LA HARBOR COLLEGE
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) Assessment Report
Course Assessment
Division: Humanities
Discipline/Program: Art
Course Number and Name: Art 712 Ceramics Workshop
Program Contact Person: ____Jay McCafferty____________________________________ Phone: (310) 233-4517
Reviewed by:
Elena Reigadas, SLO Assessment Coordinator
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Institutional Learning
Course Intended Outcomes
Outcomes
5
Students advance in their
use of hand-building
techniques.
Students produce at least
ten pieces using the
following methods: pinch
with eyes closed, coil
finishing in, coil finishing
out, coil patch, slab mold,
slab tube, or sculpting.
Students may choose
instead to specialize with
potter’s wheel, producing
at least ten pieces.
Students produce a final
project consisting of one
piece or a set of pieces.
The work will explore a
personalized theme. A
particular artist, a historical
period, or a particular
culture’s ceramic approach
Means of Assessment and
Criteria for Success
The vessels created by
students will be evaluated
for the following: Does the
work exhibit an
understanding of pottery
form? Does the work show
attention to detail? How
clearly are the forms
delineated? Is there a level
of control in the forming
process?
Student performance is
assessed against a
department standard rubric.
Date: 03/26/2014
Summary of Data Collected Use of Results
Three sections, with fortyone students.
At the end of the semester
students performance is
assessed against a
department standard rubric
Students met expectations
and no course changes are
required.
Availability of new
learning room will enable
short lectures and
presentation of visual
material exploring the work
of notable ceramic artists
and illustrating advanced
forming techniques.
Next semester students will
meet to share research and
inspiration for class
projects.
A reliable wireless internet
connection would greatly
enhance the ability of the
professor and students to
share and demonstrate
material stored in the cloud
or available on the internet.
may influence the theme.
Students choosing to focus
on potters wheel produce a
set a pieces exploring a
particular thrown form or
set of thrown pieces with a
unifying aesthetic.
5
Students advance their
understanding of glazing
and other decorative
techniques, including the
use of low-fire glazes,
high-fire glazes, metallic
oxides, and slip decoration
to enhance pieces.
Students use a variety of
embellishment and
finishing techniques
including: burnishing,
carving, and incising.
Student work is evaluated
with the following goals in
mind:
the demonstration of a
basic understanding of
color and opacity as it
relates to the use of glazes
and surface decoration,
application of glazes in an
effective and aesthetic
manner, the utilization of a
variety of decorative
methods, and the
integration of surface
treatment with form.
Three sections, with fortyone students.
At the end of the semester
student performance is
assessed against a
department standard rubric
Students choosing to focus
on potters wheel produce a
set a pieces exploring a
particular thrown form or
set of thrown pieces with a
unifying aesthetic.
Students submit logbook.
For each piece students
must provide type of
construction, type of
glazing, name of glaze,
illustration of piece and
evaluation of piece.
Availability of new
learning room will enable
short lecture and visual
presentation illustrating
advanced glazing and
decorative techniques.
A reliable wireless internet
connection would greatly
enhance the ability of the
professor and students to
share and demonstrate
material stored in the cloud
or available on the internet.
Student performance is
assessed against a
department standard rubric.
5(1)
Student met expectations
and no course changes are
required.
Three sections, with fortyone students.
At the end of the semester
student performance is
assessed against a
department standard rubric
Student met expectations
and no course changes are
required.
Next semester students will
be strongly encouraged to
submit a work of art into
the end of year student art
Students create logbook
describing each ceramic
piece produced. Students
identify, illustrate, label,
evaluate and comment on
each piece.
Students give presentation
of their final project,
appraising their work.
Students orally discuss their
final project, respond to
questions, and summarize
their experience.
Students listen respectfully
to other students’
presentations.
Students show appreciation
for artistic work and respect
for others’ feelings.
Student performance is
assessed against a
department standard rubric.
Department Rubric:
0=Inadequate: No basis for assessing student due to lack of material support or failure to drop class.
1=Developing: Work demonstrates a minimal ability to deal with basic visual concepts and skills.
2=Adequate: Work demonstrates an average knowledge of visual concepts and skills.
3=Accomplished: Work demonstrates a good knowledge of visual concepts and has the skills to realize them.
4=Mastery: Work demonstrates excellent knowledge of visual concepts and highly developed skills to realize them.
show. A light diffuser for
the large gallery window
and a lighting system that
allows for the use of
dimmable LED lights on
each of the three electric
circuits would allow for a
more professional gallery
show.
Ultimately, the studio arts
building needs some basic
photography and
photographic studio
equipment so that advanced
students can have
professional quality images
of their art to include in
their digital portfolios of
their work. This would
enhance their entry into
advanced art programs or
into the arts professions.
Date:
12/14/2012
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Institutional
Course Intended Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
On an intermediate to advanced
5
level use hand-building
techniques to produce slab,
coil, and pinch pot pieces.
5
On an intermediate to advanced
level experiment with glazes
(various ceramic materials).
Use single glazing and texture
techniques to enhance pieces.
Means of Assessment
and Criteria for Success
On an intermediate to
advanced level the
utilitarian vessel created
by students will be
analyzed to determine if
the three methods of
hand building (pinchcoil-slab) have been
used. Does the work
exhibit an understanding
of pottery form? Does the
work show attention to
detail? How clearly are
the forms delineated? Is
there a level of control in
the forming process?
Skills demonstration or
performance assessed
against a department
standard.
Summary of Data
Use of Results
Collected
70 percent of students
Student met expectations and
tested scored fair of good no course changes are
on department rubric on a required.
standardized question.
Demonstrate on an
intermediate to advanced
level an understanding of
color and color theory as
it related to the use of
glazes. Apply glazes in
an affective and (or)
aesthetic manner. Use of
color theory...such as
analogous, neutrals
complementary colors
evident.
70 percent of students
Student met expectations and
tested scored fair of good no course changes are
on department rubric on a required.
standardized question.
Three sections, with
nineteen students.
Three sections, with
nineteen students.
Demonstrate an on an
intermediate to advanced
level of understanding of
color and surface as it
relates to threedimensional form in the
use of glazes and oxides.
Integrate surface
treatment with form.
Use a variety of
embellishment and
finishing techniques such
as burnishing, carving,
incising.
5
5
The student will be able to
demonstrate on an intermediate
to advanced level the ability to
create on an intermediate to
advanced level of thrown forms
in clay on the potter’s wheel.
Upon successful
completion of the course,
the student will have
used a potter’s wheel to
form on an intermediate
to advanced level of clay
into a cylinder.
70 percent of students
Student met expectations and
tested scored fair of good no course changes are
on department rubric on a required.
standardized question.
Follow established studio
procedures. Discover that in art
certain rules must be followed
in order to achieve good class
participation.
Proper use of materials,
equipment, cleans up
workspace, attentive,
arrives to class on time.
Attendance and
participation are
demonstrated.
70 percent of students
Student met expectations and
tested scored fair of good no course changes are
on department rubric on a required.
standardized question.
Three sections, with
nineteen students.
Three sections, with
nineteen students.
LA HARBOR COLLEGE
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) Assessment Report
Course Assessment
Division: Humanities
Discipline/Program:
Art
Course Number and Name: Art 712 Ceramics Workshop
Program Contact Person: _____Jay McCafferty___________________________________ Phone: ___310 519 1603____________________
Reviewed by:
Date:
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Institutional
Course Intended Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
1. Describe and use the
5
common hand building
methods of Ceramics: pinch,
coil, wheel, slab and glazing
and firing.
5
2. Describe and use the
common hand building
methods of Ceramics: pinch,
coil, wheel, slab and glazing
and firing.
Means of Assessment
and Criteria for Success
1)By the end of the
semester, at least 75% of
the students will be able
to successfully construct
an advanced functional
(utilitarian) vessel using
one or more of the
following techniques:
a) pinching
b) coil
c) slab
d) wheel
e) glazing and firing
their pieces
2) By the end of the
semester, at least 75% of
the students will be able
to successfully construct
an advanced
nonfunctional (or
decorative) vessel using
one or more of the
following techniques:
a) pinching
b) coil
c) slab
12/25/2010
Summary of Data
Use of Results
Collected
70 percent of students
Student met expectations and
tested scored fair of good no course changes are
on department rubric on a required.
standardized question.
Three sections, with ten
students.
70 percent of students
Student met expectations and
tested scored fair of good no course changes are
on department rubric on a required.
standardized question.
Three sections, with ten
students.
d) wheel
e) glazing and firing
their pieces
5
3. Discover the capabilities and
describe the characteristics of
clay.
5
4. Identify, locate, and properly
use common hand tools.
Identify, and describe the use
And operation of specialized
tools such as kiln.
5. Discover that in art certain
rules must be followed in order
to achieve good
Craftsmanship.
5
2
6. Develop problem solving
skills and creative thinking in
the process of creating
Ceramic works of art.
Date 6/24/2010
Institutional
Learning Outcomes
5
5
5
5
Course Intended Outcomes
1. Execute and successfully
perform advanced exploration of
nonfunctional ceramic building
techniques.
2. Execute basic surface
treatments on green ware.
3. Execute basic glazing
techniques on bisque ware.
4. Demonstrate a basic
understanding of the qualities
of different ceramic materials.
Means of Assessment
and Criteria for Success
1)By the end of the
semester, at least 75% of
the students will be able
to successfully construct
an advanced
nonfunctional
(Sculpture) vessel using
one or more of the
following techniques:
a) pinching
b) coil
c) slab
d) wheel
Summary of Data
Collected
75% of students tested
scored fair of good on
department rubric on a
standardized question.
Three sections, with ten
students.
Use of Results
Student met expectations and
no course changes are
required.