The Shared Competencies Rubrics were developed by communities of practice to articulate what Syracuse University students should know and be able to demonstrate by the time they graduate. The rubrics are intended for institutional-level use in assessing and reflecting on undergraduate student learning. Assessment results are used to study equity in the student learning experience, facilitate professional development for faculty and staff, build on student strengths, and close learning gaps.

Assignment Design:

Faculty teaching courses with competency tags may refer to the rubrics when developing course learning objectives, signature assignments, and experiences for students. Staff designing learning experiences or supervising students in campus jobs may refer to the rubrics to enhance applied learning in context.

The following templates and resources are designed to aid faculty/staff in designing transparent assignments that reinforce Syracuse University’s university-wide learning goals. mapping learning experiences to the rubrics.

Mapping Templates

These templates engage faculty in a reflective exercise to map course assignments and learning experiences to specific Shared Competencies indicators.

Ethics and Integrity

Critical and Creative Thinking

Scientific Inquiry and Research Skills

Civic and Global Responsibility

Communication Skills

Information Literacy and Technological Agility

Transparent Assignment Design Resources

Learn about the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework and the benefits of communicating an assignment’s purpose, task, and criteria to students.

Instructional Strategy Guides

These quick guides provide a brief overview on three specific instructional strategies that support multiple Shared Competencies learning outcomes.

More resources on instructional strategies can be found on the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTLE) website

Let’s learn from one another:

Did you design an assignment or learning experience using the rubric? We are collecting assignments (instructions and student samples) and other learning experience artifacts to build a library for faculty and staff to reference in their teaching and learning efforts. Materials can be sent to competencies@syr.edu.