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ConstructingYourProgram’sCurriculumMapHerearethreeeasywaysyoucanbegintoconstructyourprogram’scurriculummapthathavebeendiscussedduringtheassessmentbrownbagsessions.1.PaperandPencil:Agreatwaytogetfacultyinvolvedincompletingacurriculummapfortheprogramcouldbetoutilizeworksheetsduringafacultymeeting;listtherequiredcoursesalongwiththeprogramlearninggoals.Askfaculty/instructorstofindthecoursestheyteach,thenindicatewithacheckmarkwhichprogramlearninggoalsarecoveredintheircourse.Collectthosesheetsandcombineanswerstocreatethecurriculummapfortheprogram.2.Doodlepoll:AlotofdepartmentpersonnelarefamiliarwiththewayDoodlepollsworkwhenschedulinggoodmeetingtimesacrossmultipleindividuals.HereisanexampleofawayyoucouldsetupaDoodlepolltocompletethecurriculummap.

InsteadofsettingtheDoodlepolluplikeacalendar,youcouldcustomizeitsothatinsteadofdates,youlistyourprogram’sstudentlearninggoals.Seethisexample:http://doodle.com/poll/viu42c7ekxyc7drv#table.Insteadofenteringtheirnameastheyusuallywould,faculty/instructorsrespondwiththeircoursenumber,coursename,andindicationofitsalignmenttotheprogramstudentlearninggoalswithacheck.Theywouldrepeatthisprocessforeachcourseteach.

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2.Qualtrics:Thisoptionrequiresthebuildingofa“survey”tosendouttoyourprogramfaculty.Faculty/instructorsareabletorespondbyselectingtheircoursenumber,thencheckingboxeswiththeirindicationofalignmentwiththelearninggoals.ThefollowingillustrationhighlightstwowaysyoucouldsetupaQualtricssurveytocollectyourprogram’scurriculummapinformation.

Thisfirstoptionrequiresyoutoenterallofthecoursesyouwouldliketohavemappedintoquestion#1onthesurvey.Faculty/Instructorsareabletoselectonecoursefromthelistforwhichtheywillrespond.Inquestion#2,youwouldenteryourprogram’sstudentlearninggoalsintheleftcolumn.Faculty/instructorswouldthenindicate(onanyscaleyouwouldliketoutilize)theextenttowhichthecoursetheyselected“contributesto”eachlearninggoal.

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Thissecondoption,utilizesQualtric’s“Matrix”questiontype.Youwouldenterallofthecoursesyouwouldliketohavemappedintheleftcolumn,andenteryourprogram’slearninggoalsinthetoprow.Faculty/instructorsrespondbycheckingboxesunderthestudentlearningoutcomesinwhichtheircoursemakesacontribution.YoumayseethedemonstrationofthisQualtricssurveyhere:https://uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eJ9NkF4mB2AULpHIfyouwouldliketohavethissurveysharedwithyouthroughtheQualtricssystem,orifyouhaveanyquestionsoncurriculummapping,pleaseemailregina.lowery@wisc.edu.