Program Settings

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Learn about program settings by watching a quick walkthrough video!

Assessment Settings

To allow assessments for a program, toggle Enable Program Assessments for this Program. By default, this setting is disabled, and until enabled, program assessments will not be performed. Only one assessment type can be enabled for a program. For example, if Program Assessment is enabled, it must be disabled before enabling Juried Assessment. Learn more about Juried Assessment.

Once Program Assessment is enabled, one or more term types can be aligned for assessment (1). Based on the selected term type (s), active and in-progress terms will display as options to generate initial program assessments. If Only Assess Students With Degrees Matching… (2) is enabled, only students with degree programs matching the assigned degree will be assessed. When enabled, this will affect all Assessment Reports in the Report Library.

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At least one course section associated with a term must be in Published status for the term to appear as an option in the active or in progress term selection dropdown (2).

When disabling assessments for a program, the Existing Assessments Warning pop-up will display a delete option that is disabled by default. The Delete Pending/In Progress Juried Assessments toggle will be available if assessments were previously enabled and are now being disabled, AND at least one pending/in progress Program orJuried Assessment exists.

Outcome Mapping and Measurement

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Configuration of this setting should occur prior to curriculum mapping and before any assessments begin.

• This Program Utilizes Student Outcomes: When selected, the program will utilize Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) that students will achieve, e.g. PLO 1, PLO2, PLO 3, etc.

• This Program Utilizes Student Outcome Learning Indicators: When selected, the program will utilize performance indicators for student achievement, e.g. PLO 1, PLO 2, PLO 2.1, PLO 2.2, PLO 3, etc. Performance indicators provide the means to evaluate and measure the attainment of program outcomes, helping to ensure that educational goals are effectively met.

❗ Changing the Outcome Mapping and Measurement configuration at any time will reset all curriculum mapping for a program; once reset, they can not be recovered, although historical assessment data (if present) will be retained.

Program Developmental Levels

Program Developmental Levels dictate what level of detail an outcome is taught throughout a course; and, they offer more granular reporting capabilities when utilizing the platform’s Report Library. Default values can be locked and are then inherited downstream through the organizational hierarchy. If Program Development Levels have not been locked, the numbers of levels (1) and their titles (2) can be edited.

Proficiency Scale

The Proficiency Scale measures levels of skill or knowledge using criteria organized into levels. These levels indicate increasing proficiency or competency. When collecting assessment data, the platform will review Student scores and assign a level based on the scores, to indicate success or failure.

The amount of levels on the scale can be increased or decreased (1) and the numeric value, description, and color of each level (2) can be edited. When displayed on reports, proficiency scale levels are automatically displayed in ascending order; when the When Displaying the Proficiency Scale, Display in Descending Order (3) is enabled, proficiency scale levels will display is descending order.

Once the program has been published, the Proficiency Scale cannot be altered. Should any corrections to the Proficiency Scale be necessary following an assessment, the program must be archived, and a new program should be created to accurately reflect the updated Proficiency Scale. If no assessment has been enabled for a published program, the program can be unpublished via the Program Homepage. Once unpublished, all PLOs will need to be deleted before changing the proficiency scale.

Performance Goal

These settings define a default goal based on the program’s Proficiency Scale configuration; this goal is the target Students will be expected to achieve for program success. The performance goal can be set (1) and then a rubric level chosen (2). In the screenshot below, 80% of students will need to achieve the rubric level of Proficient for the program to be considered a success.

Once a program is published, the performance goals can no longer be edited. Programs can be revised to make edits to performance goals with the following stipulations:

• If the current or any older version of the program is associated with any active or completed assessments or assignment linkings, performance goals will not be editable when revising a program.

• The performance goal setting must not be locked at any higher level of the Organizational Hierarchy. Learn more about locking platform settings.

Assignment Proficiency Scale Threshold Default Settings

This setting defines what assignment score directly relates to each level of the Proficiency Scale. Adjusting the sliders (1) defines the default range of scores for each level of the Proficiency Scale. Unless the proficiency scale threshold defaults are locked at any level of the Organizational Hierarchy, these settings will also be configurable at the course or course section level.

Program Assessment Settings

This setting allows for Course Level Outcome (CLO) Assessment to occur even if a course is mapped to a program during the curriculum mapping process; this setting is disabled by default.

When enabled, any CLO that is not mapped to Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) will collect data via Course Assessment. For any CLOs that are mapped to PLOs, they will collect data via Program Assessment. When disabled, the mapped course will only collect data via the Program Assessment they are associated with; even if a course has CLOs not mapped to PLOs, no CLO will be available for Course Assessment.

Assignment Settings

When enabled (1), the Course Section Assignment Samples page will allow for the upload of assignment examples. By default, three assignment sample groups (2) are available and additional groups can be added as needed. Default titling for the default three assignment groups define levels of Below Average, Average, and Above Average and can be edited (3).

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