UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State is committed to using assessment evidence to improve student learning and make certain that students graduate with the knowledge and skills necessary for their future careers or studies. All Penn State degree programs and for-credit certificates engage in learning outcomes assessment following either the University’s prescribed process or the process required by their disciplinary accrediting body. For those programs following the University’s process, annual reports are due June 30 and submitted using Nuventive, Penn State’s online assessment management system.
To assist Nuventive users, the Office of Planning, Assessment, and Institutional Research (OPAIR) is hosting a series of virtual training sessions from March through May. Four types of sessions are being offered, including two sessions that are new for this year. Additional details and registration for these and other assessment workshops can be found on OPAIR’s Assessment Workshops webpage.
*New session* 30-minute Nuventive Refresher: Wednesday, March 26, 1-1:30 p.m. and Thursday, April 24, noon-12:30 p.m.
You’re getting ready to submit your assessment report, but it has been a while since you last used Nuventive, and you can’t quite remember how to navigate the system. Join us for a quick 30-minute refresher where we will go over the Nuventive basics that you need to know to submit your assessment report.
*New session* Nuventive Training for Disciplinary Community Members: Wednesday, April 2, 1-1:30 p.m.
Disciplinary Communities are created in Nuventive when a degree program is offered at more than one Penn State campus to encourage and facilitate collaboration across locations. In this 30-minute workshop, assessment leaders in a program that is part of a disciplinary community will learn how to find their colleagues at other campuses who are leading assessment efforts in their programs and view the assessments at other locations.
Nuventive Training for New Assessment Leaders: Tuesday, April 8, noon-1:30 p.m.
Designed to support assessment leaders who report assessment plans and findings for graduate and undergraduate programs and for-credit certificates. This 90-minute session introduces users to the most common tasks they will complete in Nuventive. Examples include editing and archiving program learning objectives, entering assessment plans and findings, including documents and other evidence, submitting plans, and producing assessment reports.
Nuventive Training for Academic Administrators: Thursday, May 15, 11 a.m.-noon
This one-hour session focuses on accessing summary information available to academic leaders such as associate deans for undergraduate/graduate education and directors of academic affairs. The workshop will cover the most common tasks that academic administrators complete in the assessment management system, Nuventive.
Zoom links will be provided to registrants prior to the session. For more information and to register for any of the Nuventive workshops, visit OPAIR’s Assessment Workshops webpage. For questions, contact assessment@psu.edu.