Outline

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 

  • Tools to help instructors easily find faculty-maintained mandatory texts 

  • Repository functionality allowing students to easily find relevant course outlines 

  • API and Querying tools to enable faculty and institutional data-driven knowledge work 

Tool guide

Cost 

No cost 

Recommended class size 

All classes 

LEARN integrations 

All learn shells link to the Outline homepage 

Known limitations 

N/A 

Level of support 

Internally developed, centrally supported 

Privacy & Security 

All course outlines require user authentication to access 

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