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Create PLOs & Outcome Relationships

📙 Knowledge Base Tip: Reviewing the Programs article before creating PLOs and outcome relationships is recommended.

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Once a program is published, edits can no longer be made unless the program is revised via the Program Homepage. When revising programs, assessments, or data collections will continue to use the current version of a program and will not reflect any edits until the program is republished via the Program Homepage. Learn more about program statuses and the Program Homepage.

Add Program Outcomes

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Verify the content of each Program Learning Outcome (PLO) before program publication; once PLOs are assessed or part of a Data Collection Form, they cannot be edited.

  1. To add PLOs, navigate to Programs Homepage > Student Outcomes and click Edit.

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  2. Via the Student Outcome Designer, click Add Outcome.

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  3. Via the +Add Outcome popup, define a name for the outcome (1) (255 characters), an individual code (2) (25 characters), and a description for the outcome (3). By clicking Help Me Get Started (4), the Outcomes Library can be searched to locate and use an existing outcome as the template for a new outcome.
    💡 Product Tip: If HTML content is pasted as a description, all HTML formatting will be automatically removed to prevent formatting issues.

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  4. Click Save to complete the creation of the PLO. The name and description of a PLO, as well as the rubric level names and descriptions (1), can be changed by editing the program. Learn more about editing a program.

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    1. During program editing, PLOs can be deleted; however, this is an irreversible action, and deleted outcomes cannot be recovered. All assessment data collected before deletion will be retained for reporting purposes.

Create Outcome Relationships

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Video Resource

Learn about creating relationships with PLOS and other outcomes by watching a quick walkthrough video!

Outcome relationships create relationships between PLOs and Institution, College, Department, or Accreditor outcomes. Creating these relationships allows for assessment data to be collected only once, for multiple related outcomes, and then automatically aggregated into each outcome set.

  1. To create outcome relationships, navigate to Programs Homepage > Student Outcomes and click Edit.

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  2. From the expanded Actions menu, select Relate Outcomes.

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  3. Via the Related Outcomes drawer, click +Add Outcome Relationship (1).
    info If outcome relationships have previously been configured, the +Add Outcome Relationship (1) button will not display. The +Add (2) button can be clicked to add additional outcome relationships.

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  4. Select the outcome set to relate the PLO to (1) and click Next (2).

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  5. Using the checkboxes (1), select one or more Institution, College, Department, or Accreditor outcome(s) to relate to the program learning outcome. Click Next (2) when all selections have been made.

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  6. To complete the relation of the PLO to the selected Institution, College, Department, or Accreditor outcome(s), click Okay, Create Outcome Relationship.

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Remove Outcome Relationships

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If outcome relationships are edited for a program in In Revision status, the edits will only affect future assessment data. Any data collected previously will maintain the old relationship for historical purposes.

  1. To remove outcome relationships, navigate to Programs Homepage > Student Outcomes and click Edit.

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  2. From the expanded Actions menu, select Relate Outcomes.

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  3. Via the Related Outcomes drawer, use the checkbox to select one or more outcome relationships (1) and click Remove (2).

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📔 Additional Resources

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