Archived Assessment Report
| Program | Solar Electric (PV) Certificate |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Midpoint Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| 3. Demonstrate knowledge of principal types and configurations of PV systems, their advantages and disadvantages, and their uses. | How well do students demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages for the types of PV systems? |
| 7. Identify the electrical codes, regulations and practices applicable to PV systems and verify code compliant, safe wiring methods and selection of the appropriate materials for specific sites and installations. | How well do students incorporate the code into their understanding of PV? |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3. Demonstrate knowledge of principal types and configurations of PV systems, their advantages and disadvantages, and their uses. | Final (relevant question(s)) 2, 3, and 4 | ELTR2692 | We expect all students to answer the question(s) and receive at least some credit. |
| 7. Identify the electrical codes, regulations and practices applicable to PV systems and verify code compliant, safe wiring methods and selection of the appropriate materials for specific sites and installations. | Quizzes and Final | ELTR2615 | We expect all students to answer the questions and perform well on the exam questions. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3. Demonstrate knowledge of principal types and configurations of PV systems, their advantages and disadvantages, and their uses. | Students did well on all 3 questions (93% average for each question) | Results were expected. | Students have an understanding of the disadvantages and advantages of different types of PV systems. |
| 7. Identify the electrical codes, regulations and practices applicable to PV systems and verify code compliant, safe wiring methods and selection of the appropriate materials for specific sites and installations. | Students did well overall. When looking at the averages of all the quizzes and final exam, the grades were above 90% with the exception of the final exam, which was 76%. | The results support the hypothetical analysis. | This shows us that students can identify the electrical codes, which is the main learning objective in the course ELTR 2615 |
| 3. Demonstrate knowledge of principal types and configurations of PV systems, their advantages and disadvantages, and their uses. | |
|---|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | The results from Spring 2024 showed a high level of understanding. No changes planned, but will repeat the data collection in Spring 2025. |
| Type of Change | |
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | No. The same 3 questions from the final exam will be assessed in Spring 2025 (#2, 3, and 4). |
| What data motivated the change? | N/A |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | While there are no changes planned, it is expected the results from Spring 2025 will be similar to the results from Spring 2024. |
| 7. Identify the electrical codes, regulations and practices applicable to PV systems and verify code compliant, safe wiring methods and selection of the appropriate materials for specific sites and installations. | |
|---|---|
| Describe the change that was implemented. | The results from Spring 2024 showed a high level of understanding. No changes planned, but will repeat the data collection in Spring 2025. |
| Type of Change | |
| Change in Assessment Approach or Tools? | There will be a slight change in the assessment approach. In the previous round of assessment, the average for each of the quizzes as well as the final exam were evaluated. To narrow the focus, in Spring 2025, data will only be analyzed for the Final Preparation Test. The Final Preparation Test contains 100 questions, all related to electrical codes as they relate to PV, so it should be a good tool to measure student understanding of electrical codes. If the instructor notices any gaps in understanding around electrical codes, those will be addressed throughout the semester in order to support a high rate of understanding on the Final Preparation Test at the end of the semester. |
| What data motivated the change? | N/A |
| Hypothesis about the effect the change will have? | While there are no changes planned, it is expected the results from Spring 2025 will be similar to the results from Spring 2024. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
|---|---|---|
| 3. Demonstrate knowledge of principal types and configurations of PV systems, their advantages and disadvantages, and their uses. | Final Exam in Brightspace. Questions #2, 3, and 4. | ELTR 2692 |
| 7. Identify the electrical codes, regulations and practices applicable to PV systems and verify code compliant, safe wiring methods and selection of the appropriate materials for specific sites and installations. | Final Preparation Test in Brightspace, overall average. | ELTR 2615 |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Second Round Results | Intepretation of Results, Pre- and Post-Change | Follow up questions, possible next steps |
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