Elevate Your Program's Success with WIDS

Achieveing your program's goals starts with gaining insight into your students' performance. The PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) cycle is a reliable four-step process that, when applied to academic outcomes assessment, drives continuous improvement and excellence. Here's how WIDS supports each step of the PDCA process for program evaluation:

• Plan: WIDS helps you define the key learning goals students should achieve.
  • ‍Define and Manage College-Wide Outcomes:
    • Create essential outcomes such as core abilities or life skill outcomes.
    • Set clear outcome criteria and assessment strategies.
    • Develop standardized rubrics for assessment across programs and courses.
  • Define and Mange Program Outcomes:
    • Define program-specific outcomes.
    • Develop targeted criteria and assessment strategies.
    • Link college-wide outcomes to program-specific outcomes for a cohesive approach.
• Do: WIDS makes it easy to deliver outcome-aligned instruction.
  • Map Outcomes to Courses:
    • Assign program and college-wide outcomes to targeted courses.
    • Identify gaps and overlaps to ensure comprehensive outcome integration.
    • Pinpoint where all outcomes are introduced, practiced, and assessed.
• Check: WIDS ensures you are measuring student achievement against the desired outcomes.
  • Create Performance Assessment Tasks:
    • Develop tailored rubrics to assess college-wide and program outcomes.
    • Integrate organization-wide rubrics for college-wide outcomes.
    • Maintain assessment consistency within programs and courses.
• Act: WIDS helps you use the insights gained from assessments to refine and enhance student learning.
  • Develop Program Assessment Plans:
    • Formulate robust assessment plans for program and college-wide outcomes.
    • Record and store assessment results for easy access and collaboration.
    • Develop detailed data driven plans for program outcome improvements.

Use WIDS to apply the PDCA process to assess your program outcomes.  Contact us to learn more about how our software and consulting services can help maximize your program’s impact.

WIDS (Worldwide Instructional Design System) is a nonprofit organization that provides curriculum design software, consulting, and training services.  Download the free Outcome Assessment Plan.