{"id":89,"date":"2018-08-09T13:50:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T20:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2021-09-09T13:41:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T20:41:53","slug":"assess-outcomes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/assess-outcomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Assess Outcomes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Step 2. Gather Information (or Assess Outcomes)<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After outcomes and assessment methods have been defined, the next step is to gather information on student learning. \u00a0There are so many ways to assess student learning that it can feel overwhelming. When assessing course and program outcomes, focus on gathering meaningful information and keeping it simple. \u00a0Use the resources and models below to help with your next assessment. If you need assistance, contact your department SLO facilitator or an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/consultations\/\">SLO coordinator.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The practical steps to gathering information are presented below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Assess each course and program outcomes at least once every three years.<\/li>\n<li>Consider program review timeline when planning assessments.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Assessment Models<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/assessment.uiowa.edu\/sites\/assessment.uiowa.edu\/files\/2019-08\/Walvoord.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Program Assessment Model: Basic, No Frills Assessment Plan, by\u00a0Barbara E. Walvoord <\/a>Highly recommended read.\u00a0 This document presents a simple model for assessing program outcomes, which could also be applied to course outcomes assessment.\u00a0 Page 3 of the document summarizes the three steps of the model: 1. define outcomes, 2. assess outcomes using two assessment measures &#8211; one direct and one indirect assessment, and 3. hold an annual meeting to discuss assessment results and identify actions.<\/li>\n<li>Model for Assessing Outcomes for Courses with Multiple Sections<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Assess with Canvas<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/use-canvas-to-assess-outcomes\/\">Use Canvas to Assess Outcomes<\/a>\u00a0The Learning Mastery Feature in Canvas allows instructors to assess outcomes in Canvas while simultaneously grading student work.\u00a0 Students are also able to view their progress in meeting outcomes.\u00a0 This feature can be used to assess both course and program outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>More Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2019\/01\/assessmentmethods.pdf\">Assessment Method Essentials from Winston-Salem State University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skidmore.edu\/assessment\/archived\/direct-v-indirect-assessment.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Direct and Indirect Assessment Methods &#8211; Examples<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2019\/01\/Direct-and-Indirect-MeasuresFINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Direct and Indirect Assessment Methods &#8211; What, When and Where<\/a><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step 2. Gather Information (or Assess Outcomes) After outcomes and assessment methods have been defined, the next step is to gather information on student learning. \u00a0There are so many ways to assess student learning that it can feel overwhelming. When assessing course and program outcomes, focus on gathering meaningful information and keeping it simple. \u00a0Use&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/assess-outcomes\/\">Continue Reading<span> Assess Outcomes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":402,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-89","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1093,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/89\/revisions\/1093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/teachingexcellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}