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Instructional Assessment

Process for Course-Level Assessment

Before and During the Semester

Determine which courses are scheduled for Assessment.
Review the course learning outcomes on your course's Course Outline of Record. You can find all CORs using eLumen.
Consider contacting other instructors teaching this course to discuss past course assessments and strategies for perform the current semester's assessments.
You can view past course assessment reports here by choosing your division folder and then your discipline folder.
Conduct assessment in your course(s).

By the End of the Semester

Please wait until Week 12 to complete your course assessment reports in eLumen.

Report assessment results using eLumen
Fall reports due in eLumen by December 30.
Spring reports due in eLumen by July 1.

Trainings GE Outcomes and ILOs

Student Services

Assessment Process

Before the Semester

Review the learning outcomes, plans, and past assessments for your program

Determine which outcomes you are assessing for this program review cycle.
Familiarize yourself with available assessment resources (below).
Determine who to collaborate with on assessment activities.

During the Semester

Conduct assessment and meet with colleagues if appropriate for coordination

Perform assessment: gather data, tabulate and analyze the results.
Meet with colleagues who you have shared and division outcomes with. For programs with shared outcomes there should be coordinated assessment.

End of Semester

Student development service areas report on outcome assessment within program review. Please see your dean or director for more information. Please see your dean or director for more information.

Resources

Assessment Handbook (updated 8.16.23)
Program Assessment Dialogue Worksheet
- PADS: AB's Version
Program Planning Flow Chart
National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
Rubistar
Articles about SLOs & Assessment in Higher Education
The Annual SLO Assessment Calendar

Assessment Reports, Dialogue, and Schedules

For instructional programs, all course learning outcomes and all program outcomes should be assessed in a 3-year cycle. Course level assessment results and dialogue are used to facilitate program outcome assessment. Program outcome assessment facilitates program improvement through dialogue and Program Review Plans. Student Services approach assessment through data collection, dialogue, and planning via Program Review. Below you will find links to course assessment and program assessment schedules as well as course level and program level assessment reports.

Course Assessment Reports and Schedules

Program Assessment Dialogue Worksheets and Schedules

Service Area Assessment Plans

Outcome Maps

Course Learning Outcome to Program Learning Outcome Maps:
These maps are accessible through eLumen.

General Education to Course SLO Mapping

Student Services SLO to ILO Map

Older course planning and mapping sheets are available for reference here.