Learning Outcomes Management

Increased pressure to demonstrate and improve student achievement requires systematic assessment of student learning outcomes. ANGEL Learning Outcomes Management provides visibility into student competency to enable improved outcomes.

• Administer Standards across the Enterprise
• Simplified Standards Mapping
• Reports Measure Performance against Standards
  

ANGEL Learning Outcomes Management tracks student performance against identified standards.

The terminology used to describe learning outcomes -- standards, learning objectives, criteria, competencies and so on – can be used differently by different people. Definitions aside, ANGEL’s Learning Outcomes Management infrastructure is flexible enough to support your institution’s learning outcomes management needs now and into the future. Learn more about our terminology and approach to learning outcomes.

Administer Standards across the Enterprise

Setting up standards in ANGEL is the critical first step to ensuring your educational enterprise can report on student learning outcomes. In ANGEL, administrators add standards for use by all faculty in your educational enterprise. ANGEL’s easy-to-use standards management interface allows standards administrators to create new standards manually or get them from existing sources, including:

• State/Federal Standards (NCLB standards available directly from ANGEL!)
• Accrediting Body (NCATE, ABET, WASC, etc.)
• Professional Certification (NCLEX, CCNE, etc.)
• Institutional, Departmental, or Course Standards

Simplified Content Mapping

Faculty align their course curriculum by mapping content and assessments to any standard. Powerful browse and search tools speed the mapping process. Mapping progress reports identify which content items and assessments are mapped to each standard – and quickly identify gaps in coverage.

Standards mapping reports identify specific content and number of content items mapped to each standard.

Reports Measure Outcomes against Standards

ANGEL’s flexible reporting gives you perspective into course and student performance against standards. Investigate trends for your entire course or individual students to make sure you’re on the right path to achieve desired learning outcomes. Run reports as often as you like or automate reports to save time and stay on top of student progress against standards.

21st century student engagement. ANGEL LOM performance reporting extends to students, encouraging active participation and ownership of learning. Individual student performance reports ensure students know where they stand against standards, as well as their standing in relation to the class.

Scheduled or ad hoc performance reports show student and course performance against standards allowing instructors to track exactly how students are performing against standards and objectives.

VALUE: Learning Outcomes Management technologies built into ANGEL require no additional investment

ANGEL Learning Outcomes Management Terminology and Approach

Standards are statements of what students should know and be able to do. Standards are managed by a standards administrator within ANGEL, and can be manually created or gathered from outside organizations such as accreditation bodies and state/federal agencies. Standards are organized hierarchically, and can be mapped to content within ANGEL. These mappings allow extensive reporting on student and course performance against standards.

Objectives are similar to standards except objectives are created and managed by the instructor within a course. Objectives allow instructors to design educational outcomes that best fit that course’s curriculum.

• Instructors can use objectives in conjunction with standards to create desired outcomes without being constrained by the hierarchical structure of the standard.
• Objectives can be mapped to standards.
• Single or multiple standards may be mapped to any objective.