Direct Assessment Graphs Report

Updated:  April 2023

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, Department Committee

Assessment Type:  Program Assessment Only.  Does not apply to Course Learning Outcome assessment when course learning outcomes are not included in a Program's curriculum map.

Instructions:

1. Navigate to the Main Menu and find the Analytics section of the menu
2. Click Report Dashboard
   
3. Select Direct Assessment Graphs from the Assessment Reports section of the Report Dashboard
   
   
   
4. Once accessing this report, select the parameters for the report within Assessment Results Overview
   
   
   • Outcome Set Dropdown Menu Options
     Allows you to select which outcome set results present in the graphs
     • External/Accreditor
     • Institution
     • College
     • Department
     • Program
   • Term
     You may select up to five different terms at the same time
   • Level
     This sets the aggregation point of the data.  If you are looking at an outcome set that is a higher level than Program, you can look at aggregated data at that level - for example looking at Institution outcomes at the College level.
     • Institution
     • College
     • Department
     • Program
   • Program
     Select the Program(s) you would like to report on - note that you may multi select programs ONLY if you chose an outcome set at the Department/Division, College/Admin Unit, Institution, or External/Accreditor level
     
     
   • Developmental Level
     If the program's curriculum map includes multiple developmental levels associated with the mapping, you may select the specific level(s) you would like to display in the results
     
     
     
   • Student Degree
     Select student degree/major(s) as the metric to aggregate results.
     
     
   • Student Minor
     Select student minor(s) as the metric to aggregate results. 
     
   • Student Concentration
     Select student major concetration(s) as the metric to aggregate results. 
     
     
   • 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