Implementing ILO-PLO-CLO Assessment in Your Courses
By Dr. Kenneth Locke, Dean of Administration, and Monica Sanford
Navigation:
- Why Does This Matter?
- Learning Outcomes
- UWest’s Institutional Learning Outcomes
- Rubrics
- Creating Course Learning Outcome Rubrics
- Linking CLOs to Assignments
- Recording CLO Rubrics in Taskstream ← YOU ARE HERE
- Conclusion
Recording CLO Scores in Taskstream
Taskstream is the assessment software used by University of the West. It was purchased in August of 2011, will be tested during Fall 2011 semester and put into full use in the Spring 2012 semester. The Taskstream software is developed by a company of the same name and uses two components in assessment: the Accountability Management System (AMS) and the Learning Achievement Tools (LAT). The company describes themselves as “a for profit organization designed to advance educational excellence by providing the highest quality web-based software and supporting services to efficiently plan and manage assessment processes, facilitate the demonstration of learning achievement, and foster continuous improvement throughout the learning network.” More detailed tutorials will be made available on the UWest Faculty Development website in the future.
When faculty submit their grades at the end of the semester, they MUST also fill out the CLO rubrics on Taskstream. This is a separate, extra requirement that is vital to the success of the university. This is all done electronically. Rubrics on Taskstream will look similar (but customized for UWest) to the sample below. Comments should be more reflective of the student’s performance in the entire class than on individual assignments.
Sample Rubric from Taskstream
In addition to giving each CLO a score, student “artifacts” will serve as evidence of the student’s performance. This includes their assessment methods, such as assignment and tests, video of student presentations, or other files. Artifacts help ensure that professors are scoring students consistently and according to the same standards. When discrepancies appear in the data, the artifacts can be referenced in order to explain scores. It is important to remember that the grade a student gets on a paper is not the same as the CLO score related to the “artifact” of that paper. As stated previously, professors may use multiple assessment methods for a single CLO or cover multiple CLOs with a single assessment method. However, to keep things simple, only one or two artifacts need to be uploaded as evidence of that student’s performance (although the number is not limited). It is up to the judgment of the professor as to what artifacts best represent a holistic picture of that student’s learning outcomes. Artifacts will be stored in Taskstream and remain accessible to faculty, staff, administrators, and students.
Taskstream will already be set up to link CLOs to PLOs and PLOs to ILOs. As data is uploaded, UWest faculty, staff, and administration can immediately see how well we are fulfilling our learning outcomes at the course, program, and institutional level. This will allow for continuous feedback and improvement.
Implementation of Taskstream at UWest Workflowchart
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