IVC's Assessment Cycle/Timeline

All SLOs are assessed within three years. As part of this process, the SLOs and means of assessment are determined by members of the department or program for each course and program. Course-level SLOs are linked to program learning outcomes (PLOs) and institutional learning outcomes (ILOs).
As stated above, each department and program decides how it will accomplish this assessment. For example, some departments may assess all SLOs in the fall semester and then evaluate the data in the spring semester. Other departments may decide to assess one SLO for a given course one year and a different SLO for that same course the following year. As long as all SLOs for all courses are assessed within the three years leading up to the comprehensive program review (CPR), a department may choose its own method of meeting that goal.
PLOs are assessed once every three years, which should correspond with the department or programs's comprehensive program review (CPR).
Departments may choose to assess both SLOs and PLOs more often than the suggested cycle. One advantage of doing theseassessments more often is that more data can be collected and improved upon. SLOs and PLOs are mapped to ILOs to ensure all outcomes are aligned.

All steps currently take place in Nuventive. Once they are completed, department chairs and area administrators have access to them for use in creating CPRs.