Simple Syllabus: Adding a New Component (CSTs Only)

Updated on Sep 21, 2026

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Adding a component to the Common Syllabus Template (CST) will allow you to lock it. If the component is locked the syllabus editors (instructors) will not be able to edit it. The added component will appear in all of the CRN syllabi for that course. For example, adding a component and locking it in the PAR 290 CST level will make it appear in all of the PAR 290 CRN syllabi. Below are instructions on how to add a component and the different settings for it.

1. Opening the +Add Component Tool

Select the +Add button to open the tool.

The +Add button with annotations around it.

2. Naming the Component

Enter a title in the "Name" (1) section. Select the "Save" (2) button.

Then Name section and Save button with annotations around them.

3. Adding Text to the Component

Select the text box and type or paste the information. Use the Simple Syllabus: Toolbar Features in a Component or the Simple Syllabus: Adding, Replacing, and Removing Images if needed.

Copying and pasting may cause accessibility and formatting issues.

The textbox with typed out info with annotations around it.

4. The Component Settings

The "Display/Hide Name" (1) checkbox determines if the component name will display on the syllabi. By default, the display name invisible. To hide the component name, remove the check.The "Visible/ Hidden"(2) slider determines if the component will display on published syllabi. The "Public/ Private" (3)slider determines which users the component will be visible to. Components set to public will be viewable within the Syllabus Library. Components set to private will be only accessible to authorized users such as, approvers, instructors, and students. The "Delete component" (4) setting deletes the component permanently. It cannot be restored! The "Editors" (5) checkbox determines who will have the ability to edit and make changes to the component. By default, the box is not checked. If you want instructors to be able to make changes to the component, check the box. The "Help text" (6) is used to enter custom text to help guide or instruct the end-user as they edit the component. Help text can be formatted and can include links, videos, and images.

Public does not mean the general public. Pima has a login authentication requirement.

The component settings with annotations around them.

Content settings will appear once the "CRN: Instructor Syllabus Editor" (1) setting is checked. The "Lock" (2) checkbox prevents changes to be made to the component by CRN level editors. The "Override" (2) checkbox replaces edited content at the CRN level with the content added at the CST level. The "Auto Import" (2) slider controls whether content automatically carries over from previous term for a specific component.

Overrides can be applied multiple times within a term if needed. After checking the override setting and submitting the CST, the setting will be unchecked the next time it is opened. A calendar icon will indicate the last date and time a component was overridden, displaying this information directly in the component where the override was enabled.

If you want to prevent content from a previous semester from auto-importing into a specific component, disable Auto-Import for that component. This ensures that when users open their document, the selected component will be blank, while the rest of the syllabus imports as expected.