91猫先生

Canvas Assessment Guide

How to Set Up a Course to Assess Outcomes in Canvas

Follow the pathway below to determine which Canvas assessment process is right for your course.

Step 1: Choose Your Assessment Option

Start by answering these questions:

1. Do you have SLO rubrics?

No 鈫 Use the Case-by-Case option below (purple banner, optin #3).

2. Do you have SLO rubrics?

Yes 鈫 Answer the next question  

3. Will you be using the SAME ASSIGMENT in multiple sections of a course to assess an SLO?

 

  • No 鈫 Choose the Independent Option below (blue, #2)
  • Yes 鈫 Choose the Standardized Option below (green, #1)

Standardized (Option #1)

Use this option when the same assignment will be used across multiple sections.

Description: The key assignment is pre-loaded with outcomes and is pushed out to all sections.

SETUP

1. Submit this form to create a development blueprint.

2. Write to knehrbass@calbaptist.edu to ensure your outcomes are created in Canvas.

3. Create the assignment in the blueprint, which will be used for assessing the SLO.

4. Create a grading rubric for that assignment.

5. Find your program outcome that is being assessed with this assignment.

6. Add that outcome to your grading rubric.

馃挕 Pro Tip: Make sure 鈥淯se this rubric for grading鈥 is checked.

DEPLOY

7. Remind all professors teaching sections of this class to use that rubric to grade/assess the assignment.

ASSESS

8. After the semester is over, go to Intelligent Insights 鈫 鈥淎sk Your Data鈥.

Independent Option (option #2)

Use this option when you do not control the assignment across other sections.

Description: There may be multiple sections of a course, but you don't control the assignment in other professors' sections. Or, you only teach a single section and don't need a standardized option at this time.

You will be using a report called Learning Mastery.

SETUP

1. Write to knehrbass@calbaptist.edu to ensure your outcomes are created in Canvas.

2. Find the assignment in your current version of your course, which will be used for assessing the SLO.

3. Ensure there is a grading rubric for that assignment.

4. Find your program outcome that is being assessed with this assignment.

5. Add that outcome to your grading rubric.

馃挕 Pro Tip: Make sure 鈥淯se this rubric for grading鈥 is checked.

6. In Course Settings 鈫 Feature Options, ensure that Learning Mastery is enabled.

DEPLOY

7. Use that rubric to grade/assess the assignment.

ASSESS

8. After the semester is over:
  1. Go to Gradebook.
  2. Click the Gradebook dropdown menu.
  3. Select Learning Mastery Gradebook.
  4. View the Outcomes report for your class section.

Case-by-Case Option (option #3)

Use this option if you do not have SLO rubrics at this time.

Description: You don't have SLO rubrics at this time.

IMPLEMENT

1. Consult your purple card 鈥淐riteria for Success鈥 in Weave to see what benchmark you set.

Ask yourself:
  • What assignment did you plan to use?
  • How did you plan to measure student achievement?

2. Work with Educational Effectiveness to find a plan for assessing this outcome.

Quick Reference

Standardized
Same assignment across multiple sections
Independent
You control your own section/assignment
Case-by-Case
You don't yet have an SLO rubric

Contact Card - Department/Office

Email: email@university.edu
Phone: 800-555-5555

91猫先生
8432 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92504

Next Steps

Join our community. At 91猫先生, you鈥檒l be challenged to become an individual whose skills, integrity, and sense of purpose glorify God and distinguish you in the world.