New Course

Report Template
(2020)
Quality and Development Unit
College of Engineering & Information Technology
Workshop Outcomes:
By the end of this workshop, we should
be able to:
• Recognize the importance of course
report document.
• Use appropriate inputs to write
course report document.
• Develop course improvement plan
according to recommendations
concluded from the different
practices in the course.
 Topics
1. Why do we need “course
Report”?
2. The inputs of course
Report.
3. Course report follow up
cycle.
4. Contents of course Report
new template.
What is the course
report??
• by the end of each semester or
year in which a course is taught the
instructor should prepare a
summary report for the program
coordinator. This should be
attached to a copy of the course
specification, included in a course
file or portfolio, and used for
consideration in the review of the
program.
1. Why do we need “Course Report”?

What did happen in course delivery process?

What are the distribution of students' grade?

Did the students acquire the intended course

learning outcomes and to which extent?
What are the different evaluations of course
quality?
1. Why do we need “Course Report”?

What are the challenges What do we recommend

and difficulties in course according to previous
delivery process ? issues?

What are the actions to

How and when will these
be taken to improve
actions be taken?
course quality ?
 2. The inputs of Course Report.

Assessment Course
Results Evaluations

Previous
Course
Course
Specifications
Course Report

Report
 2. The inputs of Course Report.
Planned
teaching
strategies
Course Areas &
Specifications issues to
be
evaluated

Course Planned
learning assessment
outcomes
methods
2. The inputs of Course Report.

Students
Grades
Assessment
Results CLOs Indirect
Assessment

CLOs Direct
Assessment
2. The inputs of Course Report.

By Students

Course
Evaluations Faculty

Independent
Evaluator
 2. The inputs of Course Report.

Previous
Recommendations

Previous
course report

Previous
Assessment results
 Course quality cycle

Improvement planning

CS Implementation
CR & ILOS
Assessment

Follow-up Implementation
 3. Contents of course report new
template.
A. Course identification.

B. Course delivery.

C. Students results.

D. Course learning outcomes.

E. Course quality evaluation.

F. Difficulties and challenges.

G. Course improvement plan.

Course Identification
B. Course Delivery
1. Course Contact Hours per semester (15 weeks)

No. Activity Planned Actual

1
Lecture

2
Laboratory/Studio
From course Actually
3 specification achieved
Tutorial (contact hour x
4
15)
Others (Specify as Clinic)

Total
B. Course • Complete the table to compare the planned
coverage of topics in the planned course
Delivery specification with what actually achieved. If
there was a large variation (25% or more
variation from the plan) give a brief explanation
 Teaching Strategies
Were They
Implemented? Difficulties
Experienced (if
Planned Teaching Strategies Suggested Action
any)
Yes No
in Implementation

Suggesting responses if
changes are needed. For
example:
➢ Provide different
support material
➢ practice students in a
Effective planned teaching different way,
strategies for each domain ➢ Train instructors to
according to course specification gain more practice in
the use of a strategy,
➢ or different strategy to
be used for that
learning outcome
 Activities/Assessment Methods

Were They
Implemented Difficulties
Activities/Planned Assessment ? Experienced (if
Suggested Action
Methods any) in
Yes No
Implementation

Suggesting
responses if
Effective planned
changes are
Activities/Assessment needed.
Methods
for each domain according to
course specification
Verification of credibility of students’
results
 Distribution of
grades .

C. Students Comment on
Results. student results.

Recommendations.
 Grades Distribution
Distribution
curve
How to
comment on
grades Passed
distributions?
students
percentage
Withdrawn
students
percentage
 Grades
Distribution
Grade distribution close to normal distribution
Grade distribution with large deviation
from normal distribution

• Recommendations:
• Teaching strategies and
assessment methods
should be reviewed.

2%
2%

5%
5%
47%
23%
12%

2%
2%
F D D+ C C+ B B+ A A+
Grade distribution with large deviation from
normal distribution

7%
5%

12%
9%

23%

35%
2%
2%

5%

F D D+ C C+ B B+ A A+

Recommendations:
Assessment methods should
be reviewed
C. Students Results.
 C. Students Results.
3. Recommendations
• Students’ attendance should be followed
and depravation rules should be applied.
• Teaching strategies should be reviewed.
 D. Course learning outcomes.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES RECOMMENDATIONS.

ASSESSMENT RESULTS
Course learning outcomes assessment
results
CLOs Assessment

Indirect Direct
(CLOs Survey)
CLOs overall Ach.

Criteria for
Success(CFS)
CLOs Direct Assessment
CLOs indirect Assessment
Course learning outcomes assessment
results
Course learning outcomes assessment results
 Course learning outcomes assessment
results

• Recommendations:
1. More exercises to be solved on the following topics
related to CLOs S1.1, S1.2 and S1.3, Also assessment
methods related to these issues are to be reviewed
2. To increase the reliability of indirect assessment
results, students should be aware of the intended
CLOs.
3. Students should be given feedback on their work in
order to improve their performance specially students
who face difficulties.
E. Course Quality Evaluation
Course Quality Evaluation
F. Difficulties and challenges.
 G. Course improvement plan.

Previous course report

recommendations

Course
improvement
actions Other actions
(during teaching
the course)
G. Course improvement plan.
G. Course improvement plan.
 G. Course improvement plan.

Course Delivery

Recommendations
Students
Results

CLOs
Course Assessment
Quality
Evaluation
 References

• Guidelines on writing course report template.

• Handbook for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in
SAUDI ARABIA (part 2).
• Course report 2020 template.
Thank You….

Questions??