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What is an Institutional Learning Outcome (ILO)?
What is an Institutional Learning Outcome (ILO)?
Learning outcomes are the "knowledge, skills, attitudes, and habits of mind that students take with them from a learning experience" (Suskie, 2018, p. 41). Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) are the marketable and life skills that we, as a college community, have determined to be essential for students' future success.
We recognize that the knowledge represented in our ILOs develops through intentional, guided, and iterative experiences across disciplines and programs throughout students’ time in college, from the first semester to the last. By measuring ILOs, we can strengthen the student learning experience to ensure that students are prepared to leave GCC able to meet the educational and professional challenges that await them.
As we prepare for the implementation of the Reimagined Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) in Fall 2026, we are aligning our ILOs to serve as direct measures of General Education within AGEC-designated courses.
How do I make my ILO Commitment?
How do I make my ILO Commitment?
Launched in Fall 2024, the ILO Commitment Initiative helps raise participation in ILO assessment. Each term, faculty note what they plan to assess in their department’s ILO Commitment spreadsheet. This planning step supports our shift to assessing General Education as a program under the reimagined AGEC: we use these commitments—and the resulting artifacts—to see where ILO assessment naturally lives in AGEC-designated courses and to refine our process for Gen Ed assessment.
What to do:
Get the sheet. Contact your Department Assessment Coordinator to access your department’s private ILO Commitment spreadsheet.
Add your plan. Find your course/section and note one ILO you’ll assess plus the assignment/activity you’ll use (as it appears in Canvas).
Choose a classification. Pick the option that fits your course (e.g., AGEC, Non-AGEC, Early College). Participation is expected for AGEC-designated courses; others are optional.
Attach in Canvas. Add the chosen ILO item to the assignment; if you need help, flag it in the sheet so we can follow up.
After scoring. Mark your entry Completed; add any quick notes you want to remember next term.
Pro Tip: Skim your department’s entries—seeing what colleagues are assessing makes it easy to coordinate prompts and do quick norming.
Where can I find the ILO rubrics?
Where can I find the ILO rubrics?
While the official ILO rubrics are housed in Canvas, the text of those rubrics can be accessed by opening the documents linked below.
Start by reviewing the rubrics, identifying assignments or activities that fit, and attaching one or more ILO items to your Canvas assignment.
All course-to-ILO mapping now lives in each program’s curriculum map. As you plan, use that map to see how your course outcomes connect to program outcomes (PLOs) and roll up to the institutional outcomes (ILOs).
We encourage faculty to consider this course → program → institution alignment when selecting where and how to assess.
How do I assess ILOs in Canvas?
How do I assess ILOs in Canvas?
The resources on this page are here to help you set up your Canvas course to assess student learning on one or more ILO items.
CTLE's written guide is posted along with a series of short videos addressing all aspects of ILO assessment.
If you need help with this process, contact assessment@gccaz.edu or your Department Assessment Coordinator.
The purpose of ILO assessment is to strengthen student learning.
Its purpose is not to evaluate individual students or educators, but rather to look holistically at the data, reflect on the results, and act by making improvements to the teaching, learning, and assessment process.
{2:19} An invitation for you to participate in GCC ILO assessment to strengthen student learning. What is an ILO? Why do we assess ILOs? Who should assess ILOs?
{3:31} What educators should consider when selecting an assignment or activity for ILO assessment and when scoring using the ILO rubric.
{1:39} How to use the learning outcome examples as general, but not exhaustive, guidelines when selecting an ILO item for assessment.
{2:28} How to add ILO rubric items into a Canvas course. This is the first step before an ILO item can be added to a scoring rubric.
{4:12} How to create a Canvas rubric that is not used for grading, but rather only contains an ILO item for assessment.
{3:39} How to update an existing Canvas rubric to include an ILO item for assessment.
{2:35} How to use the Canvas SpeedGrader to score ILO items embedded in Assignment or Discussion rubrics.
{0:55} Where to find the Rubric feature in Canvas Discussions. Follow the other video instructions to create or update the rubric.
How do I access Canvas Outcome data?
How do I access Canvas Outcome data?
ILO Dashboard (MCCCD login)
Using your MCCCD credentials, log in to the ILO Dashboard to review student performance and note action items for strengthening learning. Filter by discipline or course, timeframe, student detail, AGEC category, and more.
Note: The dashboard was updated in 08/2025 following a Canvas data change; data through Summer 2025 are currently available. Created by Raechel Megahan; maintained by Jackie Gonzalez.
Other ways to access Canvas Outcome data
Download directly from Canvas (single or few courses). Instructors can download ILO or other Outcome results for an individual course (or a small set) directly from Canvas. Follow this Accessing Individual Course ILO Data in Canvas guide.
Request a bulk download. Need multiple sections in one file or course-lead access across instructors? Email assessment@gccaz.edu to receive a copy of the request form.
Institutional Effectiveness support. Need additional data or analysis support? Submit an Institutional Effectiveness data request to scope the extract or dashboard build.
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