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Outcomes in Canvas Spring II 2014

• Most Important Points• FAQ Highlights• What This Means for You• Programs with Outcomes• Outcomes in Canvas• Questions

AGENDA

• What are Outcomes in Canvas and what do they have to do with me as a student?

 • Our new Learning Management System, Canvas, contains an

assessment tool called Outcomes. Outcomes will allow your program administration and faculty to track student progress toward mastery of Program Learning Outcomes (PLO) as your cohort moves through the curriculum over time. Your instructors will be using the Outcomes tool in your courses starting in the Spring II 2014 term. The Programs will be using the assessment data collected in Outcomes for program effectiveness and student learning assessment purposes.

 

MOST IMPORTANT POINTS FIRST

• Does this affect my grade on the assignment/in the course?

 • No, instructors assign a grade based on an assignment-specific grading

rubric, when available. The Outcomes assessment is a separate evaluation completed that is not related to your grade on the assignment. For example, it is possible to receive an “A” on the assignment but receive a lower rating on the Outcomes assessment. This is to be expected, particularly if you are in the early stages of your program. Your assignment grade will not affect the Outcomes assessment, nor will the Outcomes assessment affect your grade on the assignment, or in the course. Instructors are trained to differentiate between these two evaluations. Simply stated, the Outcomes assessment is an assessment of the program, and your assignment grade is an assessment of your mastery of course learning outcomes.

MOST IMPORTANT POINTS FIRST

• What is this data/information used for? What happens to the data after it has been collected?

• In short, assessment of student learning against the PLOs provides information on potential gaps in the curriculum, areas where the curriculum is strong, as well as identifies which courses need to be revised. This is called Academic Program Review, which is an assessment of educational effectiveness using PLOs that describe what the student will be able to know and do, under what conditions, with identified measurable results or products attained. This process is ultimately a review and analysis of that data to assess progress toward achievement of learning and to inform decision making.

FAQ HIGHLIGHTS

FAQ HIGHLIGHTS

Overarching Goal• To ensure students

are learning what we promise they will learn

• To evaluate the effectiveness of the program and its curriculum

Academic ProgramReview Cycle

Action 11Institutional Effectiveness ReviewJune

Action IStudent Learning Assessment (SLA) Plan

Action 2SLA Data Collection

Action 3SLA Review July

Action 4Document Findings from SLA Review

Action 5Develop Program Profile

Action 6Program EffectivenessReview( PE) January

Action Planitems included in Budget Requests

March

Action 8Develop Action Plan Action 7

Campus Meta Review February

Action 9Cross-Campus Program SLA March

Action 10System-wide Meta May

• Student Learning Assessment (SLA) is the process of determining whether

students are learning/mastering the Competencies and achieving the

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs).

• Outcomes data is SLA data that is used for program evaluation

purposes.

• Online Programs have been collecting this data for two years. We are

sharing this process with you because our new LMS, Canvas, has changed

the availability of that data to include students.

• Outcomes in Canvas will eventually be in all of your courses.

FAQ HIGHLIGHTS

• SLA data is used by faculty and administration to gauge the

effectiveness of the program and its curriculum.

• No matter what rating you receive on an Outcomes assignment, the

primary purpose of Outcomes is for the evaluation of program

effectiveness, not for individual student performance assessment.

• The full list of FAQs can be found under Course Home in all courses

with Outcomes.

FAQ HIGHLIGHTS

• The Programs use a four-point rating scale: 1 = Novice, 2 = Internship, 3 = Entry-Level, and 4 = Graduate, such that higher ratings mean a demonstration of mastery on that PLO.

• No one is expected to get a “4” on all Outcomes assessments. We expect that for most assignments, students will score in the 2-3 range. Again, this is not related to your grade.

ASSESSMENT WITH RUBRICS

• The bottom line is that there are no negative consequences for you with this new assessment tool.

• There are no consequences for any score received for any of the PLOs in any course. Your grades on assignments and in the course are not affected by Outcomes ratings.

• The data is used to evaluate the Program and its curriculum, not as an individual performance assessment.

• The ratings shared with you are meant to be used for developmental purposes only.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU

Program Courses in Spring II

MA I/O Psychology All

PhD/PsyD Business Psychology All but dissertation courses

PhD Organizational Leadership None this term (OL539 & OL556)

MA Psychology MP505 & MP520

MA Forensic Psychology None

PhD International Psychology None

MA Public Health None

BCBA None

PROGRAMS WITH OUTCOMES

OUTCOMES IN CANVAS

• Outcomes will be linked to Rubrics in Canvas and will be added to each signature assignment.

• Each Outcomes assignment contains the rubric at the bottom of the page, along with a note in the instructions that this is an Outcomes assignment.

• Open “Grades” from the left navigation menu.

• Outcomes assignments use a Rubric.

• Click the Rubric icon to view rubric results.

OUTCOMES IN CANVAS

• This is what you will see when you click on the Rubric icon for an Outcomes assignment.

• Outcomes are indicated with the yellow “arrow” next to the criterion label.

• You will see that they do not contribute to your grade for that assignment (note the “--” indicated under “Pts.”).

OUTCOMES IN CANVAS

• Outcomes allows your Program Directors and faculty to track student progress toward mastery of Program Competencies.

• Outcomes ratings do not affect your grade in assignments, in the course, or your ability to move forward in the curriculum.

• No one is expected to get a “4” on all Outcomes assessments. We expect that for most assignments, students will score in the 2-3 range. These ratings are not related to your grade.

• The primary purpose of Outcomes is for the evaluation of our Program’s effectiveness, not as a student-level performance assessment.

• The bottom line is that there are no negative consequences for you with this new assessment tool.

SUMMARY OF TAKE-AWAYS

QUESTION & ANSWER PERIOD

Contact Dr. Noelle Newhouse at 312-315-8178 or nnewhouse@thechicagoschool.edu with any questions