OpenSyllabus

OpenSyllabus is a web app (with optional mobile companion) that helps educators and self-learners assemble high-quality open educational resources (OER) into structured courses with clear outcomes, assessments, and pacing. Users paste links (YouTube, MIT OCW, OER Commons, PDFs), and the app auto-extracts metadata, generates a week-by-week syllabus, and suggests quizzes and assignments aligned to learning objectives. It also checks link rot, licensing (Creative Commons), and accessibility basics (captions, reading level, alt-text prompts). Learners get a clean course view with progress tracking and lightweight discussion. The goal is not to “replace” LMS platforms, but to make open content usable: organized, measurable, and shareable. Export to common formats (LTI link, SCORM-lite package, PDF syllabus) so schools and nonprofits can adopt it without ripping out existing systems.