Individual Course Assessment (ICA)

This is the SIS version of what is sometimes called an FCAR (Faculty Course Assessment Report). It was developed by the SIS department faculty and first used during the Fall term of 2007. It was revised for the Spring 2008 evaluation cycle.

The proper use of the template was reviewed at a mandatory department meeting held on 25 February 2008. The following directions are based on those minutes:

1. The Preliminary ICA: due every class term—along with a copy of your syllabus and your office hours—in my email by your first class meeting of the term; only need ELECTRONIC copies of these. This is your game-plan; we do preliminary forms as planning—gather  your info as you go through the term and the final form will be MUCH easier. There are two versions of the helper sheet available: Plain (what your Preliminary ICA should look like) and Annotated (with lots of comments to help you understand the process).

2. The Final ICA: Due—with your supporting documentation (see #3 below)—in hardcopy delivered to the department Administrative Assistant:
Fall Term: due by first day of classes of spring term
Spring Term: due by midnight on final grades deadline (regular, not senior grades)
Summer Term: due by first day of classes, fall term
Electronic Copy of Final ICA ONLY (not documentation) due to the department chair at the same time.

There are two versions of the helper sheet available: Plain (what your Final ICA should look like) and Annotated (with lots of comments to help you understand the process).

3. Supporting documentation:

A. YOU choose what the assessment items will be. Must have one, two is better, more than three is probably unnecessary work. Examples:
Homework assignment
Quiz
Project
Exam

B. You may choose a particular item, in whole or in part, or as a collective, i.e.:
Quiz average (all quizzes for the whole class)
Quiz 1
Question 3, Quiz 1

C. Whatever you choose, collect the following during the term and submit them with your Final ICA for each assessment item:
1. a blank copy
2. an example of very good student work (graded, identifying information removed)
3. an example of average student work (graded, identifying information removed)
4. an example of poor student work (graded, identifying information removed)
5. If you are using something “big” (like average on all quizzes) figure out a reasonable way to represent that in your supporting documentation—and include a rational in your ICA. (But only choose something “big” if you really think you must.

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