Transparency in learning and teaching (TILT) is a framework designed to enhance student engagement, learning, and overall success. The efficacy of TILT has been demonstrated through positive data, making it a promising method for higher education institutions to implement and adapt. In addition to increasing traditional students' mastery of critical analysis and reasoning skills, TILT removes the barriers of figuring out why, what, and how to complete coursework which is of particular benefit to underserved and non-native students. Given the demographics of the student populations at community colleges in the USA, there is an imperative need to explore the practical ways to implement the TILT framework in these settings. Enhancing teaching standards at community colleges has become a prime focus in recent years, due to the changing demographics of enrolled students. In particular, improving students' learning and retention had become of prime importance. In the current study, assignment performance on physics lab reports were analyzed to select and adapt a target component of the assignment using the TILT methodology.