Communities of Practice
Canvas Outcomes & SLO Assessment
Peer support for the implementation and use of Canvas Outcomes: a Community of Practice where members learn by doing, together.
This Community of Practice exists because implementing Canvas Outcomes is easier with company. Members meet monthly in working groups to get their hands dirty with the real work: setting up outcomes, building rubrics, making sense of the data, and bringing faculty along.
The format is discussion, not instruction. No one in the groups is positioned as the expert, and meetings are not run as workshops. Participants identify shared interests, work in small groups, learn by doing, and share what they find with everyone else. From an initial working group, the community has grown to more than 75 members from two-year and four-year institutions across the country.
Whether you are just getting started with Canvas Outcomes or have years of experience, you are invited. Members can join one or both work groups and receive invitations and materials from both.
Work groups
Each work group meets once per month on Mondays, 11am to 12pm Pacific.
Making Sense of the Data & Using and Creating Dashboards
Co-led by Dr. Jacqueline Randa, Dr. Yolanda Hardy, and Carlos Alvarez.
Canvas Outcomes Set-up & Working with Faculty
Co-led by Dr. Bernice Houle and Sarah Chitwood.
A note on recordings. Meetings are not recorded, so members can speak freely about challenges on their campuses. When a participant shares a demonstration, that segment is recorded and posted for shared learning.
Recordings & materials
Demonstrations and presentations shared by community members.
Canvas Outcomes & SLO Assessment Subgroup Presentation
Members from two-year and four-year institutions demonstrate Canvas set-up for SLO assessment and a Power BI data dashboard.
Building a Culture of Inquiry at Long Beach City College
Trisha Wilging demonstrates a separate assessment shell approach in Canvas and Tableau dashboards built with the IR office.
Embedding Assessment Staff Within a School or College
Carlos Alvarez and Christina Chatman of the University of Texas at Tyler on decentralized assessment and Canvas Outcomes implementation.
Bulk Upload of Student Learning Outcomes in Canvas
Dr. Stephen Riley, University of Denver, demonstrates a bulk upload process that reduces manual work when importing SLOs.
Learning Mastery Gradebook Demonstration
Dr. Glenn Pillsbury, Instructional Designer and Canvas Administrator at California State University, Stanislaus.
Making Sense of the Data & Using and Building Dashboards
Presentation by Carlos Alvarez, University of Texas at Tyler.
Steering committee
Michele Dunbar, Ph.D.
CoP Coordinator; Director of Integrated Learning Assessment and Accreditation, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Carlos Alvarez
College of Engineering Assessment Analyst, The University of Texas at Tyler
Sarah Chitwood
Coordinator of Institutional Assessment, Virginia Western Community College
LeeAnn Christensen
Student Learning Outcome Assessment Coordinator, Copper Mountain College
Yolanda M. Hardy, PharmD
Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs, and Accreditation, Palm Beach Atlantic University
Bernice Houle, Ph.D.
Director of Assessment, Office of Assessment and Institutional Research, Tulane University
Jarek Janio, Ph.D.
Faculty Coordinator, Santa Ana College
Benny C. Ng, Ph.D., ACUE
Associate Professor of Chemistry; College Outcomes Coordinator, Los Angeles Pierce College
Jacqueline Randa, PT, DPT, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Physical Therapy, Touro University, Nevada
Join the Community of Practice
To be added to one or both work groups, submit your information and you will receive the monthly meeting invitations and materials.