View source for Program and Unit Planning & Assessment: Getting Started

Program and Unit Planning & Assessment supports a structured, repeatable process for evaluating effectiveness, documenting improvement, and supporting data-informed decision making across academic programs and administrative units.

Through this process, institutions can:

* Define and document '''missions, goals, and outcomes'''
* Align program and unit planning with '''institutional priorities'''
* Collect and evaluate '''assessment evidence'''
* Track progress over time and '''close the assessment loop'''
* Support '''program review, accreditation, and continuous improvement'''

The system is designed to work across multiple cycles, allowing institutions to plan, assess, and review programs and units in a consistent and transparent way while still accommodating local practices and disciplinary differences.


== Getting started ==

Program and Unit Planning & Assessment is organized around a '''planning matrix''' and one or more '''assessment cycles'''. Before contributors begin entering program or unit information, an initial setup process is required.

To get started:

# [[Planning Matrix Template|Create a planning matrix template]]
# [[Import list of programs or units]]
# (Optional) Import existing plans, goals and more
# Create a [[Matrix assessment]] for this cycle
#* Assign programs and units to the Matrix assessment
#* Assign reviewers
# For each program or unit assessment:
#* [[Assign contributors|assign contributors]] who will submit program or unit information
#* [[Initialize the Plan]] for that cycle

Once setup is complete, contributors can begin entering data, reviewers can evaluate submissions, and the institution can track progress throughout the assessment cycle.


==See Also==
{{Program Review see also}}