Share Paper: Enhancing Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment through Alignment and LMS Delivery

1. Elizabeth Crawford, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, United States
2. David Rausch, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, United States

Abstract: In 2013, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) embarked on a curriculum mapping process for all programs and courses. During this in-depth campus-wide initiative, all program level outcomes were reviewed and mapped within courses to course learning outcomes. In 2015, we expanded this process to further ensure quality and consistency of online and hybrid courses through course review, as well as alignment of course learning outcomes to course materials, activities, and assessments. For this process, we adopted the Quality Matters standards, which include an evidence-based rubric grounded in best practices. UTC’s implementation of this course review process has involved ...