Accessing & Viewing the Outcome Performance Dashboard

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Overview

This article provides an overview of the Outcome Performance Dashboard, a tool that offers an interactive view of Learning and Success Outcomes. It details the dashboard's location within Organization Management and explains its core features, including how outcomes are displayed, pre-selection logic, and conditional visibility.

How to Access the Dashboard

There are two ways to access the dashboard.

Option 1 (for admins):

  • Click Organization Management.
  • Click on an Organization/Program.
  • Under the In Progress tab, click Launch (icon) next to the Outcome Performance Dashboard.

Option 2 (for individual contributors):

  • Enter Department/Program from the homepage.
  • Under the In Progress tab, click Launch next to the Outcome Performance Dashboard.
The Projects In Progress page for Watermark College showing 2019-2020 program assessment plan with details such as status, due date, Last updated, Last updated by and Quick stats showing outcomes, measures and Action Proposed along with the In Progress option highlighted in the left navigation and the Outcome Performance Dashboard panel highlighted on the right above the project list.

Outcome Measure Breakdown

A toggle provides a detailed breakdown of outcomes by their associated measures.

  1. Activate Breakdown: A toggle is available to see outcomes broken down by their associated measures.
    • This toggle automatically turns off if no outcomes are selected.
  2. View Real-Time Data: Charts and breakdowns update instantly when measure statuses change, or if outcomes or measures are removed or deselected.
The Outcome Performance Dashboard showing the Dashboard Builder panel on the left with the Breakdown by Measure Status toggle turned on, and the measure list on the right displaying several plans with outcome status indicators for Unspecified, Met, and Not Met.

How Measures Display

For each selected outcome, measures are displayed in a structured format:

  • Grouping: Measures are grouped by their Assessment Plan.
  • Status Charts: Status charts show outcomes categorized as: Met, Not Met, Partially Met, Not Applicable, and Unspecified.
  • Overall Status: The Overall Outcome Status is displayed next to each plan.
  • No Measures Message: If no measures exist for an outcome within a plan, a "No measures exist" message will appear.
  • Not Assessed Message: If an outcome was not assessed in a plan, the message "This outcome wasn't assessed in this plan" will appear.

Measure Results Display

Administrators can view all measures created for a selected outcome across all assessment plans where the outcome has been assessed.

  • Click Measure Results<>
    The Outcome Performance Dashboard showing the Breakdown by Measure Status section expanded for Creative Problem Solving, with the Measure Results button highlighted on the right.

    The performance dashboard displays the Organization and outcome titles. Assessment plans are listed in the order: Future, Current, and Past.

    The Measure Results page showing the Individual Measure Results section with two measure cards: Design Project Evaluation on the left and Portfolio Review on the right. Each card displays the method, source, results counts for exceeded, met, not met, and approached, along with the overall status at the bottom.
  • Measure Information: Each plan displays the outcome status and corresponding measures, including the Measure Title and Measure Method (with both method name and type—Direct or Indirect).
  • Result Visibility: Result sources (e.g., SLL, LMS Canvas, Blackboard, and D2L, etc.) are shown for each measure. The Overall status will also be available for each measure (or Unspecified if not added by the user).
  • View More Details Option: Users have the option to view more details about a specific measure, including its target, description, organization, and analysis.
The Measure Results page showing the Individual Measure Results section with the Design Project Evaluation card on the left, and the View More Details link highlighted at the bottom of that card.
The Measure Details panel for Design Project Evaluation opened on the right, showing method, outcome, school, target, description, source, measure status, and a detailed analysis section.

Aggregate Chart in Outcome Performance Dashboard

The aggregate chart feature provides a comprehensive, data-driven view of outcome performance. This chart consolidates measure results from multiple assessment plans to help users quickly understand overall performance trends for each outcome.

*The aggregate chart is available only to clients using an Advanced LMS Integration.

The Measure Results page for Instructional Knowledge showing the Aggregated Results section with a horizontal results bar displaying percentages for Exceeded, Met, Approached, and Not Met across all assessed artifacts.

Unified Outcome View: The chart displays total counts for all result categories (e.g., Met, Not Met, Approached, Exceeded) across all measures associated with a given outcome, spanning all assessment plans where the outcome has been assessed.

Included Result Sources: The aggregate chart incorporates results from Advanced and old LMS integrations, internal integrations (Student Learning & Licensure, Course Evaluations & Surveys, and Outcomes Assessment Projects), and individually entered counts by contributors.

Send Email Option: It includes categories into which scores fall (e.g., Met, Not Met) from the Send Email option.

Excluded Result Sources: The following sources are excluded: the Send Email option using the average of all scores and Upload results and write a summary.

Dynamic Category Display: If only "Met" and "Not Met" results exist across all measures, only these two categories are displayed. If any measure includes additional categories (e.g., Approached, Exceeded), all such categories are included in the chart.

Dynamic Updates: The aggregate chart automatically updates to reflect any changes in the underlying data or result sources, ensuring real-time accuracy.

Assessment Plans at a Glance

Assessment plans are organized for easy viewing based on the organizational type.

  • Plan Visibility:
    • Organizations see Program Assessment Plans.
    • Courses see Course Assessment Plans.
  • Sorting: Plans are organized by Future, Current, and Past status.
  • Plan Information: Each plan row displays its title, Outcome Status, and the total count of plans.
  • Statuses Covered: Includes all relevant statuses: Met, Not Met, Partially Met, Not Applicable, Unspecified, and N/A.

  • Navigation: Pagination controls are available for navigating through long lists of assessment plans.

    The Outcome Performance Dashboard showing the Outcome Status table with multiple plans listed, and the navigation arrows for switching between assessment plans highlighted on the upper right.

 

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