Getting Started

  • Preparing for a New Project

    The primary step in creating an Outcomes Assessment Project is to define: The Outcome(s) you are assessing in the project The Terms for which you are assessing data The Courses from which you will be collecting data *In addition to Courses, your organization may have also imported Course Sections into your Organizational Hierarchy. This is done mainly to facilitate th...

  • Data Imports

      A successful implementation of Outcomes Assessment Projects will require periodic upkeep of institutional data, to ensure that the required Terms, Courses, and other elements are available for inclusion in your assessment projects. Because certain elements in the platform serve as the parent under which additional elements live (for instance, how Courses would be list...

  • Adding Outcomes and Rubrics

    ADDING OUTCOMESBefore setting up your Assessment Project, you will need to add outcomes and rubrics to the system.To create or view outcome sets in Outcomes Assessment Projects, select My Organization from the upper right hand corner of your homepage. From the drop-down menu that appears, select Learning Outcomes & Rubrics Library.To create a new outcome set, click  the...

  • CSV Templates

    In order to use Outcomes Assessment Projects and its reports to the fullest, your institution will provide data from your student information system on a regular basis. Data from your student information system will be provided by means of several CSV files which will establish foundational data such as users, courses, and academic terms. The OAP Spec Files below explai...

  • User roles

    There are three distinct roles within Outcomes Assessment Projects that a user can be assigned - Assessment Coordinator, Faculty, and/or Evaluator.  An Assessment Coordinator can: Create and manage new Projects Select the outcomes to be assessed in a Project Align rubrics to outcomes Create Assignments Manage artifacts for scoring Run Reports The Faculty role is inten...