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El Camino: Course SLOs (FA) - Photography

SPRING / SUMMER 2016Assessment: Course Four Column

ECC: PHOT 206ab:Advanced Photojournalism (Same course as JOUR 7ab)

Course SLOs Assessment MethodDescription Results Actions

SLO #1 First Alterations - Uponcompletion of the course, studentswill apply the first of three acceptablealterations to a photograph, asdefined by the Associated Press (AP),which is cropping the photo usingPhotoshop, to add creativity to thepage, and bring impact to the photo'smeaning. (Assessment tool for allthree SLOs in J7: photo editingassignment.)

Course SLO Assessment Cycle: 2013-14 (Spring 2014), 2014-15 (Spring2015), 2015-16 (Spring 2016), 2016-17 (Spring 2017)

Course SLO Status: Active

Input Date: 12/14/2013

Standard and Target for Success: 90percent students should scoreacceptable.

Faculty Assessment Leader: Gary KohatsuFaculty Contributing to Assessment: Gary Kohatsu

Action: Because of the 100 percentsuccess rate, I will continue to havestudents practice cropping images increative ways. (11/28/2016)Action Category: Program/CollegeSupport

Semester and Year Assessment Conducted: 2015-16(Spring 2016)Standard Met? : Standard Met8 students completed SLO #1 and 8 students succeeding inmeeting the requirements. I think the students weresuccessful in this cropping exercise because as advancedstudents, they have experience in cropping in the camera asthey are photographing the image. In the post-processingphase, of which SLO #1 is measured by, the studentsshowed the necessary skills to tweak or make minor adjustsin a crop. (09/15/2016)

Presentation/Skill Demonstration -Photoshop skill demonstration.

SLO #2 Second Alterations - Uponcompletion of the course, studentswill apply the second of threeacceptable alterations to aphotograph, as defined by theAssociated Press (AP), which is toadjust the image for contrast usingPhotoshop, which gives the photodimension.

Standard and Target for Success: 90percent of students should scoreacceptable.

Action: Because of the 100 percentsuccess rate of SLO #2, I will continueto have students practice adjustingthe tonal levels through the Curvesor Levels features.. (11/28/2016)Action Category: Program/CollegeSupport

Semester and Year Assessment Conducted: 2015-16(Spring 2016)Standard Met? : Standard Met8 students took part in SLO #2 and all 8 students succeededin meeting the requirements. I believe the success of thisexercise is due to the students having advanced skills andunderstanding that in most cases, the image straight fromthe camera will need some tonal adjustment. All studentsshowed proficiency in the use of Curves or Levels in

Presentation/Skill Demonstration -Photoshop skills demonstration.

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Photoshop to achievement good tonal quality of the image.(09/16/2016)

SLO #3 Third Alterations - Uponcompletion of the course, studentswill apply the third of threeacceptable alterations to aphotograph, as defined by theAssociated Press (AP), which is toadjust the image for sharpness usingPhotoshop, which brings clarity toimages.




Standard and Target for Success: 90percent students should scoreacceptable.


Action: Due to the 100 percentsuccess rate demonstrated bystudent in SLO #3, I will continue toallow and encourage them to maketheir own judgment calls insharpening images. (11/28/2016)Action Category: Program/CollegeSupport

Semester and Year Assessment Conducted: 2015-16(Spring 2016)Standard Met? : Standard Met8 students took part in SLO #3 and all 8 met therequirements of successfully sharpening an images inPhotoshop. I think the success of sharpening an image isdue to the students have advanced photo skills. They couldidentify images of which appeared "soft" (lacking clarity) tothe eye, and then tweak the image to give it a sharp edge.(11/28/2016)

Presentation/Skill Demonstration -Photoshop skill demonstration.


ECC: PHOT 257:Creative Photographic Processes


SLO #1 Photographic Books -Students will be able to visualize andproduce a hard copy photographicbook on a unified theme usingphotographic techniques of film ordigital photography.

Course SLO Assessment Cycle: 2013-14 (Spring 2014), 2015-16 (Spring2016), 2017-18 (Spring 2018)


Input Date: 12/14/2013Comments:: Program Review Year:2016

Standard and Target for Success:Success in this assessment will bethe creation of a book containingideas, images and text relevant tothe interpretation and continuity ofbook. The images will be cohesive tothe book’s theme or design, properlyexposed and well printed tocompliment the selected focus ofthe book.

Laboratory Project/Report - Part ofthe coursework focused on studentscreating a physical book containing aunified photographic theme eitherfrom a narrative point of view, or adesign perspective. The booksneeded to contain a minimum of 15images reflecting the student’schoice of style, with text beingadded to enhance the point of viewor to compliment the design.Students then met with instructor toreview a maquette of their workbefore submitting to publisher, orconstructing their binding for finaltouches.

The books ranged from atraditionally published hard boundbook with film/digitally createdimages with text included, a handmade book with a non traditionalbinding, alternatively processedimages with collage styled text, to ahand sewn binding with individuallytipped in images, and hand writtentext. The range was amazing.



Interpretation is a crucial element inthe book and image making process,students were also asked to peerreview fellow students projects usingthe same rubric as the instructor.The rubric catagories were: content(1-10points), Presentation (1-5points) and Flow (1-5points). Thecriteria for this aspect of the projecthad a total of 20 points. Allinstructor and peer points werecalculated and then averaged. It isexpected that 85% of the studentswill score 80% or above.

Reviewer's Comments: Photo 257 isan advanced photography class.Photo 257 focused on thephotographic creative processeswithin traditional film based imagemaking as well as digital. During theSummer of 2014 Photo 257 wasoffered as a combined class with aPhoto 101 having an enrollment of 8.So for the purpose of thisassessment I used the 8 studentsenrolled in Photo 257

Action: Photography 257 is taught inroom Art 15 which does not currentlyhave a teaching station forinstruction. The teacher has to takethe students to room Art 9 to utilizethe Photography Departmentcomputer lab to edit student work,along with using a computer to showillustrations, and examples ofphotographic techniques andconcepts. The full-time Photography

Semester and Year Assessment Conducted: 2015-16(Spring 2016)Standard Met? : Standard MetPhotography 257 met concurrently with a section ofPhotography 101 on Monday mornings during the spring of2016. The majority of students were enrolled inPhotography 101, so there were 7 students enrolled inPhotography 257. The students were excited and verymotivated to produce a hard copy photography book. Thestudents selected a theme relevant to their professionaland creative goals and interests, and made photographic

Laboratory Project/Report - ThePhotography 257 student will selecta unified theme/narrative, andvisualize and make photographs in afilm/analog or digital format, in blackand white or color, exploring thetheme. The student will process andedit the images, and construct adigital hard copy book or handmadebook of film/analog photographs onthe selected unified theme.



Standard and Target for Success:The images will be cohesive to thebook's theme, narrative, properlyexposed and well printed tocompliment the selected focus ofthe book. It is expected that 70% ofstudents will score 75% or above onthis SLO.

Faculty Assessment Leader: Darilyn Rowan

professor will continue to request ateaching station in the Photographyclassroom. (08/09/2017)Action Category: Program/CollegeSupport

images over the course of five to seven weeks. Eachstudent met with the teacher to review, edit and selectimages for the final book product. Five of the studentsproduced outstanding final hard copies of the book projectand received grades of 90% and above. The students werevery enthusiastic and involved in the book process. Theresulting books had between 10-20 pages of photographicimages. Several students included text in the book. Twostudents made images for the project, however did notbring the project to completion in the form of a hard copybook, receiving partial credit. Therefore, the standard targetof success, 70% will score 75% or above, was met.(08/09/2016)

SLO #2 Non-Traditional Surfaces -Students will be able to visualize andproduce properly exposedphotographic images on non-traditional surfaces utilizing non-silverphotographic emulsions.

Course SLO Assessment Cycle: 2015-16 (Spring 2016), 2018-19 (Spring2019)



Faculty Assessment Leader: Darilyn Rowan

Action: The instructor of record forthe class will include light-sensitivephotographic paper that is exposedin sunlight versus an analogdarkroom, along with the light-sensitive fabric, to give the studentsa broader range of non-traditionalphotographic materials.(08/09/2017)Action Category: TeachingStrategies

Semester and Year Assessment Conducted: 2015-16(Spring 2016)Standard Met? : Standard MetPhotography 257 is a course that is taught concurrentlywith a section of Photography 101 during the springsemester. The majority of students are enrolled inPhotography 101, however 7 students were enrolled inPhotography 257 during the Spring 2016 semester whenthis assessment was done. All seven students participatedin the assessment. Five students produced photogramimages using the non-traditional fabric photographicmaterial. Two students produced images on the fabricthrough a digital process involving the printing of a digitalimage on clear acetate. The sun printing was done oncampus outdoors. The students were very involved withthe printing experience and expressed great enthusiasm forfuture applications, including fashion design applications.100% of students in Photography 257 scored 80% or aboveon this SLO assessment. (08/09/2016)

Laboratory Project/Report - Theassessment method will focus onmaking photographic images onlight-sensitive fabric that has beentreated commercially with acyanotype eco friendly light-sensitivecoating. The student will select oneof two options for the assessment.The fabric is exposed to sunlight forapproximately 15 minutes andwashed in running water for fiveminutes to produce a permanentphotographic image. The studentcan select to make a photogramusing the fabric, which refers tolaying objects on the light-sensitivefabric and exposing the fabric tolight, producing a shadow image ofthe objects on the fabric. Thestudent can select to print out adigital photographic image on apiece of clear acetate, lay theacetate on the light-sensitive fabric,and produce a fabric image of theoriginal digital version.



Standard and Target for Success:The photographic images on non-traditional photographic fabric willillustrate principles of compositionand be properly exposed in sunlight.It is expected that 85% of studentswill score 80% or above on this SLO.

SLO #3 Print Solarization - Studentswill be able to visualize and produceblack and white film or digitalphotographic images utilizingtechniques of print solarization.

Course SLO Assessment Cycle: 2016-17 (Spring 2017)




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