Outcomes, (or what many other institutions may call standards or course objectives), help establish what you want your students to be able to do after completing the course.

Canvas allows you to create customized outcomes, then provides the flexibility of using those outcomes in rubrics so they can then be associated with certain learning activities such as assignments, discussions, and quizzes.

Before we go too deep into how to create outcomes, we must first understand the relationship that outcomes and rubrics have with each other in Canvas.

The relationship goes as follows:

First, create the outcomes which serve as the most fundamental component of your assessment.
Next, create a Rubric using outcome(s) as one or many of the criteria.
Last, associate the rubric with a course activity so it can be used in connection with the assessment of that activity.

In other words, outcomes make up all or some of the criteria for a rubric, and rubrics make up all or some of the assessment used for a learning activity.

Let's learn a little more about how to create an outcome, so we can start filling in some of the gaps of how these tools work.

NOTE: Outcomes and rubrics are both considered shared resources. A shared resource in Canvas can be shared and incorporated into any course or sub-account if it is created at the account or sub-account level. Outcomes and rubrics created in a course can only be used in that course and cannot be shared.

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