Assessment and the Testing Lab BA2 Room 104

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Assessment and the Testing Lab BA2 Room 104
Faculty Assembly September 21, 2007
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The Secrets Out

• Testing Lab usage has been increasing on a year
  to year rate of 30/- over the previous like
  term.
• Fall term individual exams
• 2003 7,500
• 2004 9,900
• 2005 14,000
• 2006 23,000
• 2007 50,800 (currently scheduled)

Faculty Assembly September 21, 2007
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Open Testing

• Lab capacity per week with open testing
• Average student time in the Testing Lab is 48
  minutes (based on actual observations of more
  than 50,000 individual exams)
• 21 sessions M - Th (700am 1200am, midnight)
• 18 sessions F (700am 930pm)
• 13 sessions Sat (930am 830pm)
• 18,400 individual exam sessions possible per week

Faculty Assembly September 21, 2007
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Open Testing Benefits

• Instructor may gain additional student contact
  time as exams do not have to be taken during
  scheduled class meeting times
• Students take exams at their convenience
• Faculty and/or department GAs/TAs need not be
  present to administer or proctor any exam
• Hired trained proctors staff the Testing Lab
  during all exam available dates and times

Faculty Assembly September 21, 2007
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Exam Preparation Assistance

• Ryan Wilcox is now the CBA ID (3-0992)
• Will arrange for a WebCT or Webcourses account
  for faculty who have not attended CDWS training
• Assist in site layout
• Assist in content upload
• Provide assistance in troubleshooting WebCT
• Student and Faculty

Faculty Assembly September 21, 2007
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Equipment/Security

• 164 student testing stations (four held in
  reserve/used for ADA)
• WebCT CE or Webcourses access
• IP restricted to Lab
• Computer monitoring/restriction software
• Video recording of room, individuals (to include
  proctors) and individual computer screens

Faculty Assembly September 21, 2007
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How will students and faculty know

• Testing Lab hours and policy
• If there are seats available
• What course exams are available
• Number of individual exams in the lab
• Exam close time
• Testing Lab link

Faculty Assembly September 21, 2007
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Potential Issues(Most should be addressed in
syllabi)

• Faculty cannot be contacted/reached
• Exam availability settings are off (time/date)
• Last minute students
• Student misses exam window
• Student is in multiple WebCT courses
• Potential for student misconduct
• Network crashes
• WebCT crashes

Faculty Assembly September 21, 2007
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Assessment in the CBA

• Assessment is now being conducted in
• All 18 of our degree programs.
• 6 administrative units
• 2 CBA Centers

Faculty Assembly September 21, 2007
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Assessment and the Testing Lab

• Courses
• Some courses using the Testing Lab have been
  selected for program assessment.
• Student Performance
• Students results on selected exam questions will
  be exported for program assessment.
• Results
• Results will be stored in CBAs assessment
  database, and also summarized on the UCF OEAS
  website.

Faculty Assembly September 21, 2007
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Assessment and the Testing Lab

• Assessment Goals
• Goals of the assessment process include
  minimizing faculty workload, and minimizing
  assessment data entry.
• Faculty information is not being stored nor is it
  being assessed.

Faculty Assembly September 21, 2007
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Assessment and the Testing Lab

• Requests
• I need to meet with you to plan the data
  collection.
• Please remember to back-up your WebCT quiz data
  at the end of each term.

Faculty Assembly September 21, 2007
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AACSB Visit Requirements

• AACSB Review Team visit is Feb. 24-26, 2008.
• Know the CBA Mission and Assessment Process.
• Help your students become aware of this process.
• Keep student work samples (exams, papers,
  projects).
• Keep rubrics used for grading student
  assignments.
• Add learning outcomes to syllabi (course and
  program assessment outcomes, if applicable).
• Faculty must become involved in their annual
  department assessment review.

Faculty Assembly September 21, 2007