I handed out the trait scale to students on the first day of class, but I Instructor Analysis: am not sure they consulted it; upon my inquiring whether they had a copy near the end of the course, few students were able to locate it in their notebooks. This taught me that I should refer to the scale more explicitly in class. I anticipated that it would be easy for students to give an analysis but difficult for them to identify concrete support for their ideas. However, I discovered that students found it easier to point to specific places in the movies that gave them ideas than to articulate those ideas. Therefore, I will revise the scale for the next course to reflect the relative challenges of these skills. Assessment Report Example #2xiv (Excerpts) PARKLAND COLLEGE ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT DEPARTMENT: Fine and Applied Arts PROGRAM: Mass Communication Methods: Indirect Assessment Measures Intended Assessment Actual Results Analysis & Outcomes Criteria & Action (Objectives) Methods (Expected Results) 1. Students will 1. Students will 1. Written 1. Desktop demonstrate demonstrate comments from Graphics proficiency in desired mass industry program revised employable communication representatives to include more Mass competencies as indicate that MC experience in Communication shown by student's Web site skills. individual portfolio graphics. portfolios, when assessment Students assessed by ranked 4 (on a designed representatives of 1 to graphics for from industry, as being the current MC reported on MC highest score). home page and Portfolio Suggestions links. Evaluation form. were to include more Web site graphics into curriculum. 2. Students will 2. When surveyed 2. Feedback from 2. Visual Arts demonstrate using employers and program option Parkland learning the students shelved. College Student concepts strongly Occupational necessary to indicated that Follow-Up Survey, perform graduates will Visual Arts satisfactorily in describe program option Mass satisfaction with had become Communications their Mass obsolete; entry-level jobs. Communication preference is knowledge to given to recall, analyze, graduates with evaluate, and Desktop utilize basic Publishing concepts. skills. 3. Students in the 3. Four-year 3. U of I 3. Continue to Mass institutions will Coordinator of gather/monitor Communication report of a 75 Transfer data. Investigate A.A. program percent Articulation how many will have the acceptance rate reported that out Parkland knowledge to into Mass of 29 applicants Graphics successfully Communication from other students applied. complete a programs. schools to Bachelors Graphics a Mass degree in Mass Com student Communication.
Instructor Analysis: I handed out the trait scale to students on the first day of class, but I am not sure they consulted it; upon my inquiring whether they had a copy near the end of the course, few students were able to locate it in their notebooks. This taught me that I should refer to the scale more explicitly in class. I anticipated that it would be easy for students to give an analysis but difficult for them to identify concrete support for their ideas. However, I discovered that students found it easier to point to specific places in the movies that gave them ideas than to articulate those ideas. Therefore, I will revise the scale for the next course to reflect the relative challenges of these skills. Assessment Report Example #2xiv PARKLAND COLLEGE ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT (Excerpts) DEPARTMENT: Fine and Applied Arts PROGRAM: Mass Communication Methods: Indirect Assessment Measures Intended Outcomes (Objectives) Assessment Criteria & Methods (Expected Results) Actual Results Analysis & Action 1. Students will demonstrate proficiency in employable Mass Communication skills. 1. Students will demonstrate desired mass communication competencies as shown by individual portfolios, when assessed by representatives from industry, as reported on MC Portfolio Evaluation form. 1. Written comments from industry representatives indicate that MC student's portfolio assessment ranked 4 (on a of 1 to being the highest score). Suggestions were to include more Web site graphics into curriculum. 1. Desktop Graphics program revised to include more experience in Web site graphics. Students designed graphics for current MC home page and links. 2. Students will demonstrate learning the concepts necessary to perform satisfactorily in Mass Communications entry-level jobs. 2. When surveyed using Parkland College Student Occupational Follow-Up Survey, graduates will describe satisfaction with their Mass Communication knowledge to recall, analyze, evaluate, and utilize basic concepts. 2. Feedback from employers and students strongly indicated that Visual Arts program option had become obsolete; preference is given to graduates with Desktop Publishing skills. 2. Visual Arts program option shelved. 3. Students in the Mass Communication A.A. program will have the knowledge to successfully complete a Bachelors degree in Mass Communication. 3. Four-year institutions will report of a 75 percent acceptance rate into Mass Communication programs. 3. U of I Coordinator of Transfer Articulation reported that out of 29 applicants from other schools to Graphics a Mass Com student 3. Continue to gather/monitor data. Investigate how many Parkland Graphics students applied.
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