College-Wide Assessment
and WEAVEonline Basics
for TCC Administrators
Part One: 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
Logging In
Login Page
Home Page1 : Cycle and Entity Choice
Home Page2 : News and Updates
Home Page3 : Help Page
24/7 Page-Specific Help
Administrative Tools & Tabs
As an Entity Administrator, these are
the Admin Tools accessible to you
Entity and Cycle
Term
Synonyms
Entity
Program
Service
Degree
Department
Cycle
Academic year
Date range
Calendar year
WEAVE definition
Course
Faculty member
Standard/Principle
Outcome
Basic organizational unit
in WEAVEonline; the
Entity Tree is a structure
showing entity
relationships.
Span of time for a single
assessment sequence.
“Established in” and
“Active Through” change
the life span of the item.
Cycles, i.e., which year is it?
Cycles
Courtesy Guarav Gupta
Entity Trees, i.e., who is what?
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
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.
Example of the WEAVE
Administrative Unit
Assessment Demo
Example of the Weave
Administrative Demo Report
Questions?
Contact:
Steven H. Wilson, Ph.D.
Dean, Academic Assessment
steven.wilson@tulsacc.edu
x7959