WEAVEonline is a positive way of working with assessment and planning.
Most people think of WEAVEonline as a web-based tool that helps manage accreditation, assessment, planning, and quality improvement processes for colleges and universities, detailing institutional effectiveness. It certainly is that.
But it is also a team that helps your institution commit to ongoing planning and assessment and supports you as you work with these processes. WEAVEonline focuses on continuous improvement from top levels through academic programs, administrative and student affairs units, and other services, projects, and grants.
You can read our history to see how we got our name. But you can also think of our acronym in another way:
- We are you – educators and assessment and planning professionals. Our expert WEAVEonline implementation team members have an average of over 20 years of assessment and planning experience in higher education. We know your challenges from the inside out.
- Experience is on our side. There are now more than 125 satisfied WEAVEonline members, large and small, two-year and four-year, public and private, with users ranging from beginners to institutional experts. From their successes come great ideas to share with you.
- Assessment in the context of accreditation was the primary reason for WEAVEonline’s creation, and it continues to be the starting place for many of our member institutions. Faculty and staff enter basic information in a structured way that makes sense, to them…and to peer reviewers.
- Value for WEAVEonline, though, goes beyond good software. We are teachers at heart; we augment having a proven tool for accreditation-oriented assessment by offering webinars that put practical ideas for educational enhancement in your hands. We help you plan and succeed.
- Ease is one of our hallmarks. WEAVEonline is well-loved because of its simplicity. You will find it comfortable to get personalized assistance and to become part of our community. We value our members and love to collaborate, on everything. We will listen well and put you at ease.
Why not click on steps in the WEAVE cycle below for additional insight?

