Signature Assignment Planning Template

Signature Assignment Planning Template This document was modified from Salt Lake Community College’s “Implementing Critical Thinking with Signature Assignments”

1. Title:

2. Brief Description of assignment:

3. What course learning outcomes will be assessed?

4. What program learning outcomes could be assessed?

5. Which Institutional Learning Outcomes could be assessed? (Check all that apply.) ☐ 1. Effective Communication ☐ 4. Information Literacy ☐ 2. Critical Thinking ☐ 5. Quantitative Literacy ☐ 3. Working with Others ☐ 6. Community Engagement

6. What will be graded? [Check all that apply. Be sure to consider the SLOs.]

☐ Process {Quality of the methods used.} ☐ Product {Qualities of the artifact (paper, project, etc.) the students submit.} ☐ Performance {Quality of delivery – e.g., singing, dance routine, etc.} ☐ Personal Trait {Professionalism, Critical Thinker, Good Listener, etc. Caution: These can be relatively difficult to define and measure.} ☐ Content {Quality of the discipline-based information presented (e.g., appropriateness, accuracy, etc.)}

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7. How will the assignment be assessed at the course level? [List examples of assessment criteria below.]

Examples of Criteria Enter your proposed criteria in the boxes below. Quality: {Compelling ideas, good solution, strong evidence, precise steps, etc.} Depth/Breadth: {Complexity of analysis, insightfulness, completeness, etc.} Relevance/Adequacy: {Proper execution, correct formula, good teamwork, effective approach, etc.} Impact: {Outcome of the task – e.g. solved the dilemma, the patient lived, reduced manufacturing costs, etc.} Accuracy: {Use this type of criteria sparingly.}

8. What resources, research, and/or other materials will the student need to use?

9. What reflection prompts will accompany the signature assignment? What will students be asked to reflect on? For example: ☐ planning ☐ process ☐ reasoning ☐ judgment ☐ feelings ☐ strengths/weaknesses ☐ effort ☐ overall success of project or assignment ☐ growth ☐ goal setting

10. What makes this assignment ideal for a signature assignment?

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