A research study was recently conducted to attempt to determine the impact of the Open SUNY+ (OS+) Signature Elements. The goal of the project was to see if there is a relationship between OS+ Signature Elements and student outcomes in online courses/programs. More specifically, the project evaluated the following OS+ elements: student technology support, concierge/advising, tutoring, faculty development, and course review processes. A team of online learning experts developed a list of indicators and an accompanying rubric for each OS+ Signature Element. Indicators were assigned weights based on hypothesized importance of their relationship to student outcomes, within each element. These rubrics allowed for cross campus or cross program comparisons of element quality. The research team selected nine SUNY community colleges to serve as pilot campuses for data collection. They selected these campuses because of the availability of student outcomes data for community colleges. They also intentionally selected OS+ and non-OS+ campuses so there would be variation in the elements scores. An introductory email was sent to each pilot campus prior to data collection. It briefly described the project and outlined the topics that would be covered. Following this email, members of the research team interviewed one online learning leader at each campus in order to evaluate the quality of each OS+ Signature Element. Interview questions for each indicator were created, but data was collected in a semi-structured interview format, which allowed for respondents to provide more information about the resources available on their campus. The data collected about the quality of the OS+ Signature Elements for each campus was then connected to student outcomes data. The preliminary findings from this impact analysis will be shared and discussed during this presentation. The limitations and challenges of the research method will also be discussed.