College-Wide Assessment
and WEAVEonline Basics
for TCC Administrators
Thinking About How to Organize
and Implement Assessment for
Your TCC Division, Unit, or
Office
Steven H. Wilson, Ph.D.
Dean, Academic Assessment
Objectives
 Become familiar with the WEAVEonline site
 Understand WEAVEonline functions & roles
 Learn how to build and manage YOUR entity
 Learn how to enter, review, edit, and use goals,
outcomes, measures, and results
 Learn how to enter, review, edit, and use action
plans and analysis questions
 Learn how to build and manage reports
Administrative Tools & Tabs
As an Entity Administrator, these are
the Admin Tools accessible to you
TCC Entity Tree
Sub-entities to be added,
assessed and tracked might be
drawn from the TCC Org Chart
Note:
You will only be able to add,
delete, or edit outcomes,
objectives, etc., that belong to
YOUR Entity or its Sub-entities
Administrative Unit vs. Academic Program
Outcomes/Objectives Worksheet
Assessment Worksheet
Academic Division:
Contact person:
Discipline or Program:
Email address:
Assessment cycle/year:
Mission/Purpose
Mission/Purpose: highest aims, intentions, and objectives.
[Course, Discipline, or Program] Goals:
Goal: broad statement(s) about desired ends.
Goal 1.
Goal 2.
Goal 3.
Assessment Summary
Student Learning Outcomes
Student Learning Outcome:
measurable active-verb
description of a desired result
related to goal(s).
Measure(s)
Measure: method to gauge
achievement of expected outcome.
Achievement Targets
Achievement Target: faculty-set
level for satisfactory performance
on a Measure-Outcome
combination.
Findings
Findings: assessment results for
comparison of actual vs. expected
achievement level. Plus: # of
students assessed.
Action Plans
Action Plan: specific activity
designed to help accomplish
intended outcomes in future.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Questions [Longer-term needs or objectives developed by faculty/discipline/division]
Ex. Based on your findings and action plans, what primary changes will you make for student learning? Program outcomes? Changes to the assessment
process?
Annual Report Items [developed by Assessment Office]
Ex. Contributions to other initiatives, Executive Summary, Annual Highlights, Teaching and Research Activities, etc.
Assessment Tools & Tabs
Examples of how
Goals, Outcomes, etc.,
can be useful for an
Administrative Unit
Example of
Academic Unit Demo Report
Example of
Administrative Unit Demo
Assessment & Report
Associations, i.e., Accrediting
and Certification Standards,
Regulations, and the TCC
Strategic Plan
Associations
Term
Synonyms
WEAVE definition
General
Education
Core Curriculum
Selected General Education / Core
Curriculum associations.
Institutional
Priorities
Vision
Items of urgency or importance to the
institution.
Standards
Accreditation,
regional or
discipline-specific
Acknowledged set of requirements
fostering excellence.
Strategic
Plans
Alignment
Planning
A long-term, practical, action-oriented
document resulting from strategic
planning.
Examples of Associations
already available for TCC, and
how they appear and are used
in the goals & outcomes view
Action Plans and Tracking
Closing the Loop
Term
Synonyms
WEAVE definition
Action Plans
Changes
Improvements
Planning
Closing the Loop
Activity sequence designed to help entity
better accomplish intended
outcomes/objectives.
Analysis
Questions
Program Review
Reflection
Queries designed by the institution that
show for all entities; some may be labeled
for subset.
Annual
Reports
Yearly Summary
Big Picture
Report Sections designed by the
institution.
Action Plan Tracking1
Action Plan Tracking2
Achievement Target Summary
Analysis Questions
Analysis Questions
Results and Reporting
Questions?
Contact:
Steven H. Wilson, Ph.D.
Dean, Academic Assessment
steven.wilson@tulsacc.edu
x7959