{"id":6143,"date":"2021-02-26T13:44:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T18:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl-draft\/?p=6143"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:00:09","slug":"aligning-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/aligning-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Aligning IDEA to Your Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout right  \"><h1>Jump to:<\/h1>\n<a class=\"cl-button  block-level\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/aligning-idea-to-your-objectives\/\/#quick-reads\" title=\"\">Explore &amp; Consider<\/a>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The base IDEA tool has a standard set of criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1970\/Sample-diagnostic.pdf\">Sample IDEA form<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty are encouraged to make the most of this opportunity to gather informative student feedback. Each of the standard criteria can be determined as <strong>essential<\/strong>, <strong>important<\/strong>, or <strong>minor<\/strong>. There is also the opportunity to include a few additional objectives that are most important for you. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1970\/Example-questions-face-to-face.pdf\">Primarily Face-to-face classes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1970\/Example-questions-online.pdf\">Primarily Online classes<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Selecting the 3-5 most informational questions to add can be a challenge. The Faculty Development team is <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/what\/meet\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"446\">available <\/a>for consultations to work through the process.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-quote-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-quote  \"><div class=\"cl-quote-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1970\/elena-taranenko-hCUA4xtxVTA-unsplash.jpg)\" title=\"holding up a pair of glasses from a distance focusing on the distance\"><\/div><blockquote>No single survey form can anticipate the needs of all instructors or learning environments<\/blockquote><cite>IDEA<\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quick-reads\">Explore &amp; Consider<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"type-sans\" id=\"quick\">Explore the following selection of short articles and videos that reflect on or summarize current thinking, research, or experiences related to the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"cl-tiles thirds equal-height\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1970\/Objectives-Selection-Form.pdf\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Selecting IDEA Learning Objectives<\/h2><p>The selection of relevant course objectives is an essential part of the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction System. This document will explain how to select Learning Objectives and why your selection of objectives is important. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1970\/Thoughts-on-selecting-IDEA-objectives.pdf\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Thoughts on Selecting IDEA Objectives<\/h2><p>Guidelines from IDEA on determining custom objectives to include on the IDEA tool to best inform your practice.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make the most of this opportunity to gather informative student feedback by identifying the objectives that are most important for you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4042,"featured_media":4906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-6143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-topic","tag-reflect"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6143"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23880,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6143\/revisions\/23880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/atl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}