UF QEP Assessment

This page provides materials and instructions for UF AI faculty to assess student learning outcomes in UF AI-designated courses.

Included Resources:

• QEP Assessment Orientation
• AI QEP Assessment Setup Guide
• UF QEP Faculty Guide

Faculty Role in the Assessment Process

Faculty are crucial to the success of UF AI Across the Curriculum and play a primary role in assessing the program's effectiveness. Below is an outline of the faculty's role in the assessment process.

Assessment Process Overview

1. Student Selection: Institutional Research staff will randomly select 20% of your students for assessment. You are only required to assess these students, though you may include additional students if desired.
2. Use of Existing Rubrics: The UF AI Across the Curriculum assessment does not require you to replace your existing rubrics. Instead, apply the UF AI SLO rubrics in addition to your current rubrics for the selected 20% of students.
3. Assignment Selection: Choose at least one existing assignment for the assessment. The UF AI Across the Curriculum Assessment Subcommittee has developed rubrics for various types of assignments, including papers, presentations, projects, performances, reflections, dissertations, theses, or any other assignment focusing on the main knowledge and skills described in the AI SLOs.
4. Assessment Criteria: Each rubric uses a four-point scale where three (3) is the target. A score of four (4) exceeds the target, while scores of two (2) or one (1) are below the target. These criteria will be added to the bottom of your existing rubric and assessed simultaneously with the assignment grading (in SpeedGrader).

For more information about the assessment of AI Across the Curriculum, please review the provided resources.

Canvas: Technology-Facilitated Data Collection

Instructional designers are assigned to assist each faculty member with the technological setup and data collection in Canvas. Here’s how the process works:

1. The Instructional Designer will add the criteria to the bottom of your existing rubric and set up data recording in Canvas. Scoring the AI SLO rubrics does not affect students' grades.
2. Faculty will assess the institutional criteria while grading the assignment (in SpeedGrader, if used). Faculty will rate the AI SLO rubric criteria at one of four achievement levels described in each rubric. These ratings are not associated with the student’s grade.
3. The levels of achievement assigned by faculty will automatically load into Canvas.

Once the assessment is complete, the Office of Institutional Assessment will collect the ratings from Canvas.

Summary

To summarize, faculty will:

1. Review the guide and rubrics.
2. Select one or more assignments for the QEP assessment.
3. Work with the instructional designer to set up the rubrics in Canvas.
4. Apply the rubrics to assignments submitted by the selected 20% of students.
5. Submit ratings, which will automatically load into Canvas.
6. Provide feedback on the process for continuous improvement.

Questions

For questions about the process, please contact:

Jenna Molen
Project Manager, AI2 Center
jenna.molen@ufl.edu

Office of Institutional Assessment
assessment@aa.ufl.edu