Information for Faculty
Assessing learning outcomes in OSU's Core Education curriculum provides a valuable opportunity to measure, document, and highlight student achievement across all majors and programs. The Office of Assessment facilitates this effort by collecting student work samples from all Core Ed-approved courses. Your participation in this process is essential to supporting accreditation efforts, maintaining the university’s eligibility for federal funding—including student financial aid—and enhancing the overall quality of OSU’s Core Education.
Key information about the Core Education Assessment Process
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Essential Assignments: All Core Education courses must have an identified Essential Assignment for each category-specific learning outcome (CSLO). Different assignments may be used to assess each outcome, or a single assignment may address all/multiple CSLOs.
- Submission via Canvas: Ideally, students should submit their work for the Essential Assignment(s) in Canvas. Faculty who have different submission requirements should contact the Office of Assessment.
- Anonymization: Assessment staff will anonymize student work to make it difficult or impossible to identify individual students. Core Ed assessment is FERPA-compliant.
- Scoring Process: Scoring will be conducted by OSU Faculty Assessment Fellows, composed of faculty with expertise in the relevant category. If you are interested in becoming a Faculty Assessment Fellow, please contact the Office of Assessment.
- Reporting Results: Assessment results will be reported at the institutional level, not disaggregated by individual courses or programs. The results will be reviewed by the Faculty Senate Core Education Committee and shared with the OSU community.
What do faculty need to do?
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Identify the Essential Assignment(s) for your Core Ed-approved course(s)
- At the end of the term, follow the instructions emailed from the Office of Assessment to submit links for your Essential Assignment(s)*
- Ensure that students have uploaded their assignments to Canvas
- Follow the link to access the form. You will be prompted to answer a few brief questions and provide the Canvas URL for the Essential Assignment(s)
- If you are submitting for multiple courses, please complete a separate form for each course
* This is a pilot collection process, which will likely change as we test and refine our data collection efforts. Our goal is to collect the most complete student learning data with the least burden on faculty.
Reach out with questions
If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Barbour in the Office of Assessment: [email protected]