Once you have a sense of your goals, it makes sense to integrate those goals into your syllabus at the front end of the course, to explicitly reference those goals during the course, and to assess them at the end of the semester.  Below you will see an example of how this was done in one intro course at Villanova University.  

Stage one: Goal Setting. The goals for Villanova's Introduction to Philosophy course were set by the department, although the choice of readings, within certain parameters, is left to the instructor.  The goals are listed in the left column of the matrix below.

Stage two.  Inclusion in Syllabus, Dissemination to Students. This matrix, based on the departmental goals, was developed (by John Immerwahr) for a section of Introduction to Philosophy, and was included in the syllabus.   Our research on student evaluations shows that Villanova students place a high value on clearly knowing the goals of their course, so, at each major transition in the course, students were reminded of these goals and progress toward them was reviewed. 

Goal: As a result of taking this course you will:	Activities: Some of the things that we will do that will promote this goal are:	Assessment: We will know how well you have done on this goal by evaluating your work on:
Better understand philosophy as a discipline	Reading and discussing a variety of philosophical texts and topics	Papers, exams, discussion sections, group work
Improve your skill in reading difficult primary source texts	Especially in the beginning of the course, we’ll be reading a number of difficult texts from Plato, St. Augustine, Locke, and Marx	Papers will require detailed understanding of these texts, over and above  what you will learn from class discussion and lectures
Improve your skill in critical thinking	Many of the issues that we will read and discuss involve complex reasoning and critical thinking	Papers, class discussion
Improve skills in oral discussion	Discussion classes, group work	Class discussion in discussion sections
Better understand Catholic and Christian philosophical ideas	Detailed reading of St. Augustine and llibagiza's Left to Tell	Papers, exams, class discussion
Better understand the history of philosophy	Reading of several major figures from the history of philosophy: Plato; St. Augustine, Descartes; Locke; Marx	First paper will focus on an important historical figure; exams will also cover this material
Better understand some issues in the contemporary world	Discussion of philosophical grounding of Marxism, capitalism, feminism, ecology, issues concerning genocide	Second paper will focus on application to contemporary issues; as will exams and class discussion in second half of course
Be exposed to the thinking of women and people of color	Reading Piercy (American feminist), Krishnamurti (Indian thinker), Immaculee Ilibagiza (African thinker)	Exams, papers, class discussion

Stage three: Assessment.  At the midpoint of the semester and at the end of the semester, the instructor administered this survey instrument, which was developed by the department.