Module 5: CO Attainment Calculation and Target Setting Facilitator Notes and Handouts

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📘 Facilitator Notes – Module 5: CO Attainment Calculation and Target Setting

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🎯 Slide: What is CO Attainment?

• Talking Points:

  • CO attainment measures the degree to which students have achieved each Course Outcome.

  • Essential for Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and NBA accreditation.

  • Helps identify gaps in teaching–learning processes.

• Facilitation Tips:

  • Use analogies (e.g., "Did the students hit the learning target?").

  • Emphasize that attainment is evidence-based, not just perception-based.

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🎯 Slide: Components of CO Attainment

• Talking Points:

  • Internal Assessment (CIA): Quiz, mid-term, assignments.

  • External Assessment (ESE): Final university or department exam.

  • Indirect Assessment (optional): Student feedback or course exit surveys.

• Facilitation Tips:

  • Show a pie chart (e.g., 40% CIA, 60% ESE).

  • Discuss how to weight internal and external components.

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🎯 Slide: Target Setting for CO Attainment

• Talking Points:

  • Target: % of students scoring above a certain threshold (e.g., 60% of students scoring ≥ 60% marks).

  • Should be realistic, data-informed, and aligned with institutional policies.

  • Targets can vary across COs based on complexity or past performance.

• Facilitation Tips:

  • Encourage data-driven target setting, not arbitrary.

  • Share sample attainment target statements.

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🎯 Slide: CO Attainment – Direct Method (with Example)

• Talking Points:

  • Step 1: Map questions to COs.

  • Step 2: Calculate % of students meeting the threshold.

  • Step 3: Compare % with the target to determine attainment level.

• Facilitation Tips:

  • Walk through a real example (provided in handout).

  • Show sample spreadsheet or Excel formula used.

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🎯 Slide: Attainment Level Scale

• Talking Points:

  • Level 1: Target not met (e.g., <60%)

  • Level 2: Target nearly met (e.g., 60–70%)

  • Level 3: Target exceeded (e.g., >70%)

  • Used to quantify attainment in numeric form.

• Facilitation Tips:

  • Present a color-coded scale chart.

  • Explain how this feeds into PO/PSO attainment.

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🎯 Slide: Indirect Assessment for CO Attainment (Optional)

• Talking Points:

  • Typically involves student surveys on perceived learning for each CO.

  • Scored using a Likert scale (e.g., 1–5).

  • Weighted less (e.g., 20%) compared to direct methods.

• Facilitation Tips:

  • Share a sample survey question: “Rate your understanding of CO1.”

  • Emphasize triangulating data from direct and indirect sources.

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🎯 Slide: Calculating Final CO Attainment (with Weightage)

• Talking Points:

  • Weighted formula:
    CO Attainment = (Internal × W1) + (External × W2) + (Indirect × W3)

  • Example:
    (2 × 0.4) + (3 × 0.6) = 2.6

• Facilitation Tips:

  • Share template or sample spreadsheet.

  • Practice exercise: Let participants try a calculation.

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📝 Participant Handout – Module 5: Summary & Notes

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Module 5: CO Attainment Calculation and Target Setting

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🔷 What is CO Attainment?

• Measures whether students achieved the intended outcomes of a course.

• Guides improvements and accreditation reporting.

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🔷 Components of CO Attainment

Type	Tools/Methods	Typical Weight
Internal Assessment	Midterm, Quiz, Assignment	40%
External Assessment	Final Exam, Project Viva	60%
Indirect (Optional)	Student Feedback, Course Exit Survey	10–20%

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🔷 Sample Target Statement

“At least 70% of students should score 60% or above in CO1.”

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🔷 Direct Attainment Example

CO	Question No.	No. of Students Scored ≥ Threshold	Total Students	% Achieved	Target	Attainment Level
CO1	Q1, Q2	35	50	70%	60%	3
CO2	Q3, Q4	28	50	56%	60%	1

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🔷 Attainment Level Scale

% Achieving Target	Attainment Level
<60%	Level 1
60–70%	Level 2
>70%	Level 3

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🔷 Final CO Attainment Calculation (with Weightage)

Formula:
Final CO Attainment = (Internal × 0.4) + (External × 0.6)

Example:
Internal = Level 2, External = Level 3
Final = (2 × 0.4) + (3 × 0.6) = 2.6

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🔷 Indirect Method (Optional)

Survey Item Example	Response Scale
"I can apply CO2 in practice"	1–Strongly Disagree to 5–Strongly Agree

Convert avg. response to attainment level using a pre-decided scale.

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📝 Space for Notes:

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✅ Attachments/Sample Templates (on request):

• CO-Attainment Excel Calculator

• Target Setting Tracker

• CO-Question Mapping Sheet

• Attainment Reporting Format for NBA

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