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Incorporating Assessment in Course Design

Explore the importance of assessment in course design and learn how to effectively incorporate it using Canvas tools. This article covers topics such as learning objectives, mixed modalities, communication policies, engagement mechanisms, and designing survey questions.

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Incorporating Assessment in Course Design

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  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!

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