Incorporating Assessment in Course Design

1. Incorporating Assessment in Course Design Sean Burns, Learning Analyst and Assessment Coordinator Lydia Page, Course Developer

2. Introduction • Assessment at CSU • Canvas Tools • First Time Course Design • Use what works: • ‘Start Here’ • Modules • Accessibility

3. Initial Course Design • Learning Objectives • Clicks over Scrolls • Mixed Modalities • Awareness of Time • Communication Policies • Engagement Mechanisms

4. Assignment

5. Teleconference

6. Discussion

7. Survey

8. Designing Survey Questions – Question Types • Close-Ended • Examples: • ‘I could easily find help with technical problems in this course.’ • ‘Resource ‘X’ helped me learn in this course.’ • Advantages and Disadvantages

9. Designing Survey Questions – Question Types • Open-Ended Statements • Examples: • ‘Comments about assignments, quizzes, and exams in this course.’ • ‘What resources (discussions, blogs, wikis, etc.) most helped you learn in this course?’ • Advantages • Disadvantages

10. Designing Survey Questions - Scales • Fixed responses used for Close-Ended Questions/Statements • Yes/No responses (E.g. ‘Did you use Resource ‘X’ during this course?’) • Rank ordering (E.g. ‘Rank the following resources in order of most helpful (1) to your learning to least helpful (4).’) • Rating Scale/Continuum (E.g. Likert-type scale, hours spent, likelihood)

11. Designing Survey Questions - Topics • Interaction and Communication • I am satisfied with the amount/quality of interaction with the instructor/other students • How might we improve interaction between students in this class?

12. Designing Survey Questions - Topics • Resources • Video lectures helped me learn in this class • Each week, about how many hours did you spend using the following resources?

13. Designing Survey Questions - Topics • Assessments (Assignments, Quizzes, Exams) • I always know what is expected of me on assessments (assignments, quizzes, and/or exams). • Comments about assignments in this course.

14. Designing Survey Questions - Topics • Usability of website • Submitting assignments (quizzes, papers) is easy • How often did you encounter problems with Canvas? • What were the best tools in Canvas?

15. Designing Survey Questions – Other Considerations • When asking your students to complete these surveys, tell them a few things: • How long will the survey take (not more than 5-10 minutes!) • Why their responses are important and how they will be used • To improve the course in the future based on the students’ responses. • To help you, the instructor, focus your time and energy on the most important resources in your course • To make note of any technical or design issues, in order to fix them as soon as possible

16. Case Study: Biomedical Sciences 305 • Class Set-up • Survey • Analysis • Redesign

17. On the Horizon • Canvas Learning Outcomes • Learning Objectives • Rubrics • Course Objectives • Program Goals • Department Goals • University Goals • Program Review

18. Questions? • How can assessment or design aid you? • Anything else you want to know?

19. Thank you for coming!