Helpful Materials:
The Office of Institutional Performance and Assessment (IPA) is excited to offer a wide range of resources to support the university in assessment and improvement of student learning outcomes in FSU's general education curriculum. Our fellow assessment colleagues and practitioners from other institutions are welcome to make use of resources that we authored. We ask that you please adhere to the fair use guidelines and cite/give credit when using these materials outside of FSU.
- Best Practices in Gen Ed SLO Assessment: This guide provides a comprehensive overview of the best practices in General Education curriculum Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) assessment, including how to best align SLOs with the Bloom's taxonomy and specific course assignments.
- How to Document SLOs in the Canvas Gradebook: This one-page quick guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to document General Education SLOs levels in the canvas gradebook as unweighted and hidden (from student view) assignment scores.
- Alternative to Canvas Gradebook - Excel Template: In the unique circumstances where the Canvas gradebook is not used to store assessment data, this template must be used to document and submit necessary information.
- Assignment Names Template & Filled-Out Examples: This template is used to collect information on which assignment(s) from the Canvas Gradebook will be used to assess student performance on the General Education Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs).
- Interactive Report Visualizing Gen Ed Assessment Results: This report displays levels of learning demonstrated by FSU students on the General Education curriculum SLOs in select courses. Please note that this specific, externally facing example was built using contrived student data for a fictitious department of Agriculture.
- Interactive Report User Guide: This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to navigate each page of the interactive report.
- Template for Documenting Analysis & Improvements: This template serves as a guide for documenting analysis of the General Education curriculum assessment results visualized in the interactive report.
- Gen Ed SLOs Improvement Actions Guide: This guide lists different types of common improvement actions for General Education SLOs. It also includes example narratives for reference.