Click HERE to see a form that you can use to search the SLO database for the outcome statements and assessment topics associated with a course or program. Data last updated May 15, 2013 1:29:28 PM. need changes?

If you require changes in the SLO statements for your course or program, use the Web Curriculum System to send your changes through the Curriculum Committee (CurCom) or contact your division's CurCom rep for help. If you want to add, delete, or update a course's assessment topics, use the "Submit a course's assessment" link -- or just click HERE for the form. If you want to update a program's outcome statements, click HERE to contact the Instructional SLO Facilitator via email. close

Click HERE to see a form that you can use to get a report for any division or instructional unit or discipline, with their itemized status for course and program SLO assessment.

There are also shorter "action" and "exception" reports available, that exclude up-to-date items. Exception reports show only overdue actions. Click HERE for an action report, or HERE for an exception report. College-wide status, action, and exception reports are also stored on the U drive as printable PDFs.

Each year, the DVC faculty decide which courses they will assess in the following academic year. There are two kinds of schedules for tracking assessment commitments: "annual" and "semester".

The annual schedule lists all courses, and indicates which are selected for assessment in 12/13. Use it to (1) change the selections for a division, department, or subject code, in accordance with the guidelines, and (2) indicate the semester(s) in which each selected course is to be assessed. Click HERE to see the 12/13 schedule for any division or instructional unit or discipline.

The semester assessment schedule lists specific sections to be assessed. Data last updated May 15, 2013 1:29:28 PM. need changes?

The online schedule also serves as an update form. Click to place or remove an X. Use it to change the selection of courses to be assessed in the current academic year, and to select the semester(s) in which selected courses are to be assessed. Submit changes via the form at the bottom of the list (which appears as X's are placed and removed). close

Each discipline has committed to begin assessments on their courses in a specific calendar year, starting with 20% in 2009/2010, and adding another 20% per year until all courses have started assessment cycles over a 5-year ramp-up period. Click HERE to see the calendar for any division or instructional unit or discipline -- be sure to choose one in order to show the calendar. Note that the calendar also shows the dates for the next Title 5 rewrites to be completed per course. Data last updated May 15, 2013 1:29:28 PM. need changes?

If you want changes in the schedule for your course, click HERE to contact the Instructional SLO Facilitator via email. Explain the nature of your proposed change and your wishes will be accommodated if possible. close

For DVC faculty, there are printable assessment reports for each active DVC course, formatted in accordance with the familiar 5-column Nichols model. Access to them requires a network login account. They are also emailed to faculty at the start of every semester, for the classes they are scheduled to teach. They contain data for each completed assessment cycle, organized by assessment topic, in chronological order. Or for courses that have not yet been assessed, the current assessment topic statements are included. why? | where?

The purpose of these PDFs is to make assessment history easy to see in one report, and to make them available from anywhere on the internet, with password-protection, of course. close

Click HERE for direct access to the PDFs (if you are using a Windows PC from on campus), or for instructions on where to locate the PDFs for the system and internet connection you are using. close

At the beginning of an academic year, each faculty member should read the program assessment histories for the programs in their instructional units, and become aware of the action plans associated with the student learning outcomes at the program level. At the time a faculty member is assigned a course to teach, they should read the course assessment history for that course, whether or not that course is to be assessed during the semester. Assessment histories are stored on the U drive. u drive?

The "U drive" is accessible to all faculty from any location on the Internet with just about any Internet-capable device, and requires network login. Click HERE and sign in, to see the U drive. close

Course/program alignment matrices. An "alignment matrix" for a program shows the SLOs for the program arranged vertically, and the required and optional courses arranged horizontally. At the intersection of each SLO and course, there is an "X" if that course's content directly supports that SLO. Click HERE to see a form that you can use to get the alignment matrix for any degree or certificate program. need changes? | how to assess a program?

If you want changes in the matrix for your program, use the online matrix grid to place X's where they belong, and use the form at the bottom to submit your changes. Or click HERE to contact the Instructional SLO Facilitator via email. Explain the changes that you want and they will be made for you. close

Program assessment instructions. Program assessment is not hard. It just involves following a process for assessing aspects of degree and certificate programs, writing up action plans at the end of an academic year, and sharing those plans with the involved faculty at the start of each academic year. Right-click HERE to download a PDF version of the instructions. close

After all assessments are completed by departments, and action plans are devised, summaries are submitted by department faculty in order to document the process and to inform status reports and program review.

Supporting evidence, including emails, meeting notes, and completed Excel tracking spreadsheets, are kept by the departments -- only summaries are reported for campus-wide access.

Using SUBMIT ASSESSMENT RESULTS is the easy way to update SLO assessment topics, change a course's SLO assessment contact, and/or submit assessment results. Click HERE to use this online form.

For 2012/2013: Robert Burns (Click HERE for contact information)