About this tool
Outline.uwaterloo.ca is a web-based tool for authoring and publishing course outlines, providing useful tools to authors and a valuable resource for students.
Features and functionality
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Tools to help instructors easily find faculty-maintained mandatory texts
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Structured outline templates with University required sections and statements for consistent documents and level of detail
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Repository functionality allowing students to easily find relevant course outlines
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API and Querying tools to enable faculty and institutional data-driven knowledge work
Tool guide
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Cost |
No cost |
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Recommended class size |
All classes |
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LEARN integrations |
All learn shells link to the Outline homepage |
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Known limitations |
N/A |
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Level of support |
Internally developed, centrally supported |
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Privacy & Security |
All course outlines require user authentication to access |
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Similar tool(s) |
N/A |
Get started
Instructors can log into https://outline.uwaterloo.ca to get started authoring their course outlines. The interface has been designed to be intuitive and helpful, however students can log in to find all published course outlines for their registered courses on the home page, as well as search tools for browsing other published course outlines.
Additional resources
For additional information on authoring course outlines with the software, instructors and admin staff can refer to the Wiki for more information, view the CTE teaching tip on creating course outlines, or contact OutlineSupport@uwaterloo.ca if issues arise.
How your peers are using this tool
See the Course outline exemplars page for examples of ways to make the elements of the course design more transparent for students.
Campus support
Contact OutlineSupport@uwaterloo.ca if issues arise