Association of American Colleges & Universities

Refinement Year (2016-2017)

Benefits and Challenges for Faculty
Steering Committee
Roster of States and Institutions
Refinement Year FAQs

Artifact Uploading Instructions
Demographic File Instructions updated May 8, 2017
Instructions for Institution Leads and Assignment Cover Sheet
Sampling Parameters and Methods
Sampling Plan and Matrix
Taskstream's VALUE/MSC Project Upload Instructions including creating assignments and collecting student work updated May 8, 2017
Timeline-Updated April 21, 2017

Webinar: Taskstream's VALUE/MSC Project Upload Instructions: Aqua Training for MSC, AAC&U VALUE Scoring Uploaders
April 21, 2017, hosted by Taskstream.

Webinar: MSC Refinement Year Uploading
January 31, 2017, hosted by Taskstream
PowerPoint

Link to Taskstream's Aqua uploading page

Demonstration Year (2015-2016)

Benefits and Challenges for Faculty Participants
Steering Committee
Demonstration Year FAQs

Instructions for Institution Leads and the Assignment Cover Sheet
Sampling Parameters and Methods
Sampling Plan Planning Matrix and Evaluation Tool
Assignment Parameters
Timeline

Pilot Year (2014-2015)

Benefits and Challenges for Faculty Participants
MSC Project Responsibilities during Year One of Pilot
Pilot Year FAQs

Sampling FAQ
Sampling Parameters and Methods
Sampling Plan Planning Matrix and Evaluation Tool
Assignment Cover Sheet
Assignment Scaffold

The webinars below were created during the original Pilot Year of the MSC (2014-2015) and the Demonstration Year, of the MSC (2015-2016).

Welcome to the MSC—An Introduction—Julie Carnahan, SHEEO and Terry Rhodes, AAC&U
PowerPoint slides only
Link to YouTube "Welcome to the MSC" webinar April 30, 2014

Overview of the MSC Pilot Study—Ashley Finley, AAC&U; Bonnie Orcutt, Massachusetts DHE; and Terry Rhodes, AAC&U
PowerPoint slides only
Link to YouTube "MSC Pilot Study Overview" webinar May 2014

Assignment Design—Susan Albertine, AAC&U and Jim Gubbins, Salem State University, Massachusetts
PowerPoint slides and comments
Scaffolding slide Word version
Link to You Tube recording 

Sampling—Ashley Finley, AAC&U; Bonnie Orcutt, Massachusetts DHE; Gary Pike, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Katie Zaback, SHEEO
PowerPoint slides 
Link to YouTube recording 

IRB and Student Consent—Curtis Naser, Axiom Education Co-Founder, Associate Professor Philosophy & Applied Ethics, Fairfield University
PowerPoint slides only
Link to YouTube recording 

VALUE Rubrics—Ashley Finley, AAC&U; Terry Rhodes, AAC&U
PowerPoint slides
Link to YouTube recording 
Link to AAC&U VALUE Rubrics page

Taskstream  VALUE Database Data Collection & Upload Webinar
Link here to recorded webinar

Redesigning an Oceanography Lab to Incorporate More Quantitative Literacy Skills—Karen Kortz, Community College of Rhode Island
Link here. 

Developing a Quantitative Literacy Activity in Psychology—Rachel Rogers, Community College of Rhode Island
Link here.

How the MSC Pilot Study Data Can Be Used and How it Shouldn't Be Used—Katie Zaback, SHEEO; and Taskstream staff—August 31, 2015
Link here to recorded webinar
PowerPoint slides