Chavis, C., & James, P. A., & Nyarko, K., & Owolabi,, O. A., & Salimian, M. (2023, June), A Comparison of ABET Assessment Instruments  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--42374

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  Chavis, C., \& James, P. A., \& Nyarko, K., \& Owolabi,, O. A., \& Salimian, M. (2023, June), \emph{A Comparison of ABET Assessment Instruments}
  Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland.
  10.18260/1-2--42374

Celeste Chavis, Petronella A. James, Kofi Nyarko, Oludare Adegbola Owolabi, P.E., and Masud Salimian.  "A Comparison of ABET Assessment Instruments".  2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/42374 Internet.  02 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_42374}
  Celeste Chavis, Petronella A. James, Kofi Nyarko, Oludare Adegbola Owolabi, P.E., and Masud Salimian.
  "A Comparison of ABET Assessment Instruments".
  \emph{2023 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland, 2023, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/42374 Internet.  02 May, 2024

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AB  - A critical component of the ABET continuous improvement process is demonstrating continuous improvement of the program by assessing student outcomes. The assessment of student outcome achievement levels requires considerable effort by faculty and coordinators. This paper provides the lessons learned from ABET assessment in Morgan State's School of Engineering, which used a variety of assessment instruments, including Microsoft Excel and Google Form spreadsheets, a cloud-based outcome assessment system called Searchlight, and Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) to conduct program student outcome assessment. 

 The study concluded that Canvas is superior for evaluating student outcome levels of attainment and SearchLight for reporting and continuous improvement. SearchLight seamlessly generated graphs and reports to allow programs to drill down on student performance by course, outcome, and performance indicators. While Searchlight greatly improved the assessment process, it has two major limitations: (1) it is cost prohibitive, and (2) assessment scores were inputted in aggregate at the end of the semester with the guidance of using one or two signature assignments to determine the score. Conversely, Canvas allows faculty to assess and grade simultaneously, thus clearly showing how course-level student outcome levels are obtained from individual assessment instruments.  Additionally, conducting assessments in Canvas resulted in higher completion rates.

This paper presents the advantages and disadvantages of each assessment tool and outlines an amended process that utilizes Canvas for assessment and mimics and improves upon the reporting in SearchLight by creating a customized dashboard in PowerBI.
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