Poynter’s News University and the Broadcast Education Association are trying to create the world’s largest online database of journalism and communication teaching materials. The project launched a few weeks ago and currently contains about 100 resources.

The syllabus exchange works on a point system. For every resource submitted (i.e., syllabus, class exercise, assignment, handout, case study or rubric) a teacher can download two teaching materials. Everything is tagged and searchable by the professor’s name, school, type of course, and education level.

I signed up for a NewsU account and uploaded my syllabi for this semester. It took about 24 hours for NewsU to accept my submissions and award points to my account. Then I downloaded a few  interactive storytelling materials from professors at SMU, San Francisco State, and the Medill School of Journalism. Of course, many journalism professors have been informally sharing teaching materials online for years, but it is helpful to have a concentration of resources.

Here is a link to the syllabus exchange page -  https://www.newsu.org/tools/syllabus-exchange

But don’t use your points to download my materials. If you are interested, here is what I’m doing this fall semester at Rowan University.

Online Journalism I
-Online Journalism I syllabus (pdf)
-Link to Online Journalism I class blog with assignments, tutorials, schedule, student work and lecture notes

Online Journalism 2
-Online Journalism II syllabus (pdf)
-Link to the Online Journalism II class blog with assignments, tutorials, schedule and lecture notes