Bloom builder
You build each learning outcome from its domain, level, approved verb, object, condition and criterion. Verbs come from the institution's approved verb list; non-measurable verbs are blocked.
Course information package design software
Design course information packages that are Bloom-aligned, measurable and accreditation-ready.
SixBloom Course Design Studio runs every step of the course information package in a single chain: from writing learning outcomes to the assessment plan, from scores to learning attainment and on to programme outcomes. Instructors write, the committee approves, the quality unit sees the whole programme.
- Item-level attainment measurement
- Separate database per institution
- Word, Excel and JSON export
6Bloom levels, three learning domains
11steps to a complete course information package
0–5-level programme outcome matrix
Item → LO → PO → PEOmeasurement chain from exam item to educational objective
Free tool · no sign-in required
Learning outcome builder
Write a measurable, Bloom-aligned learning outcome in six steps. Choose the level, pick one of the approved verbs, add the object, condition and criterion; the sentence is assembled automatically.
Features
The entire course information package chain on one screen
Assessment plan
Link exams, assignments, projects and practicals to learning outcomes. Instrument and level mismatches and under-measured outcomes are flagged instantly.
ECTS workload
Calculates workload from contact hours, independent study and assessment activities, then checks consistency with the national credit.
Attainment measurement
Every exam item is linked to outcomes; the attainment rate of each learning outcome is calculated from the scores, then programme outcome attainment from those rates. How is it measured?
PEO measurement and surveys
Recent graduate, alumni and employer surveys are prepared, sent and collected within the software; attainment of educational objectives is calculated from three pieces of evidence. How is it measured?
Outcome chain
Every link from exam item to institutional outcome and TQF-HE in a single visual; unlinked elements, weak links and a true PDF. View the chain
Roles, scope and modules
Tailor roles to your institution with the permission matrix; a dean sees only their own faculty, an instructor only their own courses. How does it work?
Approval workflow and versioning
The instructor prepares; the committee approves or returns. Every change is versioned; measurement runs cannot be changed once locked.
Documentation
Course information packages are exported as Word and PDF, programme and measurement data as Excel. The institution's logo and details are added to documents automatically.
Accreditation reports
A course report is produced from every locked run, and a programme report covering all courses from the programme dashboard. They include charts and commentary and explain what, how and why you measure. See the report
Academic and career advising
Every student is assigned an advisor; appointments, meeting records and action items are tracked. Managers see counts only, not the content of meetings. How does it work?
Badges, micro-credentials and co-curricular transcript
The competences a student gains in and outside courses become verifiable certificates. Badges accumulate into micro-credentials; co-curricular activities are recorded on the co-curricular transcript. How does it work?
Multiple raters
For project and rubric-based work, second and third raters' scores are collected with an Excel template. The first score is left out of the template; independent scoring and rater agreement are calculated automatically.
Guidance under every field
Right under each field it says which measurement cannot be made if that information is missing. Data entering measurement is marked with Σ; parameters are explained with the course's own values. How does it look?
Measuring learning attainment
Did the student pass, or attain the outcome?
The course grade tells you whether a student passed the course. Accreditation asks how far each learning outcome has been attained. SixBloom links every item in exams, assignments and projects to learning outcomes, calculates each outcome's attainment rate from the scores and carries the result through to programme outcomes.
95.8%students by course grade passedgrade 60 or above
but
53.6%course learning outcome attainment ratestudents above threshold, per outcome
Same class, same scores. Sample course: “Introduction to Research Methods and Data Analysis”, 24 students. While the grades look high, only 13% of students attained LO5 (evaluating an article).
Exam itemS1 · K2 · FN-S4full marks, question type, actual Bloom level
item share
0,5 · 1,0
0,5 · 1,0
Learning outcomeLO1 … LO6student performance, attainment rate
contribution level
0 – 5
0 – 5
Programme outcomePO1 … PO8attainment through the course's contribution
course coefficient
ECTS, elective
ECTS, elective
ProgrammeProgramme dashboardcombination of all courses
1
Every exam item is linked to outcomes
In the assessment plan, exams, assignments, projects and practicals are broken down into items. Each item is linked to one or more learning outcomes with an item share (e.g. 0.5 LO2 + 0.5 LO6). The question type and the item's actual Bloom level are also entered.
- The instrument's weight in the term grade and the item scores are both taken into account
- A row total cannot exceed 1.0; items not linked to any outcome are excluded from measurement
2
The assessment instrument itself is checked first
An outcome whose target is “evaluates” (B5) cannot be measured with a multiple-choice question. For each outcome, the software calculates the Bloom Adequacy Index (BAI) : the ratio of the items' weighted Bloom level to the target level.
below 0.70not publishable0,70 – 0,90with a limitation statement0.90 and abovepublished
Instrument ceiling: true/false and fill-in-the-blank can measure up to B1, matching up to B2, multiple choice and short answer up to B3, long answer up to B5, projects and rubrics up to B6. An outcome with no item reaching the target level is excluded from the report.
3
Attainment per outcome from scores
Scores are entered with an Excel template or by pasting. Each student's performance on each outcome is calculated; the proportion of students whose performance exceeds the threshold (70%) is that outcome's attainment rate. The rate is compared with the target set by the committee (70%).
- Blank is not zero: for a student who missed the exam, the item drops out of both the numerator and the denominator
- Mean, standard deviation and skewness are shown together; intermediate calculations are not rounded
- Class indicators are not shown for classes with fewer than 5 students
Second indicator, attainment level: in addition to the weighted average, the share of students above the threshold for each outcome is grouped into levels (NBA method; consistent with ABET and AACSB practice). Reporting both indicators together strengthens the accreditation file.
Level 370% or more passedLevel 260%–70Level 150%–60Below targetBelow 50%
4
The questions and instruments are measured too
Item analysis calculates each question's difficulty (p), discrimination (d: the difference between the top 27% and bottom 27% by course total) and item-total correlation (rᵢᵣ). Negative discrimination suggests a possible answer-key error and is flagged as a priority warning.
- Read together with Bloom: a low p is expected for higher-order (B4–B6) items (Cognitive Load Theory); discrimination has no such excuse
- Discrimination bands: 0.40 and above very good, 0.30 good, 0.20 borderline, lower weak (Ebel and Frisbie)
- Instrument quality: Cronbach's alpha, consistency between declared and observed difficulty, and whether the exam produces enough information about students
- Inter-rater agreement: the clarity of the rubric is checked with second and third rater scores on rubric-scored items
- Shown only to the course coordinator; never part of the attainment calculation or any performance report
5
Students see their status, not a number
For each student, one of four statuses is shown for each outcome: Attained Developing Support recommended Not yet measured
The difference between 71 and 68 is measurement noise, so students are shown a status instead of a number. The table is keyed by student number; names are not needed.
6
From outcomes to programme outcomes
Attainment on a course's outcomes is carried to programme outcomes through the contribution levels in the LO × PO matrix. Only publishable outcomes are included. The programme dashboard combines the latest locked runs of all courses using course coefficients; programme outcomes fed by no course are shown separately.
Closed loop
Locked run, improvement record, re-measurement
At the end of the term, results are locked as a scoring run : they cannot be changed at database level; Word, Excel and PDF measurement reports can be exported. For each outcome below target, an improvement record is opened: finding, possible cause and decision. “We improved the course” is not a decision; “The item measuring LO5 had negative discrimination, so we replaced the question” is.
Once the next term's run is locked, the two runs are compared. A difference counts as significant if it exceeds the natural fluctuation due to class size (the noise limit): clear improvement, positive trend, no change or action ineffective. Alongside the difference, effect size δ is reported, separating a small but significant difference in a large class from a large but uncertain difference in a small class. The record cannot be closed until a result run is linked.
Verified calculationEvery indicator is grounded in the literature; the server and the browser run the same calculation, and the self-test compares the two.
Immutable recordLocked runs and the audit log are protected at database level; parameter changes do not affect earlier runs.
Minimal personal dataA student number is enough; scores and student data are never sent to AI.
Visible parameter sourcesThe attainment threshold, target and pass mark appear in reports together with who set them.
Independent multiple scoringIn rubric-based work, second and third raters score without seeing the first score; rater agreement is added to measurement quality.
Accreditation-ready reportReports with charts and commentary, mapped to criteria, are produced from locked runs and the programme dashboard.
Measuring programme educational objectives
Where are your graduates five years on?
A programme educational objective (PEO) is what a graduate is expected to achieve in their profession 3–5 years after graduation. Because students have not yet graduated, cannot be calculated from course grades. SixBloom measures objectives with three independent pieces of evidence: objective indicators, employer observation and the graduate's own assessment. Surveys are prepared, sent and collected within the software.
- Recent graduate, alumni and employer surveys in one place
- Responses are anonymous; emails and links are deleted when the survey closes
- Year-on-year trends with locked periods
2020graduation3–5 years in the profession2025monitoring
Objective indicator Share of graduates working in R&D65%× 0,30
Employer observation employer survey · n=1573%× 0,40
Graduate self-assessment alumni survey · n=2374%× 0,30
PEO1 · evidence-based research71.2%
Target 70% · achievedPrevious period 60.4% · +10.7 points1
Prepare, send and collect surveys here
Survey centre manages three surveys: at graduation the recent graduate, 3–5 years later the graduates and employers surveys. Questions come from the question bank and are frozen once published. Responses are collected through personalised email links, reminders or an open link.
- No link is kept between response and invitation; responses flow anonymously into the measurement period
- AI suggests questions, reviews them and writes the introduction; suggestions are not saved without approval
- You can also upload a CSV from Google Forms or a similar tool
2
Which programme outcome prepares for which objective?
PO × PEO matrix makes the programme's design visible: an objective fed by no programme outcome shows that the programme does not prepare graduates for it. The committee fills in the matrix; if you wish, AI prepares a suggestion with justifications, which you accept cell by cell.
- Suggested cells are marked; undo with one click
- The number of accepted suggestions is written to the audit log
3
Three pieces of evidence, one reliable result
Survey responses are converted to percentages with the correct scale conversion; reverse items are flipped and a participant who ticks without reading is removed by the attention checks . Layers are combined according to their weights; a layer with fewer than five responses is not published and is not counted as zero.
- Two response rates: against all graduates and against those reached
- Representation bias: respondents' grade average is compared with all graduates
- Attribution: “I gained this competence in the programme” is reported separately
4
Attainment and trend at a glance
For each objective, the value for the latest locked period is shown with the target line, layers and response counts. Change between locked periods is read as a trend; a locked period does not change, so if a correction is needed a new period is opened.
- The programme outcomes that prepare for the objective are shown alongside with their current values
- Minimum group size, missing layer and conflicting source warnings below the row
Outcome chain
From exam item to institutional outcome a single chain
The hardest question in an accreditation file is: “On what evidence do you claim this programme outcome has been attained?” The measurement chain draws the answer: every link from each exam item to learning outcomes, then to programme outcomes, educational objectives, institutional outcomes and the national qualifications framework, together with its value, in a single visual.
QIExam itemitem difficulty p
item share
0–1
0–1
LOLearning outcomeattainment rate
contribution
1–5
1–5
POProgramme outcomethree-layer attainment
contribution
1–3
1–3
PEOEducational objectivegraduates and employers
IOInstitutional outcomeall programmes
TQF-HENational frameworkcoverage
1Header Institution name and logo, department, course and measurement run above the visual.
2Coverage boxes How many items, outcomes and objectives are actually fed.
3Click to trace the chain Click a node; everything that feeds it and everything it feeds is highlighted.
4Dashed line Weak links are shown separately; where the evidence is thinnest is clear at a glance.
5Value badges Each node shows its value in green if above target, orange if below.
Course or programme level
View the chain for a course starting from items, for a selected course starting from LOs without items, or at programme level only.
Weak links shown dashed
Items with a low item share and weak LO → PO and PO → upper-layer links are drawn separately; hide them with one click.
Unlinked elements report
Any item, outcome or objective with no links, listed in a table with the missing link, its impact and where to fix it.
True PDF
Vector PDF, A4 or A3 landscape when needed; the selected chain is highlighted and unlinked elements appear on an extra page.
AI matrix suggestion
Justified suggestions for PO × PEO, PO × IO and PO × TQF-HE. Only texts are sent; saving is your decision.
Start with ready-made sample data
Populated from day one with sample objectives, TQF-HE level 6 descriptors, institutional outcomes and labelled sample measurement periods.
A
Three layers of evidence for programme outcomes
A programme outcome rests not only on course grades but on three pieces of evidence: locked in-course measurements, recent graduates' self-assessment and employers who observe interns or recent graduates. In-course evidence is dominant and mandatory; surveys cannot replace it.
When sources conflict, there is no way to know which one is right; the result is lowered in proportion to that uncertainty and the reason is shown on screen.
B
Spot gaps before the evidence file does
The table below the visual lists every element with no link in the chain: exam items that measure no outcome, programme outcomes fed by no course, unmet TQF-HE qualifications. Each row takes you to the screen where it can be fixed.
- Layer, element, missing link, impact and where to fix it
- Printed as an extra page in the PDF
C
Institutional outcomes and the national framework
Final programme outcome values are carried through the contribution matrices to institutional outcomes (across all programmes) and to TQF-HE qualifications. TQF-HE is evidence of coverage; the attainment indicator is only an indirect measure of that coverage and does not enter any other calculation.
- TQF-HE level 6 (bachelor's) descriptors are ready; add the field-specific qualifications
- Category summary and qualification detail
AI sees only textProgramme, outcome and question texts are sent; scores, student numbers, personal names and survey responses are never sent.
The matrix is the committee's decisionAI suggests; cells arrive marked and saving is up to the committee. Accepted suggestions are tracked in the audit log.
Locked periods do not changeOnce locked, PEO and PO survey periods are protected at database level; sample periods are excluded from calculations once a real period is opened.
Anonymous surveysThere is no link between invitation and response; when a survey closes, emails and links are deleted and only the counts remain.
Roles, scope and modules
Everyone sees only their own work and their own unit
A user's role determines what they can do; their scope determines in which programmes they can do it. Scope never widens permissions; it only narrows them. Which modules the institution uses comes from its subscription plan. The three layers are independent, and every change is written to the audit log.
Five built-in roles
Administrator, quality committee, instructor, dean / vocational school director, head of department / programme. The institution can add its own roles too.
Four scopes
Institution-wide, the assigned faculty / vocational school, the assigned programme, or only their own courses. Instructors do not see other people's courses.
Modules and lock
The plan keeps each module open, read-only or closed. When a plan is downgraded, data is not deleted; it stays read-only.
Roles and permission matrix
Who does what, in one table
Rows are permissions, columns are roles. The institution administrator ticks boxes to fit roles to how the institution works, and adds new roles such as deputy head of department or programme coordinator.
- No one can grant a permission they do not hold or edit an account with more permissions than their own
- The last active administrator is protected; users cannot change their own role
- There is no permission or report that shows an instructor's name together with outcome scores
Faculty / vocational school dashboard
Deans see all programmes of their faculty side by side
Programmes are linked to a faculty, vocational school or graduate institute. Deans and vocational school directors see only their assigned unit, heads of department only their assigned programme. The dashboard brings each programme's course status and programme outcome attainment together on one screen.
- Number of programmes and courses, courses awaiting approval, courses with a locked run
- Programme outcome attainment heat map; an unmeasured outcome is not counted as zero
- Contains no personal names
Users and scope
Create hundreds of accounts from Excel at once
Paste the name, email, role and scope columns; a dean gets a faculty code, a head of department a programme code. Existing email addresses are skipped, and temporary passwords are shown only once. The same fields can also come from the HR system through the integration API.
- Each account's role and scope are shown in the list
- In the user list, a dean sees only the people in their own unit
- The administrator role cannot be granted through bulk add
Modules and lock
Start with one department and open modules as you need them
The software consists of eight modules: the core course information package, assessment, outcome chain, PEO measurement, survey centre, AI assistants, import and the integration API. The plan sets the status of each module; the institution cannot change this setting.
- Read-only: stored data can be viewed and downloaded but not changed
- Closed: screens appear locked, and the institution administrator can send a request with one click
- The core module is open on every plan; subscription requests work even under a lock
Dashboard
Everyone sees their own indicators on one screen
The Dashboard that opens after sign-in summarises the key indicators for your role and scope. Administrator and quality coordination see the whole institution, a dean their faculty, a head of department their programme, an instructor only their own courses. Filtering is done on the server.
- Average attainment of institutional outcomes, educational objectives, programme outcomes, learning outcomes and courses
- Your tasks: returns, missing scores, unlocked runs, courses awaiting approval
- Cognitive level distribution of learning outcomes and improvement records
- Advising: upcoming appointments, overdue actions and advising counts within scope
- Credentials: certificates awarded, activities awaiting approval and recognition applications
- Step-by-step calculation of every value for quality coordination
Programme dashboard
The quality unit sees the entire programme
Programme outcome attainment is calculated from each course's latest locked measurement run, contribution matrix and course coefficient. Programme outcomes fed by no course, outcomes below target and courses outside coverage are visible at a glance.
- Attainment, contributing courses and number of measured outcomes for each programme outcome
- Tables with no personal names, ready for the accreditation file
- Accreditation report covering all courses of the programme
- One-click export to Excel
Check and approval
See what is missing before submitting a package
The check step reviews the package point by point: required fields, number of outcomes, level distribution, assessment and score consistency. Only genuine errors block submission; everything else is a warning, and the user may well be right.
- The package compliance percentage is visible on every screen
- Clicking a checklist item opens and highlights the related field in a new tab
- AI can assess the package as a whole; suggestions do not enter the package without approval
- Copy from the previous term to the new term
Accreditation reports
Your self-evaluation report, ready in one click!
The course report is produced from each locked run and the programme report from the programme dashboard. The reports explain what, how and why you measure with charts, tables and commentary written from the data; the institution's logo and unit appear on the cover. They are printed or saved as PDF, in Turkish and English.
- Course report: learning outcomes and cognitive level, item-level measurement, results, reliability, run comparison and PDCA
- Programme report: all courses and coverage, in-course, recent graduate and employer layers of programme outcomes, educational objectives, TQF-HE and improvement records across courses
- Mapping table to MÜDEK, MİAK, FEDEK, STAR and YÖKAK criteria
- No instructor names or student numbers; a verification code generated from locked data on the cover
In-screen guidance
See why you enter each item, in every field
Before entering a piece of information, the instructor sees which measurement it feeds. Sections entering the measurement calculation are set apart with a purple background and a Σ mark; what missing information stops is written right under the field. On the parameters screen, each value is explained: what it is, why it exists, how it works with this course's values and where it is used.
- Σ-marked fields enter measurement; unmarked fields are only for the course information package
- “If this is not entered” boxes at every stage, including POs, LOs and assessment items
- Live examples that update as values change
- Step-by-step guide and on-screen tours
Academic and career advising
Every student has an advisor, every meeting a record
In most institutions advising stays on paper: who advises whom, when they last met and what was decided is unknown. SixBloom runs advising in a single flow, from assignment to the meeting record and the accreditation report.
- Assignment: an academic and a career advisor for every student; one by one, by year group, or in bulk from Excel. History is kept when the advisor changes
- Appointment: the advisor opens available slots; the student picks one from a personal link in the email and adds it to their calendar. No student login is needed
- Cockpit: weekly agenda, meetings awaiting a record, overdue actions and priority advisees on one screen
- Meeting record: topic, summary and action items. The record locks after 48 hours; the private note is stored encrypted and opens only to its author
- Monitoring: the head of department, dean and quality unit see counts only: how many students have an advisor and how many have been met. Meeting content is not visible
- Accreditation: the advising report for YÖKAK B.3.2 is ready as Word, PDF or Excel; it contains no advisor names
Badges · micro-credentials · co-curricular transcript
Competence becomes a verifiable certificate
A diploma and transcript say what a student has completed; they do not show what the student can do. SixBloom documents a student's evidenced competences in three layers and gathers them in a single portfolio. No certificate is issued automatically; an authorised person approves each one.
- Badge: the smallest certificate, with written earning criteria. Awarded on evidence, by attaining a course's learning outcomes, or through an approved co-curricular activity
- Micro-credential: earned as badges accumulate. Cannot be published until learning outcomes, workload and ECTS, TQF level and quality assurance are defined
- Co-curricular transcript: active co-curricular participation is recorded by category and points; the advisor sees the evidence and approves
- Learning outside the institution: tracked with the recognition application, the remaining decision time and the ECTS equivalent
- Verification: every certificate opens at the institution's own address by link and QR code. The page shows no student number, grade or score
How it works
Four steps from application to first package
- ApplyFill in the application form. Choose a code for your institution; the trial account is opened after review.
- Your address goes liveA dedicated address and SSL certificate for your institution are set up automatically: kod.sixbloom.com. You can point your own domain to it if you prefer.
- Add your teamThe institution administrator adds instructors, committee members and programme outcomes; data can be imported from your previous system.
- Prepare packagesInstructors prepare the package in 10 steps, the committee approves it, documents are exported as Word, Excel and JSON.
Integration
Data can arrive in five ways
The course catalogue, teaching staff, programme and course design, course enrolments and assessment scores do not have to be entered by hand. SixBloom takes these data from the student information, learning management and staff systems whatever software the institution uses; it is not tied to any particular software. All routes use the same data contract and are processed by the same rules. Institutions mostly start with A; B or C is added for data whose source is ready. D is the interim route until the API is prepared.
| Method | How it works | Who does it | Best suited to | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A · Push via REST API | The institution's system sends data to SixBloom. The key, scope and IP allowlist are controlled by the institution administrator. | Institution IT (a script or an SIS export job) | Up-to-date data as soon as the SIS changes, or every night | Ready |
| B · Pull from source (generic REST API or CSV) | SixBloom calls any software that offers a REST API or a CSV address, manually or every night. The address, authentication, pagination, field and value mapping are entered on screen. | Institution administrator; only the address and access details from IT | The system already publishes data; no new code will be written | Ready |
| C · Ready-made connectors (Moodle, Canvas) | Connectors with pre-mapped fields for common learning management systems: courses or sections, student enrolments and scores are taken. | System administrator (access token) | Midterm, assignment and quiz scores are kept in Moodle or Canvas | Ready |
| D · File import | A CSV or JSON file exported from the system is uploaded via the administration screen. | Institution administrator | API not ready; one-off import at the start of the term | Ready |
| E · Institutional identity (SSO) | Instructors sign in with their institutional account (SAML 2.0, OpenID Connect or LDAP). | Institutional identity management | Centralising password management | On the roadmap |
28 data types, one contract
Units, programmes, programme outcomes, educational objectives, institutional outcomes, TQF-HE qualifications, matrices, courses, learning outcomes, the weekly plan, workload, the assessment plan, contribution shares, enrolments, scores, the advisee list and the transcript are received with the same schema.
Field mapping on screen
If the institution's system uses different field names or codes, the mapping is done on screen; no code is written. The software fetches a sample from the source, suggests a mapping and shows required fields that are not yet mapped.
A field not received is never lost
Required fields that did not arrive filled from the external system are listed for the administrator and reported to the relevant user on the entry screen; the user enters the value, confirms it or states that it will stay empty.
The decision stays with people
Imported matrices and contribution shares arrive flagged as “not reviewed”. The level of a learning outcome comes from the approved verb list and is never guessed. The design of an approved course does not change through an import.
Security and KVKK
Your data stays with your institution
Separate database
Each institution's data is kept in a separate database; institutions cannot see each other's data.
Only course text goes to AI
AI is optional and runs with the institution's own key. Scores, student numbers and personal names are never sent.
No changes without approval
AI suggestions do not enter the package until the user accepts them. Locked measurement runs and the activity log cannot be changed.
Encrypted connections and keys
All addresses are served over SSL. API keys are stored encrypted and never sent back to the screen.
Nightly backup
Institution databases are backed up every night; backups are kept in an area with no web access.
Data processing agreement
The institution is the data controller; SixBloom is the data processor. The obligations are set out in the service agreement.
Plans
Start with one department, then roll out across the institution
Trial
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