Center for Teaching and Learning
Outcomes Assessment Projects (formerly Aqua) – Administrators
Student Learning & Licensure (formerly Via) by Watermark serves as a comprehensive platform designed to streamline the complex processes of assessment reporting and student portfolio development. For faculty and administrators, it provides a system for documenting and analyzing student progress against established departmental accreditation standards. This capability is crucial for ensuring program quality and meeting external review requirements. The platform facilitates the collection, aggregation, and reporting of assessment data, offering insights into learning outcomes and areas for curriculum improvement. Simultaneously, Student Learning & Licensure empowers students to actively engage in their learning journey by providing a direct channel for submitting key assessment assignments. Additionally, it offers tools to curate and present academic achievements through online portfolios, showcasing students’ skills and accomplishments to potential employers or graduate programs.
This is an overview of how OAP (Aqua) works and is organized.
Open the OAP (Aqua) New Admin Overview link to learn more.
The vendor for OAP (Aqua), Watermark, has compiled a set of self-guided tutorials for administrators and assessment coordinators.
Open the OAP (Aqua) Self-Guided Training link to learn more.
This is an overview of how to add standards sets and evaluation rubrics for use in OAP (Aqua).
Open the OAP (Aqua) Adding Outcomes and Rubrics article to learn more.
This is an overview of how create an assessment project in OAP (Aqua).
Open the OAP (Aqua) Creating an Assessment Project guide to learn more.
This is an overview of how create an assignment for which student work will be submitted to in OAP (Aqua).
Open the OAP (Aqua) Creating an Assignment article to learn more.
This is an overview of how to upload student rosters and manually add student assignment submissions in OAP (Aqua). Rosters and assignments can be added at once, or only rosters can be added for student assignment submissions to be added later.
Open the OAP (Aqua) Uploading Student Artifacts Using Bulk Upload article, or the OAP (Aqua) Uploading Student Artifacts Using the Roster article to learn more.
This is an overview of reporting features in OAP (Aqua).
Open the OAP (Aqua) Reports guide to learn more.
This is an overview of how to create a link in Blackboard so that students can submit assignments to OAP (Aqua) through Blackboard.
Open the Creating an OAP (Aqua) Activity with a Blackboard Link handout to learn more.
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