How to Write Helpful Recommendations

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- Read
  - Specific Review Standard
  - Annotation
  - What evidence do you expect to find and where?
- Search
  - What specific evidence did you find?
  - What evidence did you locate about strengths and areas for improvement?
- Write
  - Add evidence to the "Evidence" box in the Course Review Management System (CRMS)
- Analyze
  - Evidence found or not found
- Consider
  - Specific Review Standard
  - Annotation
  - 85% Rule
- Decide
  - Met
  - Not Met
- Analyze
  - Based on the evidence you identified, how might the course be improved? (Constructive)
  - What specifically might be improved?
  - Where?
  - Is the suggested improvement observable?
- Draft
  - Write your suggested improvements in the "Suggestions for Improvement" box in the CRMS
- Review
  - Is it written to your colleague, respectfully, in a manner that will encourage them to make improvements? (Sensitive)
  - Have both strengths and areas of improvement been noted? (Balanced)