First of all, can I thank those of you who replied to my previous post on course "rollover." I'll be collating that information shortly & will share the summary.
Whilst preparing for the next term I've been trying in vain to establish exactly what the Outcomes Assessment features added in SP 6 entails? After too much time scrabbling around the net, I've only established that it's an add on (presumably paid for?), that it's able to analyse assessment results [linked to the new'ish rubric tool]? http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Learn/Products/Blackboard-Learn/Assessment-Accreditation-Analytics.aspx
" Institutional Assessment and Accreditation Management
Blackboard Learn for Outcomes Assessment supports an institution’s need to systematize and automate the collection student work for rubric-based evaluation and reporting related to their accreditation and improvement efforts. Our solution is tightly integrated on the tool your faculty and staff know best: Blackboard Course Delivery......."
http://discussions.blackboard.com/forums/p/48248/147378.aspx#147378
Has anyone used it? Has it proved productive and pedagogically sound/ and or an improvement in e-assessment efficiency? And.... are there any tutorials hiding around the web, Google has yet to index? Or does my Boolean web searching methods require updating! Thanks.
Initial information from standard documentation:
"Outcomes Assessment
Evidence Collection: Institutions can now leverage course-embedded assessment. Outcomes Assessment users such as Assessment Coordinators can automatically collect assignments and the related student submissions directly from Blackboard Learn courses. Once collected, student artifacts of learning can be randomly sampled, evaluated in Outcomes Assessment using a rubric, and reported against. The collection of these student work products in a more automated way greatly eases the burden of assessment on faculty and students, during course, program or institution level assessment.
Standard, Objective, and Goal (SOG) Alignment to Course Delivery Content: This enhancement will make it easier for instructors, curriculum designers, and other staff to align content items directly to the appropriate learning outcome.
Standard, Objective, and Goal (SOG) Coverage Reports: New reports are now available to show the alignment of any standard, objective, or goal, aligned directly to Blackboard course content, at any level (institutional, unit/program, or course)."
Regards.
Kevin Brace. Bsc(Hons), MSc, Ieng, CMALT, PDF-ELT
Associate Head of Technology Enhanced Learning
Centre for Learning Innovation & Professional Practice
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Aston University
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