Working with Outcomes

Last updated October 01, 2026 12:37

Version: Kora Courses, April 14, 2023 or later

Permissions required: Administrator

Outcomes can be defined at multiple levels: system-wide, course, assignment, and/or submission.
Each outcome belongs to an outcome collection.
Outcomes can have one or more rubrics associated with them.
Administrators can work with outcomes in the following ways:
- Create - Administrators can create both course-level outcomes and institutional/program-level outcomes.
- Search - Administrators can search for outcomes from any source either course based or institutional/program-level.
- Import - They can import course-based outcomes as well as institutional/program-level outcomes.
- View - They can access and view any of the outcomes.
- Edit - They can edit any outcome whether course-based or institutional/program-based.
- Delete - They can delete any outcome.

Create Outcome

Click “Outcome & Rubrics” (1).
Select “Outcome Collections” (2).
Select an outcome collection (3).

NOTES:

If there are no outcome collections in the list, you have to create one using “Add” (4) or you can “Import from Digication Library” (see below for more info).

Outcome & Rubrics and Outcome Collections in the sidebar, a collection, and the Add control

Click “Add” (5).

Outcomes in the selected collection, with the Add control

Enter an outcome name (6), outcome number (optional) (7), and description (optional) (8).
Click “Save” (9).

Create outcome window with the name, number and description entered

Search Outcomes

In “Outcomes,” enter an outcome name or keywords (1).
Matching outcomes will be listed (2)

Outcomes search with matching results

Import Outcomes

Click “Outcome & Rubrics” (1).
Click “Outcome Collections” (2).
Click “Import from Digication Library” (3).

Import from Digication Library control

Select one or more outcome collections to import (4).
Click “Import” (5).

Import From Digication Library window with a collection selected

The outcome collection (6), outcomes (7), and associated rubrics will be imported into the system.

An imported outcome collection in the list

Outcomes belonging to the imported collection

View Outcomes

You can view outcomes through “Outcomes” and “Outcome Collections”.

View through “Outcomes”

Click “Outcome & Rubrics” (1).
Click “Outcomes” (2).

Outcome & Rubrics and Outcomes in the sidebar

You can search for the outcome by name or keyword (3).
Locate the outcome in the list (4).
You can set an outcome as active or inactive (5).

Outcomes list: search, an outcome, and its Active setting

Expand (6) to view additional outcome information (7).

An expanded outcome showing its details

View through “Outcome Collections”

Click “Outcome & Rubrics” (8).
Click “Outcome Collections” (9).

Outcome & Rubrics and Outcome Collections in the sidebar

You can search for the outcome collection by name or keyword (10).
Click an outcome collection (11).

Outcome Collections search and a collection

You can search for an outcome by name or keyword (12).
Locate the outcome in the list (13).
You can set an outcome as active or inactive (14).

Outcomes in a collection: search, an outcome, and its Active setting

Expand (15) to view additional outcome information (16).

An expanded outcome in a collection

Edit Outcomes

Click “Edit” in the outcome list (17) or with the outcome expanded (18).

Edit controls in the outcome list and in the expanded outcome

Edit the outcome name, number, or description (19) and click “Save” (20).

Edit Outcome window

Delete Outcome

Click “Delete” in the outcome list (21) or “Remove” in the expanded outcome (22).

WARNING

Deleting an outcome erases all associated assessment data.

Delete controls in the outcome list and in the expanded outcome

Confirm the deletion (23).

Delete confirmation for an outcome