Abstract – In this paper, an Excel Add-in for automating grade recording and graduate attributes assessment at the course level is presented. Course learning outcomes, accreditation units (AU) input parameters and some other course-specific related data are documented as well. A set of student performance reports are generated and are utilized for closing the loop of the continuous improvement activities mandated by the new CEAB accreditation process. The add-in or the Xl-App is one of the three major constituents of the OBACIS framework. The other two are the Windows application or the Win-App; for accreditation administration operations and the web tool or the Web-App; for data compilation reporting process. The Win-App parse the data collected by the add-in (presumably collected via the Web-App as xlsx files or XML files) and integrate them with other program and faculty-level performance assessment and continuous improvement activities. In addition to the role for which it was created, the xl-App can emit the data collected to suit the learning management systems grade books and web marking systems.
OBACIS Phase III: Accreditation and Grading Sheets (AGSs) — The Excel-App