Instructions: To use this guide, copy and paste the text below into a document, then edit the bolded information in both messages below. Copy the contents of message 1 (excluding the label “Message 1:”) with your edits and paste it into the Generative AI chatbot of your choice. Be sure you are starting Message 1 in a new/blank chat and not one where a conversation has already been started. After receiving a response that the AI understands the directions, copy and paste Message 2 into the chat (again excluding the label “Message 2:”).
Message 1: Revise my course's Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) to ensure they meet the [Department or Institution]'s accrediting agency's standards for curriculum alignment. In your response, provide specific recommendations for how to adjust course goals and SLOs to meet the appropriate accreditation criteria. For context, my course is a [graduate/ undergraduate], [intro, 200,300, etc.] level course named [Title of course] in the [subject] department. Be sure to include examples of how these changes would alter assignments aligning with these SLOs.
--Here are my SLOs:
I will send the accreditation criteria in my next message. Let me know if you understand your instructions and if you are ready for the next message.
--Be sure to wait for a response from the AI before sending Message 2.--
Message 2: The following is a list of accreditation requirements for the [Department or Institution]. Go through this list and use the points that are relevant to my course in order to guide your alterations of my SLOs.
Accreditation Requirements List:
- [List Accreditation requirements for your institution and/or department]
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To find what accreditations your department may have at ESU, visit the ESU list of Accreditations.
ESU as a whole is accredited under the Middle States Commission and thus has provided documentation for faculty regarding the basic Student Learning Outcome requirements for all courses. Please see: ESU Undergraduate SLOs for Middle States Commission Accreditation or ESU Graduate SLOs for Middle States Commission Accreditation.