Watermark Releases New Data Integrations for a More Flexible Approach to Assessment and Institutional Improvement Efforts
Watermark, a pioneer in educational intelligence, announced its newest data integrations for its next-generation planning solution – Watermark Planning & Self-Study – including a seamless integration with Instructure’s Canvas as well as a direct connection with its outcomes assessment solution, Aqua by Watermark. These enhancements are the latest in a series of deep data integrations that enable institutions to leverage student learning outcomes data from multiple sources to inform institutional planning efforts – all from within one system for a more flexible, comprehensive approach to assessment.
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Last summer, the company released Watermark Planning & Self-Study to help institutions more easily collect and report on assessment planning efforts across departments, programs, and colleges to meet goals for continuous improvement and accreditation. Designed around principles of collaboration and reflection and featuring a built-in Program Review module, Planning & Self-Study supports an institution in tracking where and how outcomes are being assessed, pinpointing gaps in curriculum, and identifying and monitoring the effectiveness of improvement actions. This solution also features a powerful data architecture that enables an institution to leverage its data from external sources, such as the SIS and LMS, across the platform.
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Since then, the company has integrated Watermark Planning & Self-Study with the Canvas Learning Management System – allowing users to incorporate rubric results from course assessments captured in Canvas directly into Watermark assessment plans and accreditation reports. Administrators can pull in Canvas assessment results and view aggregated data for easier analysis and action planning – eliminating duplicative and manual work. Similar integrations with Brightspace and Blackboard Learn are planned for later this year.
In addition, Watermark has just added a direct data integration with another of its outcomes assessment solutions – Aqua by Watermark – allowing Watermark Planning & Self-Study users to more easily surface and align scores on student work from the juried assessment done in this system to assessment plans in order to reflect and identify improvement actions.
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