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How to Use StudentVoice: Fundamentals
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- Tuesday September 23, 3:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern
- Thursday October 30, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
- Thursday November 20, 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
For new StudentVoice users! This beginner’s webinar will review how to use the StudentVoice
Fundamentals features and support available to you: consultation, professional development,
Community site, benchmarks, project administration & data collection, and reporting.
We will also show you a live demo of the StudentVoice portal.
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How to Use StudentVoice: Management
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- Tuesday November 18, 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
- Monday December 8, 3:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern
This webinar will demonstrate the use of the Management tool, including how to enter
goals, objectives, outcome, etc.; how to connect these items with the overarching
items they support; and how to make connections to projects and data that are in
the StudentVoice site. We will also cover how to export this information into a
usable format.
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Assessment Basics
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- Thursday October 2, 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
Student affairs professionals are being asked to incorporate assessment programs
into all areas of their work with students. The challenge is not understanding the
expectation of assessment, but rather knowing where to begin. This webinar is designed
to help student affairs professionals understand the full cycle of assessment practice
from start to finish. At the conclusion of this webinar you will be able to use
this information to begin or improve both individual projects and unit assessment
plans. Assessment Basics is an opportunity for beginners and novices alike to get
a solid foundation in assessment principles.
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Assessment? Why Bother! Why assessment is important to your division, department, and job.
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- Tuesday September 30, 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
The importance of assessment in Student Affairs has re-emerged in recent years as
a key avenue to present evidence of program effectiveness and co-curricular learning
to upper university administrators, current and prospective students/parents, and
national education accrediting bodies. This webinar will examine the importance
of assessment as it relates to the ever evolving responsibilities required of today’s
Student Affairs professional. Inclusive of all staff members at varying levels within
Student Affairs, this webinar aims to provide participants with a brief overview
of the history of the assessment movement within Student Affairs, provide evidence
of why and how assessment will and can help participants in their respective fields,
and, lastly, discuss future potential assessment movements within Student Affairs.
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Survey Design and Questionnaire Writing Guidelines
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- Thursday September 25, 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
This webinar will address both the process and content for designing and implementing
survey methodology. We will discuss timeline, questionnaire construction, response
formats, obtaining useable survey responses, and data collection strategies. The
session is a good refresher for folks who already use survey methodology and a good
introduction for those who want to get started, but don’t know where or how to begin.
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Addressing Survey Fatigue: Response Rates, Sampling, and Other Things to Consider
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- Wednesday October 22, 4:00 – 5:00 pm Eastern
- Friday November 14, 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
Survey fatigue is a growing concern of all educational practitioners. In this webinar,
we will discuss the current issues campuses face regarding the issue of potential
over-surveying of students. Strategies for addressing this issue will be presented,
including methods to increase response rates, web survey best practices, and the
use of incentives. Participants will learn about recent research in this area and
take away ideas of how the implications from this research could affect the assessment
culture on their campuses.
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Assessing Your Assessments
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- Wednesday November 12, 4:00 – 5:00 pm Eastern
Before conducting any assessment project, it is important to plan with purpose.
This webinar will discuss the significance of beginning assessment projects with
the end in mind to achieve better results and more useable data. Within this topic,
the implications of the accountability movement, pilot studies, creative questions,
and socially desirable responding will be examined.
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Not Another Survey! Alternative Assessment Approaches
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- Tuesday October 14, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
- Wednesday November 19, 3:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern
According to NASPA’s latest assessment publication, Assessment Reconsidered (2008),
in order to ensure rigor in our assessments, we must select a method that responds
to both question and context. This webinar will outline some assessment methods
that work well as complements to your existing survey practice, discuss the strengths
and weaknesses of each, and show you how to evaluate which is appropriate for your
question and context. We will also review how StudentVoice can help you develop
and administer these methods.
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How to Write an Effective Learning Outcome Statement
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- Wednesday October 8, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
During this webinar, participants will be exposed to the definition of learning
outcomes assessment pieces as well as the difference between learning and program
outcomes. We will outline the components of a learning outcome statement and how
to use the 3 Ms to make each statement manageable, measureable, and meaningful.
Lastly, we will review how to make connections between learning outcomes and big
picture, overarching mission statements and goals.
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Measuring Learning Outcomes
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- Monday November 17, 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
The purpose of this webinar is to discuss specific strategies for assessing existing
learning outcomes. We will discuss various methods and measures for learning outcomes
assessment, as well as the ways by which results can be reported and how to set
“success” criteria.
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Reporting Assessment Results
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- Wednesday October 29, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
- Tuesday December 2, 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
Collecting data is one of the steps in assessment, but not the final step. Once
data is collected, analysis and reporting of data are necessary to receive the full
benefits of assessment efforts. This webinar examines the strategies for effectively
reporting assessment data including the importance of assessment planning to reporting
results, various methods for reporting results, and techniques for proper use of
charts, graphs, and tables.
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Cultivating an Environment for Successful Assessments: How to Foster Your Staff's Assessment Self-Efficacy to Cultivate an Assessment Culture
- Monday November 3, 3:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern
In a time when higher education budgets and additional resources are often connected
to one’s ability to provide evidence of student engagement, learning, and retention,
assessment has become a vital component in Student Affairs. Assessment, to the extent
needed in today's universities and colleges, is a relatively new and foreign process
to many student affairs professionals. Often assessment is seen as a burden or a
chore and many do not know where or how to start. This can create a difficult and
negative culture that inhibits assessment efforts. The purpose of this webinar is
to break down the myths of assessment and exemplify how to foster and cultivate
positive assessment self-efficacy in your staff to create a supportive culture of
assessment.
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Benchmarking
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- Thursday December 4, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
- Wednesday December 10, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern
This webinar will review how to utilize the StudentVoice Benchmarking features to
review your results. If you’ve recently participated in a StudentVoice benchmarking
study, this is a must for you!