3-YEAR CYCLE STEPS
Step 2: Collect Data
After designing a study, including finalizing assessment rubrics (Step 1), instructors work with ALEE Center specialists to set up assessment rubrics to collect data when evaluating student work in their courses. There are several ways to approach this step:
Canvas
Work with Assessment Team to input your rubric into Canvas through the designated Outcomes function, and export results through the Learning Mastery Gradebook.
Gradescope
Gradescope is a powerful grading tool that allows instructors to create rubrics as they grade. These rubric descriptions must be descriptive and informative to be useful for PLO assessment.
Excel or GoogleSheets
Create a spreadsheet with student IDs in rows and criteria in columns. In each cell, indicate each student’s level of proficiency for each criterion.
Paper & Pen
Hard copies of rubrics can be printed out (one per student being assessed) and marked to indicate each student’s level of proficiency for each criterion directly on the rubric.
[Example]
E-rubric
If the assessment data is being collected over a period of time, as is done in graduate programs, ALEE Center specialists will set up a rubric in the campus survey system. Faculty members will receive a link to enter the result of their assessment in the online survey system.
After collecting the assessment data and evaluating all of the student work, the next step is to send the data to Assessment Team, who will conduct customized data analyses (Step 3).