Transcript UW-L Online Student Evaluation of Instruction

Final Report
Pilot Test w/
Selected
Departments
Spring 2012
Dev/Prototype
Fall 2011
System Testing
(Early) Spring
2012
Trainings for
Academic Chairs
and ADA's
August 15, 2012
September 19, 2012
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292 class sections (from various departments
that participated: Econ, Math, Psych,
Sociology, etc.)
5,016 students
9,710 evaluations were sent out and 6,855
were submitted by students (~71% response
rate)
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Similar to the original format
Same scoring method (fractional median).
Reports are broken down by
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Instructor/class/section
Ranked faculty aggregate
IAS aggregate
Department overall
PDF format
◦ Departments can choose to email or print
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An email will be sent to all enrolled students
for each class.
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Once logged in, the student will see a
summary of all classes awaiting evaluation.
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Students will receive the first email prompt at
the start of the 13th week for 14 week courses
◦ Class End Date is used when calculating SEI
start/end dates for 7 week classes.
◦ Dynamic session class dates are set manually.
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Two reminders will be sent.
The process will occur over 10 days.
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The standard set of six questions approved
by Faculty Senate is fixed for all
questionnaires.
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Additional “evaluation” templates can be
created.
Department chairs can create a questionnaire
that incorporates the standard questions +
additional questions defined by the
department.
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Adding a question to the repository
Supported question types:
◦ 5 point rating (Strongly Agree  Strongly Disagree)
◦ Open ended
◦ Multiple Choice
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The standard SEI will automatically be
generated for each course.
Chairs will be able to assign a different
questionnaire template
◦ If the department has additional questions they ask
of each class
◦ If the department has a subsection of classes that
receive a different questionnaire (e.g., lab courses)
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Chairs may also remove the SEI from courses
that should not be assessed (e.g.
independent studies).
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ITS needs a documented guideline that will
outline how often the SEI data should be
purged from the university system
ITS will need to have an SEI user group
possibly made up of ADAs and Department
Chairs :
◦ Ongoing training and knowledge sharing
◦ Works with ITS to improve the SEI system, if needed