LibGuides: Fletcher Center Teaching and Learning Resources: Assessment, Advising, Advisory Committees

Visit the Teaching and Learning page for coursework asessment

Student learning outcomes assessment resources on this page are designed to help faculty members evaluate courses and programs. Looking for resources to assess student work? Please visit the Teaching and Learning page.

Student Learning Outcomes Assessment (SLOA)

Academic Affairs: Outcomes Assessment Resources
HCC Academic Affairs resources for student learning outcomes (SLOA), including links to the SLOA guide, fillable Course Outcome Guide (COG) and Program Outcome Guide (POG) forms, curriculum maps for Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs), and training videos. HCC website login is required to view this page.
HCC SLOA Cloud Site
Find fillable forms and submit COGs here. Sign in to your Office 365 account using your HCC username and password.
Online Course Mapping Guide
Create a roadmap for your course. A comprehensive guide, with downloadable templates, for creating or revising course and program outcomes and for mapping the alignment of course components that support outcomes. Resources in this site are licensed by Creative Commons and can be revised to meet users' needs.
Assessment Commons
Vast searchable database of assessment resources

How to Construct a Simple, Sensible, Useful Departmental Assessment Process (Walvoord 2013)
A clear and concise guide that explains what is assessment, how it differs from grades, how to articulate learning goals, and how to think about measurement, analysis, and reporting.

Program Review and Assessment for Continuous Improvement: Asking the Right Questions (Eggleston 2020)
Summarizes essential questions and discussions campuses should have regarding program reviews and the integration of assessment into reviews. Stop doing the same reviews over and over. This paper offers strategies to pause, reflect, answer some questions, and then revise reviews to ensure a meaningful product.
Self-Study Forms for Program Review and Assessment
Appendices to the paper "Program Review and Assessment for Continuous Improvement: Asking the Right Questions" (Eggleston 2020)
National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA)
NILOA is a research and resource-development organization, dedicated to documenting, advocating, and facilitating the systematic use of learning outcomes assessment to improve student learning.

Action Verbs for Use in Developing Objectives
Is it hard to find the right verbs for your learning objectives? This list of action verbs can help. Developed by Drexel University.
Verb Wheel Based on Bloom's Taxonomy
This list of assessment verbs aligns with Bloom's taxonomy of thinking skills.

Faculty advising

Full-time faculty members serve as academic advisers for students on courses, programs, and career or transfer goals.

Academic advising resources, including a checklist, are available in the D2L course Faculty Advising Toolkit.

Program Advisory Committees for Career and Technical Education

The HCC Program Advisory Committee Handbook includes guidelines and tips for creating effective advisory partnerships to support Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs

Working Partners Project: Best Practices for Industry/College Partnerships
Core practices associated with industry/college partnerships for Advanced Technological Education (ATE). Working Partners is a research project funded through NSF's ATE program. More at: workingpartnersproject.org

Maryland CTE Program Advisory Committee Policies and Procedures
Guide of policies and procedures for community college Program Advisory Committees in CTE from Maryland State Department of Education. Includes requirements, role, organization, appointments, functions and activities, and steps for successful meetings and work