How Do I Assess My Course?

Course-level assessment is the foundation for assessment at Gustavus. Faculty use both formative and summative course-level assessment to inform their pedagogy and to give students feedback on their learning. Programs and departments use data from course-level assessment to determine what, if any, changes they need to make.

This page contains information about:

• Integrating formative and summative assessment into your course.
• Developing course-level student learning outcomes.
• Assessing Challenge Curriculum and Three Crowns courses.

If you would like assistance with course-level assessment, please contact Sarah Ruble (sruble), the Faculty Director of Assessment.

Integrating Formative and Summative Assessment.

If you want some ideas or suggestions about classroom assessment across multiple modalities, you can watch an abbreviated version of a Camp Kendall workshop I gave this spring. 

Worksheets used in the presentation are here: Blank_Backward_Design_Template and Backward_Design_Filled_Out_Ruble_FTS 

Classroom Assessment Techniques

• These techniques give teachers quick feedback about student learning during a course. These techniques are adapted from T.A. Angelo & P.K. Cross, Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers 2nd Edition (1993) and are available here.

Disciplinary Rubrics

• You can find discipline and assignment specific rubrics at these sites:
  • AAC&U Value Rubrics
  • RCampus Rubrics
  • University of Virginia

Developing Course Level Student Learning Outcomes

• This resource will help you craft assessable outcomes for your course: Developing Student Learning Outcomes for Your Course

Challenge Curriculum and Three Crowns Assessment

• Student Learning Outcomes: All Challenge Curriculum and Three Crowns SLOs 
  • Example Designation Assessment Report Form Example Report Form