Click on one of the categories below to view past workshops and presentations, including links to the slides and (where available) recordings.
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Nuts and Bolts of Assessment
Led by Research Associate in Assessment Chris Schmader, this workshop will cover the nuts and bolts of program assessment, including conceptualizing assessment at the department level, choosing learning outcomes to assess, direct and indirect methods of assessment, and the purpose and use of rubrics. In the second half of the workshop, LMU faculty Stuart Ching (English), Juan Mah y Busch (Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, English), and Gustavo Vejarano and Jie Xu (Electrical Engineering) will share insights from their own recent program assessment efforts. Lunch will be served!
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 12:00 pm in the Center for Teaching Excellence, University Hall 3030.
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Joyful Hour with Learning Outcomes
New to learning outcomes or finding that your outcomes need a bit of tidying up? Join us in learning to craft program or course learning outcomes that spark joy again!
Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 3:30 pm in the McIntosh Center, University Hall 3999. Presented in conjunction with the Center for Teaching Excellence.
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Joyful Hour with Assessment Plans
Whether you're creating or revisiting your program's assessment plan, join us for a workshop on how to plan meaningful, manageable assessments that will spark joy in your curriculum!
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 3:30 pm in the McIntosh Center, University Hall 3999. Presented in conjunction with the Center for Teaching Excellence.
Joyful Hour with Curriculum Maps
Need help creating a curriculum map for your program, or changing the one you already have? Join us for a workshop on designing curriculum maps that clearly represent students' pathways to learning.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 3:30 pm in the McIntosh Center, University Hall 3999. Presented in conjunction with the Center for Teaching Excellence.
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Joy in Crafting Writing Assignments
Writing assignments help shape what students ultimately say in their finished papers, making assignment quality a central concern in writing pedagogy. Join us for a workshop on how to design writing assignments that are rewarding for faculty and students! Feel free to bring your own assignment to workshop, or to use an assignment we provide.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at 11:30 am in the Center for Teaching Excellence, University Hall 3030.
Joy in Crafting Writing Assignments, Part 2
Writing assignments help shape what students ultimately say in their finished papers, making assignment quality a central concern in writing pedagogy. Join us for a workshop on how to design writing assignments that are rewarding for faculty and students! Feel free to bring your own assignment to workshop, or to use an assignment we provide.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 11:30 am in Von Der Ahe 190. Presented in conjunction with the Center for Teaching Excellence.
Joy in Crafting Writing Assignments, Part 1
Writing assignments help shape what students ultimately say in their finished papers, making assignment quality a central concern in writing pedagogy. As part of our 2017-18 assessment of student writing across LMU, the Office of Assessment found a substantial relationship between a measure of assignment quality and students’ scores on LMU’s Written Communication rubric. Join us to talk about these findings, give us feedback on our measure of assignment quality, and discuss how to design assignments that are rewarding for faculty and students!
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 12:00 pm in the Center for Teaching Excellence, University Hall 3030.
Unleashing the Power of Rubrics
Thinking of using a rubric to assess student learning? If so, we would love for you to join us for Wednesday's workshop Unleashing the Power of Rubrics. This workshop will present a step-by-step guide for how to create rubrics, share ideas for enhancing student learning with rubrics, and provide tips for speedily capturing what students have learned.
Rubrics are a powerful tool that can help you understand and promote student learning while saving you time. Unleashing the Power of Rubrics will present a 5-step process for creating rubrics, share ideas for how to enhance student learning with rubrics, and provide tips for speedily and successfully capturing what your students have learned. As part of the workshop, participants will be given time to begin building a rubric. Bring along a description of an assignment so you can get started on your own rubric.
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 from 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm in the Center for Teaching Excellence, University Hall 3030.
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Using Brightspace Tools for Assessment
Led by BCLA Instructional Technologist Jeff Henline, this workshop will focus on how to build rubrics in Brightspace for course assessment. Research Associate in Assessment Chris Schmader will also review how rubrics are used for program assessments.
This workshop will include:
- Creating a rubric and attaching to an assessment in Brightspace
- Assessing student work using rubrics
- Overview of rubric statistics
- Sharing rubrics with othersAttendees will participate in a workshop activity aimed at developing their own rubrics through Brightspace.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at 12:00 pm in the Center for Teaching Excellence, University Hall 3030.
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Internal Assessment Grant Panel
Please join us for a faculty panel discussion and information session about LMU's Summer Assessment Grants, which support faculty efforts to assess student learning at the program level. Past recipients Nicole Bouvier-Brown (Chemistry & Biochemistry; Environmental Science), Adriana Jaroszewicz (Animation), and Aidin Namin (Marketing) will share the assessment projects supported by their grants, the ways these projects contributed to their programs' broader assessment efforts, and their insights into the process of developing a grant proposal.
Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 10:00 am in the Center for Teaching Excellence, University Hall 3030.
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Roots of Lifelong Learning at LMU
The education of the whole person continues through life after college, as reflected in LMU’s lifelong learning outcome for undergraduates: Students will value intellectual growth, demonstrate curiosity about the world, and be able to increase their knowledge and skills outside the experience of a classroom. To explore this outcome, the Office of Assessment surveyed students in Spring 2020 about their intellectual curiosity, self-directed learning, and educational experiences related to lifelong learning. Join us to hear the results and discuss how LMU can prepare students to grow in their intellects, knowledge, and skills after graduation!
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 3:00 pm, presented in conjunction with the Center for Teaching Excellence
Assessing Undergraduate Written Communication at LMU
Please join us as we share the results of a Spring 2018 assessment of senior and freshman Written Communication skills at LMU, talk about how we teach these skills, and discuss ways to improve student achievement. This session will be a great opportunity to engage with colleagues from across the University in thinking about how our students learn and develop their writing skills. We will also look at LMU student responses to the 2017 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and a summary of the ways that faculty and staff made use of the undergraduate Information Literacy and Written Communication evidence that was shared last spring.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 12:00 pm in the Center for Teaching Excellence, University Hall 3030.
Focusing on LMU's Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: Information Literacy and Written Communication
Please join us as we share what we learned from LMU seniors about their Information Literacy and Written Communication skills, talk about how we teach these skills and discuss ways to improve performance.
We will also share LMU student responses to the 2017 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and a summary of the ways that faculty and staff made use of the Teamwork Skills and Leadership Skills evidence that was shared last semester.
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 4:00 pm in the Center for Teaching Excellence, University Hall 3030.
Focusing on LMU's Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: Teamwork Skills and Leadership Skills
Are our students capable of working effectively in teams? Do they demonstrate the skills of a compassionate leader?
We will look at what we learned from LMU seniors about their teamwork and leadership skills, talk about how we teach these skills and discuss ways to improve performance.
We will also share how academic departments made use of the Respect for Others and Diverse Perspectives evidence that was shared last spring semester.
There will be two presentations by Laura Massa that you can attend!
- Wednesday, March 15, 2017 from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm in the VDA Family Suite, Hannon Library - Lunch will be provided.
- Wednesday, March 22, 2017 from 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm in the Center for Teaching Excellence, University Hall 3030.