Constructive Alignment

Applying the principles of constructive alignment helps you design your course and learning experiences purposefully. We use constructive alignment because we want the time we spend teaching and the time our students spend learning to be likely to result in the outcomes we declared for our courses. We align assessments because it is important that student grades reflect how successfully they demonstrated the outcomes. Taking the time to design using constructive alignment demonstrates a commitment of the value of what your course contributes to your discipline and your students.