2019 Poster Exhibit
On April 5, 2019, the Campus Center Executive Dining Room was abuzz with excitement when the Assessment Office …
Workshops/Events
2017 Poster Exhibit
On March 24, 2017, the Assessment Office of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa (UHM) hosted the 2017 …
Foundations Quantitative Reasoning: Assignment Design for Enhanced Student Learning
This workshop is for faculty interested in improving undergraduate students’ quantitative reasoning knowledge and skills. “The world of …
Critical Thinking: Teaching, Learning, and Assessing
In this workshop, participants will learn about key principles from the research on teaching and learning critical thinking …
Designing, Teaching, and Assessing Ethical Reasoning
In this workshop participants will think through the definition of ethical reasoning and how it is assessed. They …
Oral Presentation Assignment Design Strategies
This workshop is designed for faculty interested in developing students’ oral presentation skills. Carefully and strategically designed assignments …
Quantitative Reasoning Assignments and Activities
A workshop on optimizing students’ QR learning outcomes Sponsored by the General Education Office, Assessment Office, and the …
Quantitative Reasoning: Faculty Share Session
In this workshop, the facilitator(s) will present examples of quantitative reasoning assignments. Well-designed assignments are important to helping …
Making Sense of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Results
In this workshop, after faculty evaluate student learning evidence (e.g., written reports, oral presentations, exams), they start to …
Use of Program Assessment Results: Best Examples from UH Manoa
This workshop looks at possible ways to use program learning assessment results. How can programs make programmatic changes …
Presenting and Communicating Assessment Results (and Data Visualization)
In this workshop, participants will learn several simple techniques to create clear tables, charts, and one-page reports. Clear …
Introduction to Program Learning Assessment for Graduate Students
This workshop is collaboratively presented by the Assessment Office and Graduate Education Office. Graduate students have a great …
Assignment Design for Powerful Learning in Oral Communication
This workshop is collaboratively presented by the Assessment Office, General Education Office, Oral Communication Board, and Institutional Learning …
Assessment for Reflective Teaching and Scholarship
This workshop explores how to use program learning assessment to reflect on your own course design and scholarship …
Assignment Design for Powerful Learning
A joint workshop with the Center for Teaching Excellence. Flyer PowerPoint slides and handouts Workshop Evaluation Report Tuesday, …
Assignment Design Charrette
Workshop Facilitators: Natasha Jankowski, PhD, is associate director of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes (NILOA) and Research …
2016 Poster Exhibit
On April 15, 2016, the Assessment Office of the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) hosted the 2016 …
Facilitating Use of Program Assessment Results for Program Improvement
This workshop shows that using the assessment process and results for program improvement are what makes program assessment …
Collect Evidence of Student Learning Using a Signature Assignment
This workshop explores how a signature assignment can be an elegant solution to the question, “How can a …
Assessment Planning for Busy People
In this workshop, the facilitator will describe elements of a feasible plan, provides tips and strategies, and attendees …
Assessing Graduate Student Theses/Dissertations for Program Improvement
This workshop will provide considerations, rubrics, and strategies on how to best utilize faculty’s evaluation of thesis/dissertation work …
Make Undergraduate Program Decisions Based on Evaluation of Individual Student Learning
In this workshop, participants will learn how to use individual student results for program-level assessment and decision making; …
Identify Learning Evidence for Program-level Assessment Uses
In this workshop, participants will learn how to select appropriate pieces of evidence that demonstrate student learning using …
Examples of Embedded Assessment: Using Existing Student Work for Program-level Assessment
This workshop is a panel session on program learning outcomes assessment with faculty from Architecture, Kinesiology & Rehabilitation …
From Evaluation of Individual Students to Program Level Assessment of Learning – Implications for Graduate Programs
In this workshop, participants will learn program learning outcome assessment practices in graduate programs; tools and strategies to …
Collaborative Development of Evaluation Criteria
This workshop teaches two strategies to facilitate collaborative development of evaluation criteria: structured observation guide and rubric adaptation. …
Map Your Program Student Learning Outcomes to Institutional Learning Objectives
This workshop will help undergraduate programs complete the new question on the annual assessment report that asks them …
What’s Good Enough? Setting Standards (AALHE)
Workshop at the AALHE Conference, June 2-4, 2014 PowerPoint slides & speaker notes Handouts Excel file 100 is …
Assessing Learning in Graduate Programs
This workshop aims to support improvement of graduate program assessment of student learning and help participants develop assessment …
Developing Learning Assessment Surveys
This workshop introduces attendees to survey questions that reveal respondents’ perceptions of learning, and it provides information on …
Take the Next Step in Program Learning Assessment: Collect & Review Evidence of Learning
In this workshop, attendees will have the opportunity to consider various options and discuss which might work best …
Program Assessment of Learning: Examples of what it is and is not
This workshop explores what good program assessment of learning might look like. PowerPoint Handout Workshop Evaluation Report Level: …
2015 Poster Exhibit
The Assessment Office hosted the 2015 Assessment for Curricular Improvement Poster Exhibit on April 17, 2015 at the …
2014 Poster Exhibit
On April 11, 2014, the Assessment Office hosted a Poster Exhibit at the Campus Center Executive Dining Room …
2009 Poster Exhibit
On December 8, 2009, the Assessment Office hosted an Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Showcase and Assessment Exhibit …
2008 Poster Exhibit
On November 10, 2008, the Assessment Office hosted the “Strengthening Student Success: Assessment in Action poster session” at …
Using Rubrics in Program Assessment
In this workshop, participants will learn about finding good examples of rubrics to adapt or adopt; working with …
Facilitating Program Assessment Decision-Making
This workshop introduces several basic facilitation techniques to help workshop attendees lead a collaborative meeting. Handouts Workshop Evaluation …
Bring an Assessment Challenge
In this workshop, you can get advice on your assessment challenges from colleagues, Assessment Office faculty specialists, and …
Making Sense of Assessment Data
This workshop talks about how to use meaningful questions to guide data analysis. PowerPoint and notes Handout Workshop …
Assessing Student Learning Outcomes with Theses and Dissertations – Going Beyond Completion Rates
This workshop will provide tools, illustrate process, and showcase best practices in using students’ achievement work (e.g., theses, …
Using Program Assessment Results to Improve Student Learning
In this workshop, the facilitator will discuss how faculty members can use program-level assessment results for program improvement. …
How Good is Your Multiple-Choice Test? Find Out by Using Item Analysis
In this workshop, you will learn the basic concepts: item difficulty, difference index, B-index, distractor analysis; how to …
Best Practices for Planning Program-Level Assessment of Student Learning
In this workshop, attendees will learn components of an assessment plan; strategies to involve faculty and students in …
Using Excel’s Pivot Table to Analyze Learning-Assessment Data
This workshop looks at how Excel’s Pivot Table can help. PowerPoint and Handout Excel data file Workshop Evaluation …
Basic Techniques in Using Excel to Analyze Assessment Data
In this workshop you will learn basic techniques to enter data into Excel; check for data-entry errors; summarize …
What’s Good Enough? Setting Standards
NOTE: The 2014 standard setting workshop presentation slides include the speaker notes. In this workshop, you will learn …
Analyzing Open-Ended Survey Responses – Where to start?
In this workshop you will learn how to carry out a preliminary analysis of open-ended survey responses; how …
Using Surveys for Understanding and Improving University Educational Programs
This workshop provides advice on using surveys in university departments/programs, focusing on assessment project planning, survey development, and …
Oral Communication and Program-level Assessment
In this workshop you will learn how to ensure the oral presentations are aligned to program learning outcomes; …
Designing Effective Surveys
This workshop will introduce you to the basics of survey design, from planning to question construction and layout. …
Using “Signature” or “Key” Assignments for Program-Level Assessment
In this workshop you will learn how to create a signature or key assignment that is aligned with …
Data, Now What?
This workshop introduces basic methods of summarizing data and provides tips on effectively sharing results so your program …
Meaningful Program Assessment
In this workshop, attendees will learn and practice techniques to identify meaningful assessment projects and address program concerns …
Curriculum Map: An Elegant & Powerful Tool in Your Assessment Toolbox
This workshop shows how a curriculum map can reveal the contribution of individual courses to the goals of …
24: Program Assessment in 24 Hours/Year
In this workshop, attendees will leave with several blueprints that will help them move their program through the …
New Faculty Orientation: Everything New Faculty Need to Know About Assessment
This workshop is an introduction to what program assessment is; to understand faculty members’ roles in program assessment; …
Focus Group, Interview, or Survey: Which is Right for Your Academic or Co-Curricular Program?
This workshop will describe the purpose, strengths, and weaknesses of each data collection method. For Academic Programs: PowerPoint …
Increasing Faculty Involvement in Program Assessment
In this workshop, you can learn how assessment champions and coordinators can increase faculty colleagues’ participation in program …
Make The Most of Your Curriculum Map
This workshop is an introduction to the Curriculum Map: it is a graphical illustration of the relationship between …
Graduate Program Assessment: From Student- to Program-level Assessment
In this workshop, participants will learn how to extract assessment data from student evaluations such as oral exams, …
Program-Level Assessment
This workshop was facilitated for a non‐UHM campus. Based on pre‐workshop meetings with the campus leaders, the AO …
From Conversations to Systematic Program Assessment
In this workshop, participants will learn how to document conversations and use them as evidence in program assessment. …
Student Surveys: Perceptions of Achievement
In this workshop, the presenters will take participants through a step-by-step procedure to create surveys about student learning …
How to Use a Rubric for Program Assessment
In this workshop, the presenters will discuss how to use a rubric for program assessment, and how to …
Annual Assessment Report: Information Workshop (Academic and Co-curricular)
This series of workshops was to acquaint participants with the Academic Annual Assessment Reporting system, answer questions, and …
Using Program Assessment Results: Closing the Loop
This workshop provided strategies to identify and use existing artifacts and discussed the benefits of using assignments from …
Collecting Evidence of Student Learning
This workshop will introduce you to common evidence collection methods used in program assessment: exams, portfolios, surveys, interviews, …
Course Learning Outcomes: Creating & Aligning
This workshop will answer questions such as: What are course-level student learning outcomes? Why should a course have …
Efficient Program Assessment
This workshop provides strategies to identify and use existing artifacts and discusses the benefits of using assignments from …
Curriculum Mapping for Graduate Programs
This workshop will explain how to develop a graduate program curriculum map, including strategies for programs that tailor …
Council of Academic Advisors: Assessment Overview & SLOs
This workshop is an introduction to Program Assessment and the Assessment Cycle. PowerPoint and Handout
Techniques for Using Rubrics in Program Assessment
This workshop lets participants evaluate their programs’ learning outcomes (SLOs) related to critical thinking, problem solving, oral communication, …
Program-level Assessment: What is it? Who does it?
This workshop is a big-picture perspective on program-level assessment. The facilitators will use a UHM assessment report to …
An Introduction to Learning Outcomes
This workshop looks into what learning outcomes are and how they can enhance student learning. PowerPoint and Handout …
Exit Interviews: Student Perception and Achievement
This workshop explores how exit interviews can be used to collect direct evidence of student learning. PowerPoint and …
An Introduction to Curriculum Maps
This workshop is an introduction to curriculum maps. PowerPoint and Handout Workshop Assessment Report Do your students understand …
Alumni and Employer Surveys for Program Improvement
This workshop shows how programs can conduct alumni and employer surveys for improvement. For the last 2 years, …
Creating an Assessment Plan & Using Assessment Templates
This workshop will introduce you to two planning tools available to help you create a meaningful, actionable, and …
Capstone Experience to Assess Knowledge and Skills
This workshop shows how the Geology & Geophysics capstone experience prepares majors to be better scientists, and it …
Designing a Syllabus to Promote Student Learning
This workshop will help you design an effective, learning-centered syllabus that encourages students to take responsibility for their …
Annual Assessment Report: Information Workshop
This workshop introduces the Annual Assessment Report System and Procedures. PowerPoint and Handout
Talks with Dr. Marilee Bresciani
Connecting Student Learning and Assessment (PowerPoint) Meeting for Program Assessment Coordinators (PowerPoint) Meeting for Campus Leaders (PowerPoint) Meeting …
Rubrics: Save Grading Time & Engage Students in Learning
In this workshop, participants will learn how to construct and use rubrics to save time and engage students …
Learning Outcomes & Curriculum Maps
This workshop is an introductory tour of the what, why, and how of learning outcomes and curriculum maps designed for faculty and …
Chair’s Series. The Wheel of Assessment: Roles & Responsibilities
This workshop looks into the assessment cycle and how a department chairperson can help move assessment forward in …
Examples of Program-level Assessment
The workshop used real-life examples to demystify assessment; participants listened to a short lecture and engaged in a …
Faculty Perspectives on Assessment
This workshop features a panel of faculty members from different disciplines sharing their own take on assessment. Panel …
Assessment Planning & Using Assessment Templates workshop
This workshop was an introduction to assessment templates as tools to help departments plan and report. It was …
Assessment is for Learning. New Teaching Assistant Orientation
This workshop is an orientation for new teaching assistants to learn more about assessment. PowerPoint Handout
Program Assessment at Manoa: What is it? Who does it? New Faculty Orientation
This workshop is an orientation for new faculty to learn about assessment. Handout
Conducting Assessment to Support Teaching and Scholarship
This workshop is co-sponsored by the Assessment and Curriculum Support Center and Center for Teaching Excellence. Teaching faculty, …
Civic Engagement During a Pandemic: A Discussion Series (Fall Session)
This workshop is co-sponsored by the Assessment and Curriculum Support Center, Civic and Community Engagement Office, Civic Engagement …
Oral Communication Assignment Charrette
This workshop is co-sponsored by the Assessment and Curriculum Support Center and Center for Teaching Excellence. Instructors bring …
How Chairs/Academic Leaders Can Support Student Learning via Assessment
This workshop is offer as part of the Leading with Excellence Conference organized by Office of Vice Chancellor …
Culminating Assignments for Assessment and Learning Improvement
This workshop is co-sponsored by the Assessment and Curriculum Support Center and College of Social Sciences Online Programs. …
Civic Engagement During Pandemic: A Discussion Series (Summer Session)
This workshop is co-sponsored by the Assessment and Curriculum Support Center, Civic and Community Engagement Office, Civic Engagement …
Teaching Oral Communication Skills in Online Courses
This workshop is co-sponsored by General Education Office, Oral Communication Board, Assessment and Curriculum Support Center, and Center …
Efficient Strategies for Meaningful Program Learning Assessment
In this two-part workshop, program assessment and curriculum leaders will take away strategies to efficiently engage faculty in …
Graduate Program Learning Assessment: Processes, Tools, and Resources
This workshop is co-sponsored by the Assessment and Curriculum Support Center, Graduate Division, and the Graduate Council. Wondering …
Rubric Development for Promoting Oral Communication in the Classroom
This workshop is co-sponsored by the Assessment and Curriculum Support Center and Center for Teaching Excellence. Amongst its …
Graduate Program Assessment-for-Learning-Improvement Showcase
In collaboration with the Graduate Division, the Assessment and Curriculum Support Center hosted this workshop: Graduate Program Assessment-for-Learning-Improvement Showcase. …
2022 Assessment Leadership Institute Call-for-Applications is Closed
“Such a rich and meaningful learning experience. I am better prepared in my position and to help others …
Workshop Materials Now Available! Civic Engagement Assignment Design Workshop
Do you want to improve the design of civic engagement assignments to maximize student learning and to meet …
Assessment Fundamentals Online Course
General Information Student learning is a campus-wide responsibility, and assessment is a way of enacting that responsibility. The …
Workshop Recording Now Available! Using Program Assessment to Support Learning: Graduate Program Showcase
Enhance graduate students’ learning environment through the tools of program learning assessment. Hear from and share with our …