Align Learning Outcomes to learning activities or rubrics in D2L Brightspace

Overview

Use the Learning Outcomes tool to help you assess students’ learning outcomes and determine if they have acquired the intended knowledge, skills, and abilities from a learning experience. Learning Outcomes help track information about the knowledge, skills and abilities students acquire as they participate in courses or other learning experiences. 

Overall, there are four main actions to using Learning Outcomes in D2L Brightspace: 

1. In your course, add course outcomes and/or add program and institution outcomes from the Learning Outcomes tool page.
2. Align outcomes to learning activities in assignments, discussions, questions in a quiz, and rubrics.
3. Assess using an outcome in an assignment, discussion, questions in a quiz attempt, and rubrics (in those learning activities). 
4. Navigate to the Mastery View to review student overall outcome achievement and adjust the Mastery View settings. 

Can I add a learning outcome to an activity that contains student submissions?

Yes, you can! Navigate to the student learning activity (discussion, assignment, quiz), edit the activity, and attach the learning outcome.

Align an outcome to an assignment folder (student learning activity)

1. Navigate to the Assignments tool.
2. Find the assignment you want to associate with an outcome, and then select Edit Assignment from the assignment’s menu.
3. Select the Outcomes button.
   
4. Browse or search for the program outcome that applies to your course.
5. Check the box for the outcome you want to add, and select Save.
   
6. Back on the Edit Assignment screen, select Save and Close.

Align an outcome to a discussion topic (student learning activity)

1. Navigate to the Discussions tool.
2. From the menu of the topic you want to associate with an outcome, select Edit Topic.
3. Select the Outcomes button.
   
4. Browse or search for the program outcome that applies to your course.
5. Check the box for the outcome you want to add, and select Save.
   
6. Back on the Edit Topic screen, click Save and Close.

Align an outcome to a set of questions in a quiz (student learning activity)

1. Navigate to the Quizzes tool.
2. Find the quiz you want to associate with an outcome, and then select Edit from the quiz menu.
3. Select the check box next to the question, section, or pool of questions you want to add the outcome to.
4. Select More Actions > Align to Outcomes.
   
5. Browse or search for the program outcome that applies to your course.
6. Check the box for the outcome you want to add, and select Save.
   
7. Back on the Edit Quiz screen, select Save and Close.

Align an outcome to an analytic rubric (multiple criterion)

1. Navigate to the Rubrics tool, such as from the Other Tools menu in the navbar.
2. Find the analytic rubric you want to associate outcomes to, and then select Edit from the rubric menu.
   Note: Brightspace learning outcomes cannot be directly associated with a holistic rubric. 
3. Select the Outcomes button.
   
4. Browse or search for the program outcome that applies to your course.
5. Check the box for the outcome you want to add, and select Save.
   
6. Back on the Edit Rubric screen, note that the rubric saves automatically. Once the rubric has saved, you may select Close to exit the screen.