ASU Online Master Class for Teaching Online

Assignment: Course Content Alignment Worksheet

EXAMPLE RESPONSE A

Prompt Your Response

1. Write one measurable learning objective for a lesson or module.
(Put your one-sentence objective here—do not use unmeasurable
Ask yourself the following questions as you write your objective: verbs like “understand” or “become aware”).
• What thing do you want students to learn?
• What is the appropriate rigor (level of cognition in Bloom's hierarchy of
knowledge)? EXAMPLE (DO NOT COPY): Identify the seven steps of the
• What Bloom’s verb should your objective begin with? research process.
• What is the specific context, condition, quality, or criteria the learner will
demonstrate their knowledge with?

Begin your objective with a measurable action verb* from Bloom’s taxonomy.

Add the thing you want students to learn. It’s the specific skill, knowledge, or
ability students can take to their next instructor or to their workplace or
personal life as a result of this lesson.

Finish your objective with the specific context.

Note. Use the learning objectives builder (from a previous course module).
2. Name the Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy level addressed in your objective. (Put the one-word Bloom’s Taxonomy level here that aligns with
your objective in Prompt 1.)

EXAMPLE (DO NOT COPY): Remembering

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3. Identify supporting learning materials (readings, videos, lectures). (List types and titles of learning content that will help your learners
achieve objectives. Make sure there is a variety of materials.)
Ask yourself the following questions as you select your materials:
• What will teach students what they need to know in order to achieve the EXAMPLE (DO NOT COPY):
objective? • Short instructor video explaining the purpose of following the
• What types of materials or tools are the most appropriate and steps of the research process
engaging? • Infographic outlining the seven steps
• Video tutorial walking students through the pertinent ASU
List the learning content, including titles and/or a brief description of each item. library databases

4. Design or describe an assignment to measure achievement of your

learning objective.
(Note: assessments are often designed to measure more than one learning
objective and these objectives may fall at different levels on Bloom's Revised
Taxonomy. The assessment you identify should at a minimum address the
level of Blooms you identified in question 2 above.)
(Describe the assessment that aligns with your objective in
Prompt 1.)
EXAMPLE (DO NOT COPY):
Draft an outline for the research paper due in Week 7 in which
students identify each of the seven steps of the research process.

Ask yourself the following questions as you design your assignment:

• Which type of assignment will allow students to apply what they have
learned?
• What assignment will give students the opportunity to prove they have
achieved the learning objective? Ideally, assignments are authentic
(real-world based).

Summarize the assignment.

Indicate how students will apply the supporting learning materials you listed
above while integrating their own ideas.

*The verbiage “students will” is omitted, as the audience is assumed. Do not use the verbs "learn," "know," “be able to”, and "understand." These
are not measurable action verbs in Bloom’s Taxonomy.

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Assignment: Course Content Alignment Worksheet

EXAMPLE RESPONSE B

Prompt Your Response

5. Write one measurable learning objective for a lesson or module.
(Put your one-sentence objective here—do not use unmeasurable
Ask yourself the following questions as you write your objective: verbs like “understand” or “become aware”).
• What thing do you want students to learn?
• What is the appropriate rigor (level of cognition in Bloom's hierarchy of
knowledge)? EXAMPLE (DO NOT COPY): Develop a startup business plan.
• What Bloom’s verb should your objective begin with?
• What is the specific context, condition, quality, or criteria the learner will
demonstrate their knowledge with?

Begin your objective with a measurable action verb* from Bloom’s taxonomy.

Add the thing you want students to learn. It’s the specific skill, knowledge, or
ability students can take to their next instructor or to their workplace or
personal life as a result of this lesson.

Finish your objective with the specific context.

Note. Use the learning objectives builder (from a previous course module).
6. Name the Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy level addressed in your objective. (Put the one-word Bloom’s Taxonomy level here that aligns with
your objective in Prompt 1.)

EXAMPLE (DO NOT COPY): Applying

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Prompt Your Response

7. Identify supporting learning materials (readings, videos, lectures).
Ask yourself the following questions as you select your materials:
• What will teach students what they need to know in order to achieve the
objective?
• What types of materials or tools are the most appropriate and
engaging?
List the learning content, including titles and/or a brief description of each item. plan challenges and successes
(List types and titles of learning content that will help your learners
achieve objectives. Make sure there is a variety of materials.)
EXAMPLE (DO NOT COPY):
• Template for business model canvas
• Sample business plan from previous student and another sample
of Company X’s plan
• Video of short interviews with entrepreneurs about their business
• Ch. 8, 10, & 11 of Textbook.

8. Design or describe an assignment to measure achievement of your

learning objective. (Describe the assessment that aligns with your objective in
Prompt 1.)
(Note: assessments are often designed to measure more than one learning
objective and these objectives may fall at different levels on Bloom's Revised EXAMPLE (DO NOT COPY):
Taxonomy. The assessment you identify should at a minimum address the In Module 1, students brainstorm ideas for a business plan. In
level of Blooms you identified in question 2 above.) Module 3, students submit their chosen business idea to develop.
In Module 6, students develop and submit a business plan using
Ask yourself the following questions as you design your assignment: the provided template.
• Which type of assignment will allow students to apply what they have
learned?
• What assignment will give students the opportunity to prove they have
achieved the learning objective? Ideally, assignments are authentic
(real-world based).

Summarize the assignment.

Indicate how students will apply the supporting learning materials you listed
above while integrating their own ideas.

*The verbiage “students will” is omitted, as the audience is assumed. Do not use the verbs "learn," "know," “be able to”, and "understand." These
are not measurable action verbs in Bloom’s Taxonomy.

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Assignment: Course Content Alignment Worksheet

EXAMPLE RESPONSE C

Prompt Your Response

9. Write one measurable learning objective for a lesson or module.
(Put your one-sentence objective here—do not use unmeasurable
Ask yourself the following questions as you write your objective: verbs like “understand” or “become aware”).
• What thing do you want students to learn?
• What is the appropriate rigor (level of cognition in Bloom's hierarchy of
knowledge)? EXAMPLE (DO NOT COPY): Distinguish facets of the human
• What Bloom’s verb should your objective begin with? condition represented in medieval literature that are consistent
• What is the specific context, condition, quality, or criteria the learner will across time and place.
demonstrate their knowledge with?

Begin your objective with a measurable action verb* from Bloom’s taxonomy.

Add the thing you want students to learn. It’s the specific skill, knowledge, or
ability students can take to their next instructor or to their workplace or
personal life as a result of this lesson.

Finish your objective with the specific context.

Note. Use the learning objectives builder (from a previous course module).
10. Name the Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy level addressed in your objective. (Put the one-word Bloom’s Taxonomy level here that aligns with
your objective in Prompt 1.)

EXAMPLE (DO NOT COPY): Analyzing

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Prompt Your Response

11. Identify supporting learning materials (readings, videos, lectures).
Ask yourself the following questions as you select your materials:
• What will teach students what they need to know in order to achieve the
objective?
• What types of materials or tools are the most appropriate and
engaging?
List the learning content, including titles and/or a brief description of each item. Canterbury Tales
(List types and titles of learning content that will help your learners
achieve objectives. Make sure there is a variety of materials.)
EXAMPLE (DO NOT COPY):
• Short instructor video lecture on medieval literature themes,
• Peer reviewed articles on the human condition as represented in
medieval art
• EdPuzzle video quizzing students on themes from Chaucer’s The
• YouTube video of contemporary retelling of The Wife of Bath,
• Textbook readings (selected excerpts from Beowulf through
Chaucer)

12. Design or describe an assignment to measure achievement of your

learning objective. (Describe the assessment that aligns with your objective in
Prompt 1.)
(Note: assessments are often designed to measure more than one learning
objective and these objectives may fall at different levels on Bloom's Revised EXAMPLE (DO NOT COPY):
Taxonomy. The assessment you identify should at a minimum address the Students create a recorded presentation in which they distinguish
level of Blooms you identified in question 2 above.) their identified facets of the human condition as represented in
medieval literature and explain how they are consistent across
Ask yourself the following questions as you design your assignment: time and place.
• Which type of assignment will allow students to apply what they have
learned?
• What assignment will give students the opportunity to prove they have
achieved the learning objective? Ideally, assignments are authentic
(real-world based).

Summarize the assignment.

Indicate how students will apply the supporting learning materials you listed
above while integrating their own ideas.

*The verbiage “students will” is omitted, as the audience is assumed. Do not use the verbs "learn," "know," “be able to”, and "understand." These
are not measurable action verbs in Bloom’s Taxonomy.