Resources

Division of Student Development staff are encouraged to attend one or more workshops (and consider earning a Certificate) through the Assessment Certificate Program, which is offered in partnership with DePaul University.

Here are a number of resources specific to various methods of assessment and to fully utilizing the potential of Campus Labs:

• Staff Access to Campus Labs
• Diversifying Methods of Assessment Webinar (this session was recorded on November 14th, 2016

GENERAL RESOURCES

• DSD Assessment Incentives Guidelines

SURVEY DESIGN

• The ABC’s of Survey Design (video)
• Survey Administration Options (article)

FOCUS GROUPS

• Focus Group Protocol (article)
• Focus Group Methodology (video)
• Focus Group Assessment Considerations (article)
• Informed Consent Template (example)

RUBRICS

• How to Create a Rubric in Baseline (article – part of a series)
• Calibrating Rubrics (article)
• So you want to develop a rubric! (video)

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT & STUDENT RESPONSE SYSTEM

• Using the Student Response System: A Quick “How-To” Guide (article)
• Student Response System FAQ (article)
• Formative Assessment and the Student Response System (video)

Here are some general resources to support our work with assessment:

• NASPA Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Knowledge Community
• ACPA Commission for Assessment and Evaluation
• EBI Benchmarking
• National Center for Education Statistics
• National Survey of Student Engagement
• Rubrics: AACU VALUE Project
• AIR Association for Institutional Research
• Assessment Toolbox
• 9 Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student Learning
• Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment