Signature Assignment Planning Template
This document was modified from Salt Lake Community College’s “Implementing Critical Thinking with Signature Assignments”
1. Title:
2. Brief Description of assignment:
3. What course learning outcomes will be assessed?
4. What program learning outcomes could be assessed?
5. Which Institutional Learning Outcomes could be assessed? (Check all that apply.)
☐ 1. Effective Communication
☐ 2. Critical Thinking
☐ 3. Working with Others
☐ 4. Information Literacy
☐ 5. Quantitative Literacy
☐ 6. Community Engagement
6. What will be graded? [Check all that apply. Be sure to consider the SLOs.]
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Process {Quality of the methods used.}
Product {Qualities of the artifact (paper, project, etc.) the students submit.}
Performance {Quality of delivery – e.g., singing, dance routine, etc.}
Personal Trait {Professionalism, Critical Thinker, Good Listener, etc. Caution: These can be relatively difficult to define and measure.}
Content {Quality of the discipline-based information presented (e.g., appropriateness, accuracy, etc.)}
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Signature Assignment Planning Template
7. How will the assignment be assessed at the course level? [List examples of assessment criteria below.]
Examples of Criteria
Enter your proposed criteria in the boxes below.
Quality: {Compelling ideas, good solution, strong evidence, precise
steps, etc.}
Depth/Breadth: {Complexity of analysis, insightfulness,
completeness, etc.}
Relevance/Adequacy: {Proper execution, correct formula, good
teamwork, effective approach, etc.}
Impact: {Outcome of the task – e.g. solved the dilemma, the patient
lived, reduced manufacturing costs, etc.}
Accuracy: {Use this type of criteria sparingly.}
8. What resources, research, and/or other materials will the student need to use?
9. What reflection prompts will accompany the signature assignment? What will students be asked to reflect
on? For example:
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planning
process
reasoning
judgment
feelings
strengths/weaknesses
effort
overall success of project or assignment
growth
goal setting
10. What makes this assignment ideal for a signature assignment?
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