Los Angeles Valley College
Student Learning Outcomes Assessment Cycle Report
Courses and Programs
Discipline: Art Department: Art
Program/Course: Graphic Design/Art 600 Lettering Semester/Year: Fall/2012
SLO Representative: Tom Mossman Department Chair: Eugenia Sumnik-Levins
Student Learning Outcome Assessed / Ability to, through staged sketches, design using letters as visual, not phonetic symbols for content communication.Description of Assessment Method
a. Describe the assessment tool and how the data was analyzed (e.g., student activity, rubric elements, etc.). Attach rubric if applicable.
b. Describe the sampling methodology (i.e., how sampling was done, number of students and faculty/staff involved out of the total)
c. Describe how inter-rater reliability was achieved / a. A rubric was used to assess student success with 5 category divisions of the above SLO, at 5 levels of competency (A-F).
b. All student work (26) from the Fall 2012 A Lettering assignment was used in the assessment.
c. 5 random images of the students work were assessed by 2 faculty members using the rubric for the above SLO. The result were the same for both faculty members, thus normed.
Assessment Results
a. Describe the relevant findings according to the criteria set by the assessment tool / a. Most students performed the design component quite well, but struggled
with the color harmony presentations
How Results were Used for Course/Program Improvement
a. Describe how the results are going to be used for the improvement of teaching, learning, or institutional effectiveness based on the data assessed.
b. Describe how results will be shared with others in the discipline/area. / a. Need to review color theory section from Art 501, Beginning Design prior to start of this and other assignments which have color components.
b. All Art 501, Beginning Design instructors should present some applied color harmony theory to practical design oriented problems.
A / B / C / D / F
Rough Sketches / Clear & concise problem-solving plan / Clear problem-solving plan / Attempt to create problem-solving plan / Incomplete problem-solving plan / Lack of problem-solving plan
Color Studies / Broad range of color harmony solutions / Adequate number of color harmony solutions / Attempt at color harmony solutions / Inadequate color harmony solutions / Lack of color harmony solutions
2-D Design / Exceptional, compositions / Above average compositions / Average compositions / Poor compositions / Lack of compositions
Symbolism / Exceptional use of letters as visual symbols / Above average use of letters as visual symbols / Average use of letters as visual symbols / Incorrect use of letters as visual symbols / Lack of use of letters as visual symbols
Content / Exceptional ability to apply symbols to express content / Above average ability to apply symbols to express content / Average ability to apply symbols to express content / Limited ability to apply symbols to express content / Cannot apply symbols to express content
Art 600 SLO: Students will be able to design using letterforms as vehicles for interpretive expression of content.
Assessment Measure: Students will design letter-based composition using developmental sketches and color studies.