Adding Learning Outcomes to a Course
In Brightspace, instructors can
add their learning outcomes and then align them to assignments and grading
rubrics. For information about setting up learning outcomes in assignments, see
the article Aligning Learning Outcomes with Assignments. Follow the instructions below to add learning outcomes to your
Brightspace course. (You'll want to set these up before aligning them with
assignments or rubrics).
1. In your course, select
"Course Tools" and then "Course Admin"
2. In Course Admin under
"Assessment," select "Learning Outcomes"
3. Select "Add
Outcome," enter your learning outcome, and click "Save." Your
outcome has now been added and you will be able to select it from the
assignment and rubric tools.
4. If you would like to add
lower-level outcomes, select the caret to the right of the outcome and click
"Add lower-level outcome." This will create a pyramid or tree of
outcomes within your course.
Note: If you would like to
draw from Institutional outcomes (e.g. all Life Together courses have outcomes
that can be added to a course), select "Import from Program." Then,
you can select your desired outcomes and add them to your course. You may want
to add your own course objectives alongside these or add your course objectives
as lower-level objectives to these (see #4 above).