Learning outcomes are pre-defined skills or areas of knowledge that a learner should be able to demonstrate when they finish the activities associated with the outcomes. Learning outcomes provides an alternative way to evaluate proficiency at skills and mastery of concepts.
Learning outcomes are defined either by an instructor or by an overseeing body such as a university program director, a school board, a government body, or a professional association. Instructors use outcomes to ensure they are meaningfully covering the outcomes they are expected to teach. Outcomes can be evaluated or measured using various assessment styles.
Note: The language term used to describe learning outcomes in the user interface depends on the value set for the d2l.Languages.Terminology.LearningOutcomes configuration variable. There are currently five options for this term. The term selected applies to all instances of learning outcomes as well as to the name of the tool. For example, the Standards tool link in Course Administration might be labeled Competencies, Expectations, Objectives, or Learning Outcomes.
Levels of Achievement
Levels of achievement are the success milestones that indicate progress toward meeting the expectations of a defined standard. Levels of achievement are often mapped to levels of evaluation on rubrics or numeric score thresholds. The achievement levels describe the thresholds of mastery on the learning journey to meeting the learning outcome.
Achievement Scales
Achievement scales are the range or spectrum of achievement levels that indicate when a learner has or has not met the expectations of a learning outcome. Where the outcome provides a statement of knowledge or skills that the learner must know to meet the learning outcome requirement, the achievement scales provide a comparative measure of performance across multiple assessment activities.