- Review the current SLOs for your area with your program faculty for recency, relevance, and rigor. Undergraduate SLOs are found at https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/Pages/academic-learning-compacts.aspx). General Education SLOs are found at https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/advising/info/general-education-requirement.aspx#learning, and graduate SLOs are found on the Institutional Assessment website at http://assessment.aa.ufl.edu/resources.
- Examine the SLOs for the Knowledge Type (see Table 1) and Cognitive Processes level (see Table 2) they engage. The majority of the SLOs should be in the upper three levels of the Cognitive Processes Dimension – Analyze, Evaluate, and Create. The Taxonomy template in Figure 1 may help with this process.
- Cross-reference your SLOs with the list of verbs/actions associated with their corresponding cognitive dimension levels (see Table 3), and replace any “verbs and phrases to avoid” (see the above list) with appropriate verbs from Table 3.
- Write the SLO concisely and clearly.
When you have reached consensus on the SLOs, submit your revisions through the ALC approvals system at http://approval.ufl.edu/undergraduate-academic-learning-compacts.aspx. You will find instructions for using this system at http://assessment.aa.ufl.edu/Data/Sites/22/media/alc-slo_revision_process.pdf.