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Assessment Guides, Resources, and Templates

This page provides centralized access to tools, templates, and guidance that support meaningful assessment across the University of Florida. Whether you're developing program goals, refining student learning outcomes (SLOs), or preparing an annual assessment report, these resources promote clarity, consistency, and continuous improvement.

Explore frequently asked questions, download customizable templates, and find support for aligning your assessment efforts with UF’s institutional goals.

Assessment Guides and Best Practices

Academic Assessment Planning and Reporting in Anthology
Developing Program Goals and Student Learning Outcomes
Guide to Assessment Processes and Components at UF
Using Assessment Results for Program Improvement
Writing Effective Rubrics

Assessment Templates

Assessment Cycle - Graduate and Professional  
Assessment Cycle - Undergraduate
Curriculum Map - Undergraduate
Program Assessment Timeline - Graduate and Professional 
SLO Matrix

 

Frequently Asked Questions

To obtain access to Anthology, please email assessment@aa.ufl.edu with the following information:

  • Full name and Gatorlink email address for user that needs to be added (ex: Gator@ufl.edu not Gator@aa.ufl.edu)
  • Permission level (Unit/College, Program, and Degree Level)

If you are not the assessment coordinator for your unit, please copy your coordinator when submitting your request. 

Please contact us, so we can discuss next steps in creating the shell for the program annual reporting in Anthology. 

Anthology is very sensitive to spaces, so make sure there are no spaces at the beginning of your title. Here are examples:

Correct: No space before SLO 1

SLO 1

Incorrect: Space before SLO 1

  SLO 1

The same principle applies to all items that should appear in numerical order.

There is no need to contact the Office of Accreditation, Assessment, and Curriculum once you submit your reports. However, make sure you complete the following:

IE Report: Check the Institutional Effectiveness Report Complete box (at the bottom of your Detail Plan Item) before clicking “Done.”

Academic Data Report: Check the Program Results Reporting Complete (at the bottom of your Use of Results for Improvement plan item) before clicking “Done.” If no results were reported, please check box Program Results Not Reported this Year.

Yes, you will need to choose the type of report you want to generate (i.e., Unit/College Plan - IE Report, Assessment Plan - Program Report). Please see below the specific instructions for each report:

IE Reports:

  1. Choose a year (dropdown) for the report you want to generate
  2. Choose "Unit/College Plan" in the dropdown menu in Anthology
  3. Click the tab "Report" (this item is located between the tabs "Plan Items" and "Documents")
  4. From the list of reports, choose  "Reviewers Report - IE"
  5. Click the drop down menu below (next to the "View Report: [Date]") and choose "Customize Dates"
  6. Customize the report date range by changing the year only. Please do not change the month and day
  7. Click "View Report" and a report will be generated
  8. Once the report is generated, you should be able to save it as PDFs, by clicking “Print” and choosing the option “Save as PDF”

Academic Assessment (Program) Reports:

  1. Choose a year (dropdown) for the report you want to generate
  2. Choose "Assessment Plan" in the dropdown menu in Anthology
  3. Click the tab "Report" (this item is located between the tabs "Plan Items" and "Documents")
  4. From the list of reports, choose  "Reviewers Report - Academic Data"
  5. Click the drop down menu below (next to the "View Report: [Date]") and choose "Customize Dates"
  6. Customize the report date range by changing the year only. Please do not change the month and day
  7. Click "View Report" and a report will be generated
  8. Once the report is generated, you should be able to save it as PDFs, by clicking “Print” and choosing the option “Save as PDF”

For more information, please see the Academic Assessment Planning and Reporting in Anthology resource above. 

If your program was terminated, please contact us and provide the date of the termination and the approval system request number, so we can relocate your program to an "inactive programs" location in Anthology.