Events

Upcoming Workshops - Spring 2026

Meaningful Analysis

Friday, April 10th 10-11am

UNM units report challenges with assessment analysis. This workshop is developed to guide participants through the analysis process from start to finish, with a focus on enhancing  interpretation and contextualization of processes.  

Register for all OAAPR SPRING 2026 workshops here.

 

Upcoming Workshops - Fall 2026

How to Restart Your Assessment Planning

Friday, August 28th 10-11am

Join us to walk through the new and improved assessment template, discuss strategies to maximize your student monitoring, and bring your questions about efficient and impactful assessment structures.   

Assessment Meaningful Analysis

Friday, September 11th 10-11am

UNM units report challenges with assessment analysis. This workshop is developed to guide participants through the analysis process from start to finish, with a focus on enhancing  interpretation and contextualization of processes.  

Aligning Critical Thinking Assignments for NMHED

Friday, September 18th 10-11am

Join the OAAPR in a workshop focusing on the NMHED GE Critical Thinking essential skill. UNM’s GE assessment cycle is solely measuring Critical Thinking this year and is providing this opportunity for our GE instructors to learn ways to embed this skillset into courses and assessment tools. We will share relevant examples, NMHED rubric dimension applications, and ways for students to evidence their skill growth.  

Register for all OAAPR FALL 2026 workshops here.

 

Co-Hosted with Center for Teaching & Learning

Essential Skills and Rubrics: Your Resource for Gen Ed Success

Coming in Fall
Join CTL and OAAPR to get the inside scoop on essential skills and rubrics that you can use and adapt for your General Education courses. The workshop will introduce you to the rubrics, give you strategies for adapting them for an assignment or activity, and help you incorporate metacognitive strategies within your course to help students be able to articulate the transferable skills they are learning.

Feedback that Counts: Designing and Implementing Mid-Semester Surveys

Coming in Fall
This workshop includes a brief introduction of theoretical rationale of a mid-semester survey and tools that instructors can use. Participants will also have an opportunity to design questions for the mid-semester check-in in their classes to increase students’ motivation, autonomy, and academic success.

Register for co-hosted workshops at the CTL registration page.

 

Past Workshops

Slides from past versions of commonly offered OAAPR workshops are shared here for additional reference and consultation.

The Art & Science of Data

From 2020-2023, the OAAPR and the Office of Institutional Analytics co-hosted a virtual, daylong event to empower participants with training and information on how to leverage data resources to understand their organizations and tell their stories more effectively.

Starting in 2024, the Art & Science of Data is turning into a standalone data track at UNM's Tech Days. This year's Tech Days are April 25-26, 2024.

Recordings from previous years' sessions are available below:

Past Art & Science of Data materials:

Opening Remarks (Recording)

Presenter: Charla Orozco

Session Block 1:

24/7 Library: Using OpenRefine and Excel to Visualize Large Data Sets (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: George Hernandez and Sally Bowler-Hill

Analyzing Student Progress(PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: Elias Lopez

Qualtrics: University Wide Research Solutions (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: Anneliese Ward, Ryan Sishc, and Grace Faustino

Session Block 2: 

Leveraging visuals when communicating institutional data to general audiences —No, you don’t always need a dashboard! (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: Alejandra Villalobos Melendez

Credit Hour Analysis (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: Don Hush and Tushar Ojha

Subsequent Enrollment of High School Graduates with Dual Credit History (PowerPoint | Recording )

Presenters: Samuel Dosumu and John Bollweg

Session Block 3:

Deploying a Dashboard Using Oracle Apex (Recording)

Presenter: Robert Vanderburg

HSI Intersectionality Community of Practice for Student Success (HSI-ICPSS) and System-Level Enduring Transformation of Equity Metrics for Distribution of Resources (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: Nancy López 

Session Block 4:

Graphs with Datawrapper (PowerPoint | Handout | Recording)

Presenters: Elizabeth Kerl and Jet Saengngoen

Disability Justice at UNM: A New Methodology for Surveying Faculty with Disabilities (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Assata Zerai, Mónica Jenrette, Alejandra Lemus, and Marissa Greenberg

Automation of the Data Pipeline when using RedCap (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: Mariana Bustillos and Kelli Kasper

Session Block 5:

Using ArcGIS to Harness Geographic Data (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Monte-Angel Richardson

Expanding Safe Zones for Queer and Trans Faculty and Staff at UNM: Results from the LGBTQ Resource Center Faculty & Staff Survey (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Frankie Flores, Alejandra Lemus, and Assata Zerai

New Data Tools from the US Census Bureau (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: Suzan Reagan

Session Block 1:

Making a Case for a 6-week Progress Review (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: Julia So

Results of the 2020 Census and Accessing Data for Grants! (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: Suzan Reagan

Course Information Forms and the CIF app: Using data from the CIF app (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: Eva Padilla

Session Block 2: 

Rubric Analysis (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: Julie Sanchez

Impactful Teaching and Learning Practices Incorporating Digital Literacy Assignments (Presentation| Recording)

Presenter: Elisha Allen

Online Student Success: The Data (PowerPoint | Handout | Recording )

Presenters: Stephanie Spong, Austin Megli, Dawn Davis

Session Block 3:

Visualizing Scientific Data (Recording)

Presenter: Erik Erhardt

Results and Findings from UNM 2020 Vision and Plans for UNM 2040: Opportunity Defined (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: Abra Altman

Keynote Address: The Art and Science of Data - Learning from the Past, Changing the Future (Recording)

Presenter: Dr. Timothy McKay

Session Block 4:

A Toolkit for Interrupting Racial & Intersectional Microaggressions (RIMAs) and Reducing their Deleterious Effects on Campus (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Drs. Assata Zerai, Nancy Lopez, and Teresa Neely

Principles, policies, and requirements - Envisioning UNM’s Management of Research Data in a Dynamic Landscape (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Karl Benedict & Jonathan Wheeler

Tips and Tricks for Writing Reports in MyReports with InfoAssist (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenter: Katy Korzekwa

Session Block 5:

MyReports - Understanding What your Data Represents (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Val Martinez & Katy Korzekwa

Introduction to OIA Dashboards and Data Request Process (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Jing Feng & Heather Mechler

 

Keynote Address: Dr. Pamela Cheek (PowerPoint | Recording)

Using Data to Create Equity in Student Experience (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Pamela Cheek, Sushilla Knottenbelt, and Charla Orozco

Strength in Numbers: Learning How Data Can Help Develop a More Competitive Grant Proposal (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Stephanie Tofighi

The Starting Point in Program Assessment (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Julia So and John Bollweg

Leveraging Data Visualizations to Support Grant Proposals (PowerPoint | Recording) 

Presenters: Heather Mechler and Stephanie Tofighi

Panel Presentation: Using Data to Create your Unit's Strategic Plan for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Assata Zerai and Nancy Lopez

Using Pivot Tables and Charts to Explore and Get to Know your Survey Data (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Charla Orozco and Samuel Hatch

Grant Writing: Finding the Data you Need (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Val Martinez and Katy Korzekwa

We survived 2020: Technology, Pedagogy and Creativity for a New Normal (Spark Presentation| Recording)

Presenters: Elisha Allen and Kim Fournier

The Importance of Data Equity in Institutional Data (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Monte-Angel Richardson

Access Census data (ACS, Economic Census & Microdata) through the new tool Data.Census.Gov (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Suzan Regan

Bringing your Quantitative Data Story to Life: Where to Begin? (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Julie Sanchez and Charla Orozco

Using Data Effectively: Student Campus/College vs Course Campus/College (PowerPoint | Recording)

Presenters: Katy Korzekwa and Val Martinez 

 

MyReports: Student Reports with Frozen Data - Valerie Martinez, Director of Enrollment Management

Telling a story: Presenting information with Adobe Creative Cloud - Elisha Allen, Director of Academic Technologies

Transforming Assessment: From Make-Work to Mission - Melissa Binder, Director of Masters in Public Policy

Understanding the Data Dictionary - Charla Orozco and Edwin Agbenyega, Institutional Researchers

Using Institutional Dashboards - Heather Mechler, Director of Office of Institutional Analytics

Data Management, Sharing, & Preservation Services at UNM (previously Best Practices in Storing/Archiving Data) - Jonathan Wheeler, Assistant Professor, College of University Libraries and Learning Sciences

MyReports: Student Reports with ODS Data - Valerie Martinez, Director of Enrollment Management

Course Sequencing using Pivot Tables - Charla Orozco, Institutional Researcher

Course Evaluation Process (What to do with your EvaluationKit data) - Elisha Allen, James Contreras, Donna Gutierrez, Academic Technologies

IPEDS Instruction - Heather Mechler, Director of the Office of Institutional Analytics 

Roundtable Campus Data Discussion - Julie Sanchez, Director of the Office of Assessment & Academic Program Review

  • PowerPoint [Forthcoming]
  • Notes [Forthcoming]

What's Your Opinio? Survey Research with Opinio - Elisha Allen, James Contreras, Donna Gutierrez, Academic Technologies

Assessment Conferences