Direct Assessment Graphs

Updated: June 2021

Description:  The Direct Assessment Graphs report provides the user with a high-level view of all of their Institution, College, Department or Program outcome sets, disaggregated by Program.  When the report is generated, each bar graph representing the outcome achievement can be clicked on to drill down to specific Course and Course Section assessment data for the terms selected in the parameters.  This is a very useful report to determine where there are achievement gaps or exceptional performance and pinpoint the source quickly.

Applicable to: Institution Admin, College Admin, Department Admin, Program Coordinator

Assessment Type:  Program Assessment Only.  Does not apply to Course Learning Outcome assessment not tied to a Program.

Instructions:

1. Click on the hamburger icon (the three horizontal lines) next to AEFIS Dashboard.
   
2. Click Report Dashboard.
   
3. Click Generate Report for Direct Assessment Graphs.
   
4. Once accessing this report, select the parameters for the report within Assessment Results Overview
   
   
   • Outcome Space Dropdown Menu
     • External
     • Institution
     • Program
   • Term
   • Level
     • Institution
     • College
     • Department
     • Program
   • Display Results As
     • Total # of Students
     • Percentage of Students
       
5. Click Graph Results once the parameters are set. You may hover over specific parts of the graph for more in-depth data.
   
   
6. You can click on the colored bars above each outcome code to see the aggregated Course data that populated into that outcome.
   
   
   
7. Then, click on Course Sections to drill down further to see the Course Sections that were assessed and their associated outcome success level.
   
8. Finally, to drill down further, select the Assessment Data button next to the section of interest to be directed to the Course Section Assessment Data Reports