2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Display material and the associated data are critical for a successful ETAC-ABET accreditation or reaccreditation visit. Long past is the old display room with piles of binders containing years of information for each Program Evaluator (PEV) to dig through on Day 0. The introduction of file-sharing now allows real-time collection and distribution of related display materials. This provides an option for ETAC-ABET PEVs to view the display materials before they arrive on campus, freeing time for them onsite for deeper analysis and frontloading any additional requests for information from the host institution.
This paper provides a novel technique for collecting information and organizing a digital representation of the display material. The display structure is set intuitively using ABET harmonized criteria one through eight, allowing easy adaptation to any commission. Adopting this method supports a faculty member’s ongoing involvement in their data collection, such as grading examples, in a longitudinal assessment effort over multiple years. Additional benefits for the department head or assessment committee are the structure that can quickly accept and house long-term assessment meeting minutes, industrial advisory minutes, and other outcome-based achievements or actions. The one-stop, logically arranged location provides a continuous repository for assessment-related material available to all stakeholders. A continuous collection of artifacts can demonstrate an ongoing, mature assessment process.
Fully implemented, the structure supports the ongoing participation of stakeholders, a central location to access historical artifacts supporting constant program improvement, and up-to-date display materials. Instantaneous access to display material, collated in this structure over time, can be made available to the PEV without a need for a last-year rush to organize by the institution.