Institutional Effectiveness

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1 Institutional Effectiveness Improve Intentionally

2 Focus + Execution Without clear focus and precise execution, the best strategic thinking is meaningless. Every worthwhile endeavor requires a thoughtful plan, the right people with the right focus and the ability to execute. Academic Effect is execution in higher education. It is critically questioning alternatives, accurately measuring outcomes, tenaciously following up and effectively maintaining accountability. It is a systematic process of focused collaboration resulting in institutional effectiveness.

3 What is Academic Effect? At its core, higher education is the relentless pursuit of continuous improvement. Academic Effect is technology enabling the dedicated people in higher education with effective collaboration tools to plan for success, implement big ideas and learn from every experience delivered on campus. Academic Effect provides the structure to discover and transfer new knowledge, resulting in improved learning experiences and outcomes. Participants in Academic Effect understand the impact and value of instructional practices. Academic Effect enables them to collaborate with colleagues in a meaningful way, to apply the insights gained from implementing thise instructional practices. Academic Effect will help ensure that every activity on campus directly supports the highest aspirations of the institution. Academic Effect engages faculty, staff, administrators and students in a culture of continuous improvement and promotes active involvement and deep involvement with local, national and international stakeholders to improve education. The Academic Effect ecosystem enables effective planning and intentional execution. It reveals successful methods and effective practices, allowing colleagues to leverage these discoveries and replicate success. It fortifies thoughtful reflection and when initiatives fall short, it facilitates and engages the right people in proactive efforts to make meaningful improvements. Academic Effect provides the information and insights to allow institutions to recognize priorities and focus on what matters most. Our technology eliminates wasted time demonstrating performance, allowing people to focus on actual performance.

4 Validation Big Ideas Learn People Institutional Effectiveness Process Management Progress Alignment Evidence Evaluation Improve Intentionally.

5 Academic Effect illuminates the pathway to execution. Strategic Planning Identify and verify credentials for faculty and administrators. Mapping Perform formative assessment and evaluation to understand the impact and value of learning and teaching practices. Utilize structured templates to evaluate the effect of activities and strategic initiatives. Collaborate with stakeholders to create comprehensive strategic plans at the institutional and unit level. Credentials Create a visual matrix to identify gaps and weaknesses in courses, curriculum and learning experiences. Assessment

6 Documentation Produce accurate and timely reports to inform decisions, provide transparency and promote accountability. Reflection Efficiently report on institutional effectiveness and demonstrate achievements in support of institutional and programmatic accreditation standards. Efficiently gather, organize and attach supporting documentation to demonstrate performance. Reporting Collaborate with colleagues and other stakeholders to learn from success and identify opportunities for improvement. Accreditation

7 Think Strategic Planning Think provides a collaborative workspace for managing and executing Think Strategic Planning the planning process. Flexible structure provides users with a template to guide effective planning and analysis for the development and tracking of strategic goals. Create a historical record while using intuitive tools for research, analysis and synthesis of information. Verify Credentials Verify provides a comprehensive platform for gathering documented evidence of faculty credentials. Automatically align credentials with courses taught using systematically coded faculty credentials. Verify also allows for tracking alternate qualifications and enables users to provide written justifications to include in faculty reports. Verify Credentials Align Mapping Align generates a visual matrix of student learning objectives, teaching Align Mapping approaches, general education and core curriculum. Align allows users to map experiences inside and outside the classroom, such as courses, practicum, internships, service learning and student-faculty research.

8 Effect Assessment + Evaluation Effect is a collaborative workspace for gathering and reporting on assessment results, improvements achieved and tracking progress Effect on strategic initiatives. Effect provides custom templates and well-organized work flow for analysis of findings and the management Assessment of intentional efforts to improve results. Document Document Management Document is a cloud-based file management system for organizing Document artifacts and documentation. Users may add, share and associate added files within projects throughout Academic Effect. Evidence Report Reporting + Compliance Report provides a collection of reporting tools to collect data from institutional effectiveness activities and compile reports for monitoring and compliance. Academic Effect applications include a collection of standardized reports for tracking progress, analyzing findings, measuring performance and predictive reports to inform decision making. Additional reports for compliance and accreditation simplify the accreditation process. Report Reporting + Compliance

9 Reflect Program Review Reflect is a powerful learning tool that provides actionable insights to Reflect Program Review promote and ensure continuous improvement. Reflect will guide an authentic reflection process among colleagues, resulting in a deeper understanding of program strengths for improvement. Reflect includes an efficient process, structured templates and customizable reflective prompts to streamline and simplify the work while providing needed insights for informed decisions and future planning. Reflect guides an authentic reflection process on past achievements, enabling faculty and staff to identify opportunities for continuous improvement. Affirm Accreditation Affirm is a collaborative application designed to simplify institutional and programmatic accreditation. Affirm features reporting templates and process work flow, enabling contributors to draft and review narrative, attach and reference appropriate supporting evidence and create well-organized accreditation reports. Affirm Accreditation Execute Project Management Execute is an integrated management tool designed to plan and execute projects in support of all Academic Effect applications. Execute will help Execute Project Management organize and manage projects from initial planning to completion. Execute provides the ability to create individual tasks, assign resources, create a schedule and track work in progress.

10 Structure Process Management Standards Institutional Priorities Strategic Initiatives Core Curriculum Courses Sources of Evidence Reflective Prompts Improvements Achieved Templates Workflow Work Groups Align every activity with institutional objectives and core values. Structure enables colleges to design an institutional effectiveness process and tailor applications to adapt to that process. Academic Effect is flexible and highly customizable to work the way you work.

11 Academic Effect Institutional Collections Institutional Effectiveness Collection Institutional Effectiveness Collection Institutional Accreditation Collection Institutional Accreditation Collection Institutional Assessment Collection Institutional Assessment Collection

12 Academic Effect Programmatic Collections Programmatic Effectiveness Collection Programmatic Effectiveness Collection Programmatic Accreditation Collection Programmatic Accreditation Collection Programmatic Assessment Collection Programmatic Assessment Collection

13 Academic Effect illuminates the pathway to execution and impacts everyone on campus. President & Provost Chief Financial Officer Chief Information Officer Executive Office Accreditors Dean of Academics Faculty Institutional Effectiveness Students Learning Research Student Affairs Human Resources External Stakeholders Director of Assessment Connecting your most valuable asset, your people, with what matters most, your students.

14 Student learning is at the center of Academic Effect Students making an impact for Students Explicit statements of intentional learning outcomes and focused measurement of achievements provide a valuable feedback mechanism for improving program delivery. Internal and external validation of program quality and disciplinary excellence ensure graduates enter the workplace with the knowledge and skills required for success.

15 President & Provost Chief Financial Officer Effectively execute strategies for success by aligning all Eliminate redundant products, training, and costs by institutional efforts and activities to strategic goals and priorities, implementing a single system that spans multiple maintaining long-term focus and monitoring short-term progress. initiatives and projects at the institution. Chief Information Officer Vice President & Dean of Academics A fully-managed, cloud-based platform eliminates IT requirements, Build academic programs that serve students with allowing for reallocation of resources to other projects. A fast, excellence, capture and showcase faculty credentials secure platform-as-a-service framework developed using the latest and achievements, streamline evaluation and tenure programming protocols ensures seamless integration with processes, and ensure faculty and program resources disparate legacy applications. are allocated appropriately. Office of Planning & Institutional Effectiveness Vice President & Dean of Student Affairs Create a culture of planning and execution that results in Highlight the impact of student experiences outside the continuous improvement and simplified accreditation reporting. classroom and effectively demonstrate how student affairs Engage the right people in the right process. Reduce wasted time contributes to the mission, supports institutional priorities and effort demonstrating performance and enable contributors and achieves student learning objectives. to focus on actual performance.

16 Faculty Institutional & Learning Research It s not about reporting. It s about student learning. Faculty focus Understand the value and impact of every student experience. on what matters most. Academic Effect reduces the complexity Access meaningful information to acquire and transfer new of required reporting, allowing faculty to perfect their craft. knowledge related to successful pedagogy and new learning Academic Effect provides planning and assessment tools theory. Collaborate with key stakeholders to advance the that are designed to improve learning. scholarship of teaching and learning. Human Resources Director of Assessment Automate tracking, documentation, and reporting for faculty, Establish a culture of assessment. Create and manage an instructional staff, graduate assistants, and administrative staff effective process that values a diversity of approaches. credentials. Allow faculty and staff to manage their own Close the loop using an effective, custom work flow and professional profile with a comprehensive biography, vitae and encourage meaningful dialogue and collaboration. achievements portfolio. External Stakeholders Accreditors Engage external stakeholders who depend upon the institution Simplify the review and comment process for institutional to achieve peak performance. The community, parents, employers, and programmatic accreditation. Transform the review alumni, The Board of Trustees and law makers expect and deserve process from a focus on compliance into a meaningful effectiveness at every level of the institution. Academic Effect analysis and documentation of performance. Inform enables external stakeholders to participate in meaningful ways continuous improvement initiatives with actionable to promote peak performance throughout the institution. recommendations.

17 100% CLOUD BASED DATA SECURITY REDUNDANT BACK-UP Access Academic Effect from any Web-enabled device. Advanced data encryption and secure storage keep information safe. Automatic redundancy and unlimited data storage prevents data loss. DATA INTEGRITY INTUITIVE INTERFACE INTEGRATIONS Advanced version control, user tracking and time stamps ensure data integrity. Simple, elegant and sophisticated user experience and intuitive user interface encourage adoption. Integrate with external applications using advanced developer tools. PROGRAMMING USER MANAGEMENT MONITORING Modern programming ensures a seamless experience across all modern browsers. Invite and manage unlimited users who each have a unique profile and user sign-on credentials. Academic Effect is a cloud-based application and is monitored 24-7 by a team of engineers. DATA LIBRARIES NAVIGATOR LIVE SUPPORT Access data libraries to enable best practices. Inline click-by-click demonstrations and helpful instructions. Access live support via online chat and telephone.

18 Enabling users with inline training and how-to instructions. by Academic Effect Navigator by Academic Effect is a powerful tool designed to guide users through the entire process. Navigator provides a series of interactive tip-balloons overlaid on the screen; these balloons help users act, react and progress through the steps. Navigator provides how-to-videos, best practices and sample content to help inspire and engage your users. The Navigator Widget The Navigator widget appears on the right side of every screen and contains a list of tools and resources to assist users in the process. Users can review sample content, take a click-by-click tour, watch how-to videos and access the latest research by leading experts. Navigator can be customized to your institutional process and may include custom content. CLICK-BY-CLICK HOW-TO VIDEO EXAMPLES Navigator guides users through the entire process with click-by-click tours. Each application features how-to videos to help inform and inspire users. Navigator provides example templates and case studies to help inspire users and provide guidance towards best practices.

19 Academic Effect Live Help Academic Effect provides instant access to a professional support team. Users may access our team of assessment and institutional effectiveness professionals on live chat or by phone. relentless support Built for Any Device Academic Effect allows you to access and do your work from any Web-enabled device.

20 How can you ensure every campus activity supports your institutional priorities and achieves the intended results? Improve Intentionally