Competency Based Education/Mastery Learning

Align goals to questions in question pools – 3900.91

Blackboard Learn SaaS 
Ultra Experience   
Ultra Course View 
Impact: Instructors, Administrators
Related topics: Question Pools, Goals

Institutions want to align goals to course content. Goal alignment ensures curriculum design meets specific learning outcomes.

Now, instructors can align goals to questions within a question pool. Question-level goal alignment ensures that assessment items measure the desired learning outcomes. This helps to ensure the accuracy and effectiveness of evaluation and feedback practices.

Image 1: Option to choose Align with goal from the menu when adding or editing a question in a question pool

Instructor option to choose the “align with goal” menu when adding or editing a question in a question pool

Learn more about goal alignment in the Ultra Course View.

For administrators: This feature is available for all Ultra courses. There are no configurations needed. 

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