Training Materials

A variety of training and informational resources are being prepared to support faculty involvement in the General Education program. These will include group sessions, individual consultations, and online materials. This page summarizes the resources that are currently available.

Training sessions regarding data reporting (use of our data workbooks and TracDat assignments) are available this fall. The schedule for these sessions is available here.

Presentations and Training Sessions

Date	Location	Presentation	Slides	Handout
10/11/2017	FLITE 112 3:00 PM	General Education Data Reporting Training for Faculty
08/21/2017	Welcome Back Week UCB 216	Certification and Re-Certification of Courses in Our Revised General Education Program
08/21/2017	Welcome Back Week UCB 216	Assessing Our Revised General Education Program
08/21/2017	Welcome Back Week UCB 216	Implementing Our Revised General Education Program
08/21/2017	Welcome Back Week UCB 216	Overview of Our Revised General Education Program
08/02/2017	Ferris Statewide Meeting Grand Rapids, MI	Implementing Our Revised General Education Program
03/30/2017	JOH 104 11:00 AM	Assessment Training for Humanities
07/28/2016	Ferris Statewide Meeting Grand Rapids, MI	The New General Education Program

Reproducible Assessment Training videos

File	Title	Duration	Size
	Defining reproducible
	Defining assessment
	Defining our standard measures
	Defining our standard pedagogies
	Defining our scoring system
	Registering for course data reporting	5:46 minutes	42.1 Mb
	Obtaining roster information using WebFocus	5:23 minutes	102 Mb
	Using the SCORE data workbook	7:24 minutes	92.9 Mb
	Using the PREPOST data workbook
	Using the NORM data workbook
	Using the RUBRIC data workbook
	Completing TracDat assignments
	Contributing to the assessment conversation
	Applying for General Education course status
	Certifying courses for General Education
	Re-certifying courses for General Education
	Appealing a General Education certification decision
	Exploring General Education using TracDat

Consultation

If you would like an individual consultation with the General Education Coordinator or a member of the University General Education Committee, please drop us a line by email.