Technology and Civilization is an advanced general education course (Area V: Culture, Civilization & Global Understanding) in the College of Engineering at XXX University that is designed to introduce students to the realm of history and usage of technology in society from an international perspective and to increase their awareness of both the uncertainties as well as the promises of the utilization of technology as a creative human enterprise. Recently, universities have begun to explore using online technologies to increase instructor efficiency and serve more students. Many online software writing programs that are supposedly “studied" have data studies funded by the publishing companies that create such software. It is important to see valid and benchmarked data conducted on representative samples and with learning outcome measures and protocols with high reliability and validity scores. Student improvements in writing increase with more practice and opportunities to write, accompanied by specific, constructive feedback from faculty with opportunities for revisions. However, with class sizes increasing, how can engineering professors give suitable writing feedback to students? It is crucial as new technologies are used for instruction that student learning is emphasized. This paper will present detailed data on student achievement of the course and General Education learning objectives. This course utilized the ETS Criterion Writing Evaluation System to allow the students to get enhanced feedback on their writing. In this paper, we will analyze the effects of Criterion on student learning outcomes. We will compare student performance from the Criterion pilot with existing assessment data from this course.