Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Program: AAS Computer Information Technology Degree: Networking and Server Technologies Emphasis
School/Unit: SOSC
Submitted by: Cindy Mortensen
Contributing Faculty: Bill Doherty, Cathy House, Steve Bale, Greg Ellis
Academic Year: 2010-2011
Complete and submit your assessment report electronically to your Academic Dean. As needed, please attach supporting documents and/or a narrative description of the assessment activities in your program or discipline.
Assessment Measures Assessment Results Use of Results Program, Discipline or Course
Outcomes
In the boxes below, summarize the outcomes assessed in your program or discipline during the last year .
In the boxes below, summarize the methods used to assess program, discipline, or course outcomes during the last year.
In the boxes below, summarize the results of your assessment activities during the last year.
In the boxes below, summarize how you are or how you plan to use the results to improve student learning.
Effect on Program,
Discipline or Course
Based on the results of this assessment, will you revise your outcomes? If so, please summarize how and why in the boxes below.
Outcome #1:
Graduates will be technically proficient in their selected emphasis area(s).
Outcome #2:
Graduates will demonstrate employability skills including planning scheduling, communication, teamwork, and problem solving.
Sample certification exams will be given in the last course of each emphasis series. 70% of students completing the emphasis will achieve a passing score.
Students will be evaluated through specific projects identified in the capstone
Project Management class.
For the 2010 course the following structured project was required:
For Spring 2011 four students completed the Cisco sample certification exam. The mean score was a 70.7%. The Cisco
Academy median score for this exam was 79%.
Students demonstrated a proficiency of
100% in Linux and Microsoft server technology.
Average Score: 25 or 41.6%, on certification-type exam, and 92.5% on written final exam
All groups were able to submit a business plan and project budget. All groups were able to submit project plans and revised project plans in Microsoft
Project software. All students were assigned to groups and developed a team charter. All students evaluated their team members’ skills in team work and
The new testing schedule allowed student to achieve significantly better results.
These results indicate students completing the
CCNA program are technically proficient.
LabSims will be used as an online resource where students have access to many types of exams and skill measurement.
Groups should complete bi-weekly group assignments for grades that more reliably reflect the amount of work being done by individual group members.
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Program/Discipline/Course Assessment Report
Program: AAS Computer Information Technology Degree: Networking and Server Technologies Emphasis
School/Unit: SOSC
Submitted by: Cindy Mortensen
Contributing Faculty: Bill Doherty, Cathy House, Steve Bale, Greg Ellis
Academic Year: 2010-2011 communication. Grades were based on student participation and team work.
Outcome #3
Graduates who chose to transfer to Nevada State
College (NSC) for a BAS degree will complete their degree at a similar rate to other students at NSC.
An annual follow up report will be requested from NSC.
The BAS degree is no longer offered at this time at NSC.
No actionable results were collected.
This is a very disappointing development and one that could result in the diminished viability of emphasis because employers are looking for entry-level employees with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree.
Revised 9/28/2009