General Education Outcomes
  • 21 Aug 2023
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Article summary

Use this page to define the organization's general education outcomes.  General education outcomes represent macro outcomes comprised of academic foundation and life-long learning skills, knowledge, and perspectives that go beyond a specific course. A group of general education outcomes generally pertains to a program, major, discipline thread, or degree level. 

Click Edit on the page.

Click Add General Education Outcome.   WIDS presents a textbox with a verb library.  Enter your statement or search the verb library for a verb to start your outcome.     

Verb Library   

To use the verb library, select a domain and level from the dropdown list and click Search.  WIDS presents verbs that meet your selection in the Select a Verb dropdown list.  

To select a verb from the list, select a verb and then Apply Verb.  WIDS places the verb in the dialogue box.  

  • If desired select a type from the drop down list.  Types  are set by your organization to help sort or identify outcomes.  
  • Once your outcomes appear in a list, you can drag and drop the grid rows into an order. 

Import a Gen Ed Outcome from a Bank or Library

You can use the External Standard or other library in WIDS to import general education outcomes.  Once imported they can be edited or removed.

Click Import from a Bank or Library

Select Bank to access External Standards.  Select Library to access the Employability Skills Library or the Academic Skills Library.  WIDS generates a list of options to screen.

Select the checkbox to the left of the items you want to import.

Deleting and Expiring General Education Outcomes

Only WIP outcomes can be deleted from this page.  Active outcomes must be expired.  To expire a gen ed outcome go to the Project Management tab and Request Approval page.  

General Education Outcome Status and Linking
Only outcomes with an Active or Future status can be linked to programs and courses.  WIP and Pending outcomes will not be visible in program and course project.