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Learning Outcome Builder

Good learning outcomes describe what students will be able to do — in observable, assessable terms. Pick a cognitive level, choose an action verb, and assemble a clear outcome you can then align to your teaching and assessment. Based on the revised Bloom's taxonomy (Anderson & Krathwohl). Nothing is stored or sent.

1 · Cognitive level
2 · Build the outcome
Writing tips
One verb per outcome — if you need two, write two outcomes.
Make it observable — avoid “understand”, “know”, “learn”, “be aware of”, “appreciate”; they can't be assessed directly. The builder will flag these.
Student-centred — describe what the student does, not what you'll cover.
Then align — every outcome should have teaching that builds it and assessment that checks it (see the Constructive alignment crash course).
A planning aid, not a rule — adapt outcomes to your discipline and institutional templates. Verb lists are illustrative, not exhaustive. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is stored or sent.  ·  ← Back to NTLSN