COURSE ASSESSMENT RECORD DATABASE (CARD) WORKSHOP

1. COURSE ASSESSMENT RECORD DATABASE (CARD) WORKSHOP Wendy Marley, Ph.D. Research Analyst Institutional Effectiveness and Planning Spring 2007

2. Why is the CARD important?The CARD provides valuable information that is used in a number of ways: • Data from CARDs provided by all academic divisions is entered into a centralized database (also called the CARD) that provides an institutional perspective on the assessment of student learning. • The CARD serves as the basis for an annual report with longitudinal comparisons including • The number of assessments of each general education outcome, and • The percent of assessments where the criteria for success was achieved. • This information is shared with LCCC’s AQIP-Assessment Design Team, faculty, administration, and program review committees as well as the College’s regional accreditation and state quality award committees. • For a copy of the CARD report, go to CampusNet, select IEP under Departments and then click on Reports.

3. When is the CARD due and to whom does it go? • Each year, CARDs completed by the various Divisions are due June 15. They are to be sent as an attachment to Wendy Marley in Institutional Research and Planning (wmarley@lorainccc.edu).

4. What semesters/terms are included in the annual CARD? • All terms comprising a single academic year are included in a Division’s annual CARD. • Note: an academic year begins with the summer terms and includes the following fall and spring semesters. For example, the 2006 academic year includes summer 2006 (CMDS code 2005-47), fall 2006 (2006-18), and spring 2007 (2006-28).

5. Changes in the CAR and CARD Forms • The Course Assessment Record (CAR) and CARD forms have been revised for spring 2007. • The revised forms can be accessed at www.lorainccc.edu/assessment . • Please remind your faculty to use the revised forms.

6. Why revisions?To Close the Assessment Loop • The revised CAR and CARD forms ask faculty members to indicate whether they made the changes they suggested for continuous improvement and, if yes, what the results were. • This information will allow us to better assess the extent of student progress and then develop strategies to further improve student learning.

7. The Revised CAR

8. The Revised CARD

9. Column Entry • #1:Division Division code (see column header) • #2:Course Course prefix and number; add “I” after the number for Internet courses • #3: Faculty Member Faculty member’s first and last name • #4: F/T P/T Status 1 = Full Time, 2 = Part Time (see next page)

10. When an instructor is emeritus or does not teach a full load in your division: When completing the CARD, faculty who are not teaching a full load in your Division should be considered adjunct, even if they are full-time in another Division or are emeriti. Note: this is for purposes of the CARD only.

11. Column Entry • #5:CMDS CMDS year and term code Year & Term Note: an academic year begins with the summer term and includes the following fall and spring semesters. • #6:Course From the Course Description & Specific Outcome Outcomes document; place an “X” in the column if a course specific outcome is assessed on the CAR • #7-17: Gen Ed’s Place an “X” in the appropriate column(s)

12. A Practical Suggestion • The Challenge: As you complete more rows and move down the CARD form, the column headings disappear. • One possible solution: Freeze the headings by clicking on the cell in the first column below the listing of the Division codes (i.e., click on cell A8) and then, from your Excel toolbar, select “Freeze Panes” under “Windows.”

13. Column Entry • #18: Performance 1=yes, 2=no, 3=partially Criteria Achieved? achieved (see next page)

14. How do you determine if the performance criteria was achieved? • You must make the judgment by comparing entries in the CAR’s “Expected Outcomes/Performance Evaluation Criteria” column with the “Assessment Data Analyses” column. • Often more than one assessment method will have been used and you must decide if, overall, the criteria were achieved (i.e., success), partially achieved, or not achieved. (See next page.)

15. Example of CAR with Multiple Assessment Methods

16. Column Entry • #19-26:Assessment Enter an “X” under every method used Methods/Tools Used (e.g., 2007-18) • #27: Summary of Summarize the faculty member’s Faculty Recommendations recommendation(s) for continuous improvement • #28: Summary of Summarize changes resulting from Results of Implementing implementation of recommendation(s) Recommendations in column #27 (if available) • #29: Division (Optional) Director Comments

17. When there are multiple entries on the CAR, how should they entered on the CARD?

18. When a single CAR lists assessments of two or more different course outcomes (i.e., two or more lines on the CAR): Each line on the CARD corresponds to one line on a CAR form. The first two lines on this CARD illustrate how to complete the form when two lines are reported on a single CAR. Please note that the first line corresponds to a new CAR and the following line is “indented” to indicate that these assessments are reported on the same CAR.

19. When a CAR reports assessments of the same outcome in several sections of the same course, how are they recorded? • When a CAR reports assessments of the same outcome in several sections of the same course, each of these assessments should be reported on a separate line of the CARD.

20. Example of a Completed CARD from 2005/06

21. Questions or Concerns? • Contact Wendy Marley at x7743 or email wmarley@lorainccc.edu • This presentation will be available as a Power Point tutorial on CampusNet at www.lorainccc.edu/assessment