O E n l i n e S t u d e n t v a l u a t i o n o f T e a c h i n g

Briefing on OnSET System

Freshmen & PFP Students April 2013

Online Student Evaluation of Teaching (OnSET)

• As a student in TP, you will be involved in evaluating your lecturers’ teaching effectiveness.

• You will be notified via email to respond to online surveys using a system called

OnSET.

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Your feedback is Important

• Help lecturers to improve their teaching effectiveness, what to continue doing and areas to work on • Their improvement will help you to learn better • Your feedback must be constructive and truthful • You must consider the overall experiences and contact with lecturer 3

How to Access OnSET?

1) Through embedded link in email

You will receive email notifications/ reminders. Click on the hyperlink in the email.

OR 2) Through TPOSS:

Logon to TP Online Student Services (TPOSS), click on “Teaching Evaluation” menu.

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Email Access to OnSET

Through

embedded link in email:

You will receive email notifications/ reminders. Click on the hyperlink in the email. 5

Email Notification on Survey

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Logon to TP Online Student Services (TPOSS)

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Responding to Surveys

(1/3) Anthony Jacobs

Click on the hyperlinks to respond to surveys 8

Responding to Surveys

(2/3)

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Responding to Surveys

(3/3)

Need to click on the checkbox before Submit button is enabled.

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TPOSS Access to OnSET

Through

TPOSS:

Logon to TP Online Student Services, click on “Teaching Evaluation” menu.

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Logon to TP Online Student Services (TPOSS)

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Important Points to Note (1/3)

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Give responsible feedback

– Your constructive and truthful feedback will

help

your

lecturers

improve their teaching effectiveness

and

helping

you

to learn better – Consider your overall experience and contact with lecturer – Open comments are optional, but they help your lecturers understand better what to continue doing, and which areas to work on 15

Important Points to Note (2/3)

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Other pointers when responding to Surveys

– You may submit each survey

only ONCE

– You are allowed to access your exam results after you have responded to

ALL

OnSET surveys. – Each survey takes only a couple of minutes to complete. To avoid delays in viewing your exam results, please respond to surveys once you receive them.

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Important Points to Note (3/3)

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Ensuring Confidentiality of Survey Responses

– Your identity will

NOT

be disclosed to your lecturers

Cutting Down Number of Surveys per Student

– For large classes, OnSET may randomly pick students as respondents – You may not be involved in the survey for some of your lecturers

Notifying Students about Surveys

– Important to keep your particulars (private email and mobile phone number) updated in the Student Information System 17

Survey Exemption Requests *

• You may submit survey exemption requests

only

if you are NOT in the position to comment on a lecturer’s teaching effectiveness • OnSET accepts the following reasons: – I am not taught by this lecturer – I have not been attending this lecturer’s lessons • You will be notified via email on the result of your request • If your exemption request is not approved, you will need to complete the survey 18

Need Help Link

Use “Need Help?” link if you wish to report problems related to OnSET 19

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) *

• A set of FAQs will be posted in http://www eng.tp.edu.sg

>Information for TP Engineering Students • Or you can approach the General Office for any questions related to OnSET 20

Q & A

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Thank You

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