Does the grading breakdown have to total 100 percent?

Yes. The builder sums the weights you enter and flags it in red if they do not add up to 100 percent. This prevents the most common syllabus error, where the assessment categories quietly total more or less than a full grade.

How does it build the weekly schedule?

It takes the comma-separated topics you list and distributes them across the number of weeks you set. If you list fewer topics than weeks, later weeks are labeled for review, projects, or exams so every week has an entry.

What policies are included?

The syllabus includes a late-work policy and an academic-integrity statement by default, since most institutions require both. You can edit the generated wording to match your department's exact policy language.

Can I use this for a short course or workshop?

Yes. Set the number of weeks to match your format — a 4-week bootcamp or a 14-week semester both work. The schedule scales to whatever duration you enter.

Is this a substitute for my institution's required template?

It is a strong starting draft, not a replacement for required boilerplate. Many schools mandate specific accessibility, Title IX, or accommodation language — paste that in after copying the generated structure.

Course Syllabus Builder

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Every section a syllabus needs, in one pass

A syllabus sets expectations for an entire term, and a missing late policy or a grading breakdown that does not sum to 100 percent creates problems all semester. This builder assembles the standard sections — description, objectives, weekly schedule, materials, grading, late policy, and academic integrity — from your inputs and validates the weights.

How it works

The tool takes your course title, level, instructor, and term length and constructs the header and schedule. The topics you list are distributed one per week across the term; if there are extra weeks, they are filled with review, project, and exam placeholders so the calendar is complete. The grading section parses each category:weight pair, displays the breakdown, and computes the total — turning the figure red and warning you if it is not exactly 100 percent. A standard late-work policy and an academic-integrity statement are appended, both editable to match your institution.

Tips and example

Enter grading as Homework:20, Midterm:25, Final:30, Project:20, Participation:5 — the tool confirms the 100 total.
List topics in teaching order; the first topic becomes Week 1, the second Week 2, and so on.
For a 14-week semester, leave a topic blank near the end so the builder inserts a review or buffer week.
Always replace the generic integrity statement with your school’s exact honor-code wording before distributing.