Webinar Calendar
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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!