Nuventive Improve is the software platform TTU uses to document academic and non-academic assessment.

When successfully incorporated into the greater institutional system, assessment can help us focus our collective attention, examine our assumptions, and create a shared culture dedicated to assuring and improving the quality of higher education.

The tool selected by Texas Tech University for managing the evidence collected for our assessments is Nuventive Improve. A web-based assessment management system, Nuventive Improve is designed to help institutions manage assessment, planning, and quality improvement processes and overcome common assessment obstacles. Nuventive Improve is not assessment, nor does it teach individuals how to assess; its sole purpose is to assist us in organizing and managing the process.

Data that you enter into the Nuventive Improve database is reviewed by our office, which monitors student learning outcomes (SLOs) for the whole campus. OPA uses Nuventive Improve data as evidence for internal and external reports to the university president, Board of Regents, and regional accrediting agencies.

Libby Spradlin is the Associate Director for the Office of Planning and Assessment at Texas Tech University. She can be reached by phone at (806) 742-1505.

Upcoming Dates

• Oct.

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  Degree Program and Non-Academic Assessment Deadline

Helpful Videos:

Accessing Nuventive Improve

Adding and Editing Outcomes

Adding and Editing Assessment Methods

Adding Results and Actions for Improvement

Running Assessment Plan Reports

Adding Follow-Up Statements

Uploading Documents

Other Resources:

How To: Identifying Degree Program Modality in Nuventive Improve

Nuventive Improve Instruction Manual

Writing and Assessing Program-Level Student Learning Outcomes Handbook

• This handbook is designed to assist faculty and department administrators with the process of developing expected learning outcomes, methods, and plans for assessing those outcomes in their courses and/or degree programs

Non-Academic Assessment Planning Guide