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How do I edit or remove a course outcome in Improved Outcomes Management?

You can edit outcomes you have created in your course. You can also remove outcomes from your course.

This lesson displays how to edit or remove outcomes in a course within an account that has enabled the Improved Outcomes Management feature option. If the Outcomes page in your course displays differently than the images in this lesson, you can edit or remove outcomes in the classic Outcomes page view.

Notes:

If an outcome does not include an Edit or Delete link, it is an account level outcome or an imported outcome that cannot be edited or deleted.
Outcomes that have been aligned with an assignment or question bank cannot be deleted unless they are removed from the assignment or question bank. Outcomes that have been used to assess a student cannot be deleted.

00:00: How do I edit or remove a course outcome in Improved Outcomes Management?

00:06: How do I edit or remove a course outcome in Improved Outcomes Management?

00:11: In Course Navigation, click the Outcomes link.

00:15: Locate the outcome you want to modify. In order to view your outcome,

00:19: you may first need to click the outcome group.

00:23: To edit an outcome, click the Options icon. Then click the

00:27: Edit link. Take note that if you cannot use the Edit link for an

00:31: outcome, it may be an account level outcome or an imported

00:35: outcome.

00:37: You can edit the outcome's name, friendly name, description, and

00:41: friendly description. Click the Save button.

00:46: If you have the permission to edit mastery scales, you can make changes to the

00:50: default mastery scale in the Mastery tab.

00:53: If you have the permission to edit outcome proficiency calculations, you can

00:58: make changes to calculation methods in the Calculation tab.

01:02: To remove an outcome from your course, click the options icon and click the remove

01:06: link. Take note that if you cannot use the remove

01:10: link for an outcome, it may be an account level outcome and import it

01:14: outcome, or an outcome, aligned with an assignment or question Bank.

01:19: To confirm you want to remove the outcome, click the Remove Outcome button.

01:24: This guide covered how to edit or remove a course outcome in Improved Outcomes

01:28: Management

Open Outcomes

In Course Navigation, click the Outcomes link.

Select Outcome

Locate the outcome you want to modify [1]. To view your outcome, click the outcome group [2].

Modify Outcome

To edit an outcome, click the Options icon [1]. Then click the Edit link [2].

Note: If you cannot use the Edit link for an outcome, it may be an account level outcome or an imported outcome.

Edit Outcome

You can edit the outcome's name [1], friendly name [2], description [3], and friendly description [4].

Click the Save button [5].

Modify Mastery Scale

If you have the permission to edit mastery scales, you can make changes to the default mastery scale in the Mastery tab.

Modify Mastery Calculation Method

If you have the permission to edit outcome proficiency calculations, you can make changes to calculation methods in the Calculation tab.

Remove Outcome

To remove an outcome from your course, click the Options icon [1] and click the Remove link [2].

Note: If you cannot use the Remove link for an outcome, it may be an account level outcome, an imported outcome, or an outcome aligned with an assignment or question bank.

Confirm Removal

To confirm you want to remove the outcome, click the Remove Outcome button.

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