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STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES & Assessment

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES & Assessment. THE ROLE OF FACULTY. ILOs. O utcomes reached by any degree or certificate earner, in particular General Education. FROM SLO’S TO PLO’S TO ILO’S. PLOs. Outcomes reached from finishing a given set of courses, defined by the certificate or degree.

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STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES & Assessment

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  1. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES & Assessment THE ROLE OF FACULTY

  2. ILOs Outcomes reached by any degree or certificate earner, in particular General Education FROM SLO’S TO PLO’S TO ILO’S PLOs Outcomes reached from finishing a given set of courses, defined by the certificate or degree • HOW IS CUESTA COLLEGE GRADED? • Through ACCJC Accreditation Process • Part of this process focuses on Cuesta ability to meet it’s Institutional Learning Outcomes • Are student leaving Cuesta gaining the skills and knowledge that we hope for? • HOW IS THIS CONNECTED TO FACULTY? Outcomes reached from completing a specific course SLOs

  3. Could a student pass your class, while still failing a quiz or exam? Example SLO’s - Intro to Business • Understand and apply the various styles of leadership • Identify the major components of an Income Statement and Balance Sheet for the purpose of evaluating the financial performance of a business • Describe and analyze the elements of the marketing mix • Recognize, evaluate, and propose solutions to problems in personnel, ethics, and communication

  4. How does Student Learning Outcomes Assessment benefit our students and improve our instruction?

  5. Student Learning Outcomes (SLO’s) • SLO’s already exist for all Cuesta courses in Curricunet • SLO’s are course level outcomes, they are not instructor specific • It is up to the faculty to decide how to assess each SLO • Each course SLO must be assessed at least once per program review (4 to 5 year cycle), but we encourage SLO’s to be assessed every time the course is taught • You can work with your faculty colleagues to change SLO’s • SLO’s are required to be published on your course Syllabus • Program Learning Outcomes are not required on the syllabus but many faculty do list them

  6. How to Assess Student Learning Outcomes • Common ways to assess SLO’s • Quizzes and Exams • Essays • Presentations • Projects • Homework Assignments • In-Class Assignments

  7. eLumen– Assessment Tracking Software • eLumen is a software application to track student learning assessments for all Cuesta courses. • Check with your division chair to see if you are required to assess your course this semester. If you are, then please plan on attending an eLumen drop in training session during the semester to learn how eLumen works. • eLumen is preloaded with your class roster along with the student learnring outcomes for the class.

  8. SLO Assessment Resources • eLumen • How to Login to eLumen - YouTube • Creating an Assessment in eLumen - YouTube • Scoring and Uploading Scores to eLumen - YouTube • Editing SLOs in eLumen - YouTube • Mapping SLOs in eLumen - YouTube • Cuesta College Institutional Research - Assessment Timeline • PDF Files  • How to Edit PLOs, map, and Useful Reports (from Coord Train Sep 2017) • SLOA Handbook - 2016 Update • How to Create an Assessment in eLumen • How to Upload Student Level Data in eLumen • How to Map SLOs to PLOs or ILOs in eLumen • Using the DataLink and Exporting Files for eLumen

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