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:

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

Developing Course Level Student Learning Outcomes

Challenge Curriculum and Three Crowns Assessment

Designation Student Learning Outcomes Designation Rubrics
Arts (ARTSC)  Arts Rubric 
Human Behavior and Social Institutions (HBSI)  Human Behavior and Social Institutions Rubric 
Humanities_HUMN  Humanities Rubric 
Natural Science (NTSCI)  Natural Science Rubric 
Theological Studies (THEOL)  Theological Studies Rubric 
Global Affairs and Cultures (GLAFC)  Global Affairs and Cultures Rubric 
U.S. Identities and Difference (USIDG)  U.S. Identities and Difference Rubric 
Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning (QUANT)  Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning Rubric 
Wellbeing (WELBG)  Wellbeing Rubric 
Writing and Information Literacy (WRITL)  Writing and Information Literacy Rubric 
Writing in the Disciplines  Rubrics Created By Individual Departments
First Term Seminar (FTS)  First Term Seminar Rubrics 
Challenge Seminar (CHALS)