Introduction to Program Assessment

By engaging with this module, you will learn to define and differentiate program learning assessment from other types of assessments, understand its purposes, and recognize key components of the assessment cycle.

Recommended Use: Required
ID (Language): 21737 (English)
Author(s): Yao Zhang Hill, PhD - The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

This module will cover the importance of program student learning outcomes (SLOs), how to construct program SLO statements using learning frameworks and action verbs, the considerations in SLOs’ development, ways to facilitate collaborative development and review of SLOs, and equity-minded considerations.

Recommended Use: Required
ID (Language): 21738 (English)
Author(s): Yao Zhang Hill, PhD - The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

This module will briefly explain curriculum maps, including their benefits and various ways of constructing them.

Recommended Use: Required
ID (Language): 21739 (English)
Author(s): Yao Zhang Hill, PhD - The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

This module will explore places to locate learning evidence, types of learning evidence, selecting appropriate evidence, and ways to encourage faculty reflection and discussion to enhance assessment evidence for learning improvement.

Recommended Use: Required
ID (Language): 21740 (English)
Author(s): Yao Zhang Hill, PhD - The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

This module presents three different types of evaluation criteria: checklists, rating scales, and rubrics. It provides concrete guidance on how to adapt and develop evaluation criteria.

Recommended Use: Required
ID (Language): 21741 (English)
Author(s): Yao Zhang Hill, PhD - The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

This module covers common data sources, potential data holders, locations for data collection, sampling strategies, and concrete mechanisms and workflows to collect data for two types of assessment: course-embedded assessment and juried assessment.

Recommended Use: Required
ID (Language): 21742 (English)
Author(s): Yao Zhang Hill, PhD - The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

This module explains standard setting and data alignment. It discusses exam data, rubric data, and reflection coding data to illustrate the steps of investigating the level of achievement on each program’s SLOs.

Recommended Use: Required
ID (Language): 21743 (English)
Author(s): Yao Zhang Hill, PhD - The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

This module explains standard setting and data alignment. It discusses exam data, rubric data, and reflection coding data to illustrate the steps of investigating the level of achievement on each program’s SLOs.

Recommended Use: Required
ID (Language): 21744 (English)
Author(s): Yao Zhang Hill, PhD - The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

This module focuses on strategies of becoming an effective assessment leader.

Recommended Use: Required
ID (Language): 22083 (English)
Author(s): Yao Zhang Hill, PhD - The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa