Managing Standards & Outcomes

With LiveText’s Standards & Outcomes Management engine, administrators can access and use existing
public standards in the LiveText database. Administrators can also create and import standards sets at the
institutional, college, department, and program levels to reflect their particular curricula, mission(s),
and goals. LiveText’s extensive standards database contains hundreds of national, state, and regional standards sets.

LiveText’s S&O engine provides further capabilities for administrators to manage the use of standards,
develop their own custom standards, and align the standards with rubrics at multiple levels.
The purpose of this tool is to facilitate richer outcomes-based assessment data for more informed
continuous improvement.

Importing Standards & Outcomes from Excel

1. Log into the Administrative Account
2. Click on the Admin tab
3. Click on the Standards and Outcomes link
4. Click Go next to your Domain Name
5. To create a new set, click the +Create New Set button
6. To get started, download a template file

   

7. Click the Browse button and select your file. Click the Import button
8. The next screen will verify the Standards or Outcomes that you are importing. If any changes are
   needed or errors need to be corrected (errors appear in red), click Cancel and update the Excel file.
   Otherwise, click the Verify button
9. The Standards and Outcomes list can be updated internally prior to Publishing
10. To modify the overall Set Name and Description, click on the name of the Standard or Outcome
    under the Set Name column
11. To modify the individual Standards or Outcomes or their subsets, click the Edit button
12. The last step is to make the Standards and Outcomes list available to all users at your institution or
    in your program. Click the Publish button
13. After clicking Publish, a confirmation screen appears
14. Once you click the OK button, the Standard or Outcome will be published, and you cannot make
    any further edits to it

Manually Creating Standards & Outcomes

1. Log into the Administrative Account
2. Click on the Admin tab
3. Click on the Standards and Outcomes link
4. Click Go next to your Domain Name
5. To create a new set, click on the +Create New Set button
6. Click on the radio button for Manual
7. Administrators will then need to enter name of the Standards or Outcomes, Description, and to whom
   the list is applicable (i.e., Institution, College, or Department)
   
8. After all fields are entered, click Save
   
9. Once the Set Name has been created, each individual Standard or Outcome can then be created. Click
   on the Create New Statement button
   
10. Each Standard or Outcome is identified as a Statement. Administrators will need to add a name and
    description for each Statement. Levels are optional
11. After creating a new Statement, click Save
12. Subsets of each Standard or Outcome are known as Child Standards and can be added by clicking the Child Standard link
13. Each Child Standard will also need a name and description. Levels are optional
14. After all Statements and Child Statements have been created, click the Standard in Set link to Publish
15. The last step is to make the Standards and Outcomes list available to all users at your institution or in
    your program. Click the Publish button
16. After clicking Publish, a confirmation screen appears
17. Once you click the OK button, the Standard or Outcome will be published, and you cannot make any
    further edits to it

Setting Up “My Favorite Sets”

1. Log into LiveText.
2. Click on My Account located in the upper right-hand corner
3. Scroll down to the Statement Sets section and click the Edit button

   

4. Click the +Search and Add Favorites button
5. Type one or more keywords into the search bar and click the Search button
6. Click the check boxes of the standard sets you want to add to your favorites and then
   click the +Add to Favorites button