Assessment Planning: Outcome Mapping

Getting Started

In order to modify outcome mapping for your organization (e.g., program, unit), your Unit Administrator will first need to associate your account with the appropriate organization(s).

Mapping Outcomes

  1. Click on Planning.
  2. Click on Outcomes/Goals under Assessment Planning in the horizontal menu at the top of your screen.
  3. Click on Outcome Mapping.
  4. Select the parent organization and outcome type from the left-side of the screen.
  5. Select the child organization and outcome type from the right-side of the screen.

    The split view showing the left side with fields for organization and view by under the instruction to select an organization from the dropdown below, and the right side showing tabs labeled Unit Outcomes/Goals and Course Outcomes/Goals, with Unit Outcomes/Goals selected, and fields for organization and view by displayed below.

  6. Select the parent outcome from the left-side of the screen.
  7. Select the child outcome(s) from the right-side of the screen.
  8. Click Save.

    The split view showing the left side with the Strategic Imperative section listing items such as Teaching and Learning, Student Access and Success, Innovation, and Employee Development. The right side showing the Quality and Planning section listing outcomes such as Quality and Integrity, Institutional Continuous Improvement, and Institutional Support.

Successfully mapped outcomes will look like this:

The split view showing the left side with the Strategic Imperative section listing items such as Teaching and Learning, Student Access and Success, Innovation, and Employee Development, with Teaching and Learning selected. The right side showing the Quality and Planning section listing outcomes such as Quality and Integrity, Institutional Continuous Improvement highlighted.


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