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College-Wide Assessment and WEAVEonline Basics
for TCC Administrators
Steven H. Wilson, Ph.D.Dean, Academic Assessment
Thinking About How to Organize and Implement Assessment for
Your TCC Division, Unit, or Office
ObjectivesBecome familiar with the WEAVEonline siteUnderstand WEAVEonline functions & rolesLearn how to build and manage YOUR entityLearn how to enter, review, edit, and use
goals, outcomes, measures, and resultsLearn how to enter, review, edit, and use
action plans and analysis questionsLearn how to build and manage reports
Administrative Tools & Tabs
As an Entity Administrator, these are the Admin Tools accessible to you
TCC Entity Tree
Sub-entities to be added, assessed and tracked might be drawn from the TCC Org Chart
Note: You will only be able to add,
delete, or edit outcomes, objectives, etc., that belong to YOUR Entity or its Sub-entities
Administrative Unit vs. Academic Program
Assessment WorksheetAcademic Division: Contact person: Assessment cycle/year:
Discipline or Program: Email address:
Mission/PurposeMission/Purpose: highest aims, intentions, and objectives.
[Course, Discipline, or Program] Goals:Goal: broad statement(s) about desired ends.
Goal 1.
Goal 2.
Goal 3.
Assessment Summary
Student Learning Outcomes
Measure(s) Achievement Targets Findings Action Plans
Student Learning Outcome: measurable active-verb description of a desired result related to goal(s).
Measure: method to gauge achievement of expected
outcome.
Achievement Target: faculty-set level for satisfactory
performance on a Measure-Outcome combination.
Findings: assessment results for comparison of actual vs. expected achievement level. Plus: # of students assessed.
Action Plan: specific activity designed to help accomplish intended outcomes in future.
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Questions [Longer-term needs or objectives developed by faculty/discipline/division]
Ex. Based on your findings and action plans, what primary changes will you make for student learning? Program outcomes? Changes to the assessment process?
Annual Report Items [developed by Assessment Office]
Ex. Contributions to other initiatives, Executive Summary, Annual Highlights, Teaching and Research Activities, etc.
Outcomes/Objectives Worksheet
Assessment Tools & Tabs
Examples of how Goals, Outcomes, etc.,
can be useful for an Administrative Unit
Example ofAcademic Unit Demo Report
Example of Administrative Unit Demo
Assessment & Report
Associations, i.e., Accrediting and Certification Standards,
Regulations, and the TCC Strategic Plan
AssociationsTerm Synonyms WEAVE definition
General Education
Core Curriculum
Selected General Education / Core Curriculum associations.
Institutional Priorities
Vision Items of urgency or importance to the institution.
Standards Accreditation, regional or discipline-specific
Acknowledged set of requirements fostering excellence.
Strategic Plans
AlignmentPlanning
A long-term, practical, action-oriented document resulting from strategic planning.
Examples of Associations already available for TCC, and how they appear and are used in the goals & outcomes view
Action Plans and Tracking
Closing the Loop
Term Synonyms WEAVE definition
Action Plans
ChangesImprovementsPlanningClosing the Loop
Activity sequence designed to help entity better accomplish intended outcomes/objectives.
Analysis Questions
Program ReviewReflection
Queries designed by the institution that show for all entities; some may be labeled for subset.
Annual Reports
Yearly SummaryBig Picture
Report Sections designed by the institution.
Action Plan Tracking1
Action Plan Tracking2
Achievement Target Summary
Analysis Questions
Analysis Questions
Results and Reporting
