Steve's Syllabus Template — syllabus • stevetemplates

This is the R Markdown template I use for my syllabi. For a discussion of some of its features, see here: http://svmiller.com/blog/2016/07/r-markdown-syllabus/. The skeleton also includes code for a calendar. I discuss this here: http://svmiller.com/blog/2020/08/a-ggplot-calendar-for-your-semester/

Usage

syllabus(...)

templ_syllabus()

Arguments

...: Arguments to rmarkdown::pdf_document.

About YAML header fields

FIELD	DESCRIPTION
`title`	Title of the class
`author`	Name(s) of the professor(s)
`date`	The semester
`email`	Your email. Technically optional, but you really should use it.
`web`	Class website. Technically optional, but you really should use it.
`officehours`	Your office hours. Technically optional, but you really should use it.
`office`	Your office location. Technically optional, but you really should use it.
`classroom`	The classroom location. Technically optional, but you really should use it.
`classhours`	When/for how long the class meets in a given session. Technically optional, but you really should use it.
`coteaching`	If TRUE, changes format to allow for a second (third, or fourth) co-teacher

Additional Comments

There is a nested conditionality for co-teachers. If coteaching is TRUE, format changes to allow a second teacher. Conditional on coteaching being TRUE and there being an email3 entry, a third co-teacher is added and entries for the third teacher's office hours and office are assumed. If coteaching is TRUE, email3 has an entry and there is an email4 entry, a fourth co-teacher is added.

In the case of the above nested conditionality for co-teachers, be advised this was a hacky (sic) solution until I got too frustrated with doing it this way. You may want to look at the syllabus2 template in the same package.