click on "show toolbar" from the drop-down menu; then a URL will show for the syllabus. Then Safari users may follow the above instructions beginning with "copy the URL".