The primary purpose of the Learning Objectives document is to guide you in writing measurable learning objectives. By creating learning objectives and goals for the internship semester, you and your supervisors will have established expectations and a clear plan for your internship experience.
NOTE: Learning objectives are especially important if you are using your job as an internship. Using learning objectives to work on new projects and goals within your existing job gives you an opportunity to explore projects and tasks related to your major and build your skill set.
The objectives are a digitally signed document. After you complete and sign your portion it will be sent to your internship site supervisor (the primary mentor at your internship) and to your faculty supervisor (usually the instructor of your internship course) for digital signatures and comments.
You must complete the Internship Learning Objectives document at the beginning of the semester.
Before filling out the document, gather the following information:
Please see the Useful Definitions page if you are unsure who your supervisors are.
Create an account with or sign in to Adobe Sign: For the best experience, we recommend creating an Adobe Sign account. It is free. This will provide you with more options after you have completed your portion of the document. If you are creating a new account, we recommend using your UVU email address.
Fill in your name, UVID, email, major, course, and the number of credit hours associated with your internship.
Enter the name of the company or organization (the Internship Provider) where you will be performing your internship.
Fill in the contact information for both supervisors: Enter the name, email, and phone number of your Site Supervisor (Participant 2). Then enter the same information for your UVU Faculty Supervisor (Participant 3). Use the email addresses and phone numbers you gathered in preparation for this activity. It is very important that you enter the names, email addresses, and phone numbers correctly.
If your internship will last beyond the duration of the semester and you know your internship end date, use that date regardless of the semester. But if you have no formal end date to your internship, simply provide the end of the semester as your end date.
If you are using the agreement for a current job, you will want to use your original hire date as your start date.
Enter the start and end dates: Fill in the start and end dates for the internship. If these dates fall within the semester of the internship, this is fairly straightforward. Sometimes, however, you might have a different situation.
Enter the average number of hours per week: How many hours will you work per week during your internship?
Describe the internship: Fill in each of the required fields describing aspects of your internship.
Describe your responsibilities, projects, and tasks.
Explain the feedback and evaluation mechanisms. How frequently will you receive feedback from your site supervisor? When and how will your job performance be evaluated?
Provide specific due dates for projects, written work, or other culminating activities.
Describe your contact arrangement with your faculty supervisor.
Write measurable learning objectives: List at least four primary learning objectives. Although there is space for six objectives, the form requires only four. However, you should check the course instructions to see if more than four are required.
To get you started with the concept of measurable learning objectives, consider an example. Let's say for your first objective you want to describe how you will conduct data analysis for Company Z. Instead of saying something like, "I will do data analysis for Company Z," break that statement down into something more specific and measurable such as, "I will conduct a sentiment analysis on Company Z's X (Twitter) posts using Python and SQL."
Within each objective there are fields for adding timeframes and methods of measurement. The timeframe is when you expect to have this objective completed. For the measurements section, and using the previous example, you could say something like, "I will create infographics and a summary of my findings which I will present to my site supervisor."
For help with learning objectives, consult the following document: How to Write Learning Objectives
Sign your name: After completing all required fields for your portion of the Learning Objectives, provide your digital signature by providing your name in the signature area and selecting "Apply."
Assign the other participants for email delivery: Fill in the names and email addresses for both of your supervisors. Be sure the EXACT and CORRECT email addresses are entered in the email fields. Do not add extra characters or spaces in the email fields on the form. Otherwise, your document may not be delivered. You are also welcome to add a message to each participant, but this is optional. Double check the contact information for both supervisors.
Enter your email address: Enter the same email address associated with your Adobe account and then click to sign the document.
Confirm your address: After signing the document, you will receive an email asking you to confirm your email address. After confirming, a sign in option (which also works for creating an account) will be available in the top-right corner of the confirmation page.
You will be notified by email when the document is completed. Please wait at least seven to ten days for your document to be fully processed. Occasionally organizations will have email spam settings which prevent delivery, and your supervisor may receive the request only after a reminder email is generated from the Adobe System.
Having an Adobe account allows you to observe the status of your document and utilize the Activity dropdown to see if your document was successfully sent to the current signer. It also gives you the option to download a pdf version of the document, after all participants have signed.
Please do not submit more than one document unless you need to make a change to the document or you are completing more than one internship. Use the Support Request Form if you are experiencing a delivery issue.
The Support Request Form is not a requirement for this assignment, so use it only if your site supervisor is experiencing email delivery issues. The support form will also be available for the supervisor evaluation assignment you will initiate near the conclusion of the semester, since the assignment requires you to generate an email request.
Please do not contact your course instructor for email delivery issues. This is what the Support Request Form is used for.
You can ignore the Site Supervisor Notes and Addendum section. This space is for supervisors to add comments or propose modifications to the document. Because this is a signed document, however, no participants can edit specific fields in the document after signing. This is why the Supervisor Notes and Addendum section is provided for your supervisors. The site supervisor is the first to receive the document and may choose to add notes or an addendum. Next, when the faculty supervisor sees it, they can review any modifications suggested by the site supervisor, add their own comments, and state whether they agree with the learning objectives.
When all signing participants have completed their portion of the document, everyone will receive an email with a link to the finalized document. You will need to upload a copy of the finalized pdf of the Learning Objectives document within your Canvas assignment.
How do I access the objectives document after I sign? Login to your Adobe Sign account and click on the 'Manage' tab. If you are redirected to Adobe Acrobat, just click the E-Tools dropdown to access Adobe Sign. From there you can find your objectives. After clicking on it, you will see an option to download a pdf copy of the document.
My site supervisor and/or faculty supervisor cannot locate the agreement in their email inbox? If after three to five business days your supervisor hasn't received a notification to complete the objectives, you may want to consider asking them to provide you an alternate email address to use. You can then submit this updated email address in a Support Request and a Career and Internship Center representative will adjust the email on your agreement, so it can be sent to the alternate address.
I have been informed that I put an incorrect email into one of the participant fields. How can this be edited? Please complete this Support Request and a Career and Internship Center representative will adjust the email on your objectives, so it can be sent to the alternate address.
What if content needs to be edited in the document? While signers of the objectives cannot go backwards in the signing chain to edit responses, there is a Notes/Addendum section which can be used by site supervisors and faculty supervisors. This is a good place to document any MINOR changes or comments without the need to start a new document. Please note, however, if there are significant corrections (e.g. a change of internship provider or extensive change in learning objectives) students will need to start over.
I have heard that a Master Internship Agreement needs to be completed by my internship provider. Is this the Master Internship Agreement? No. Master Internship Agreements are processed by the Career and Internship Center office using the information you provide in your Internship Application.
I did not access this page from my Canvas course. I am not sure if I should complete this assignment? Some assignment processes vary by department, please ensure that this is a requirement for your internship course, prior to starting the assignment.
Internship Provider: The internship provider is the organization that is hosting the student for the internship experience. Frequently this is an external organization outside of Utah Valley University. Occasionally this is a campus department or sponsored program.
Site Supervisor: The site supervisor is the individual at the internship site who will be the primary mentor for the internship experience. They provide leadership, assign tasks, and guide the intern. They also help the student complete course requirements, including but not limited to, assisting the student with learning objectives, verifying work hours, and completing an evaluation of the intern’s performance. Occasionally the site supervisor is a UVU staff/faculty member, but only in cases where the student is doing an internship directly with a UVU department or sponsored program.
Faculty Supervisor/Course Instructor : Most often the faculty supervisor is the professor/instructor overseeing the UVU internship course for which a student is enrolled. The faculty supervisor is in direct contact with the student throughout the semester and oversees assignments and projects assigned during the duration of the internship period. While uncommon, periodically the faculty supervisor is a different individual than the course instructor. Students should check with their course instructor if they are unsure.
Internship Coordinator Assists the student prior to the internship experience through advisement, providing resources, and internship course registration. In most cases an Internship Coordinator is not a student's faculty supervisor and therefore rarely signs this agreement.
