Office of Institutional Assessment, Research and Planning

In Academic Year 2024-25, courses are due for centralized assessment; a list of these courses can be accessed here. Instructors of record for Core Curriculum courses due for centralized assessment are contacted via email by the Office of Institutional Assessment, Research and Planning (OIARP).

Instructors should identify one assignment where students are instructed to demonstrate the core objective that will be assessed. In identifying or creating the assignment, OIARP recommends reviewing the Core Objectives & Rubrics to ensure that the assignment aligns with what students are expected to demonstrate. For more information about the content that is expected in artifacts (student-produced work) per core objective, please refer to Instructor Resources. 

Faculty choose a variety of assignments as long as the appropriate core objective rubric can be applied to the artifacts. Prominent artifacts include research essays, mathematical calculations, reflection essays, response papers, laboratory/observational reports, open-ended exam/quiz questions, recorded audio/video presentations, slide decks, and portfolios. Instructors can submit scores through Heliocampus.

• The assignment is worth points/contributes to the student's grade in the course.
• All students in the course are required to submit the assignment (i.e., not extra credit).
• The assignment results in an individual file per student or a file that can be split up into individual student submissions.

1. Log into HelioCampus (formerly AEFIS).
2. In the dashboard widget titled My Course Sections & Syllabi, click the pencil icon next to the appropriate course section. If the term has ended, click the three vertical dots and select "Previous Terms".
3. In the left-hand menu under Assessment, click Assignments.
4. Click Refresh LMS Assignments. 
5. Hover over the Blue Button of the assignment for the objective you are selected to test for the academic year. Click the "Go to ScoreBook" icon
6. Click "Open ScoreBook"
7. Here you will score your students students using the rubric.
8. Here is a video to watch how to do this.