Transcript Teaching Evaluations Project Update UL Meeting - October 24, 2007 Background Will automate the manual, paper process  Team investigated needs across campus  Team.

Teaching Evaluations
Project Update
UL Meeting - October 24, 2007
Background
Will automate the manual, paper process
 Team investigated needs across campus
 Team investigated various products
 Provost appointed Task Force to:
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Assist with policy questions
 Capture faculty perspective
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Privacy of student identity is paramount
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New Technology
Targeted approach will combine best
aspects of M-Pathways and CTools
 Project testing use of Open Source
processes & development (SAKAI)
 Collaborating with other institutions
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Maryland
 Cambridge
 Virginia Tech
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Approach
Delivery via M-Pathways & CTools
 M-Pathways will provide:
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setup
 ordering
 most reporting
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CTools will provide:
evaluation delivery and collection
 raw data reporting
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M-Pathways Features
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E&E Setup (questions, templates, core
forms)
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Evaluation ordering by schools/colleges
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Statistical reports for instructor viewing
via Teaching Support
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Statistical reports available for unit
viewing via operational pages
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CTools Features
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Provide ability for instructor to review
evaluation in advance
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Send email announcement & reminders
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Deliver evaluations to ‘My Workspace’
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Collect students’ evaluation responses
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Send raw data report to instructors,
including comments
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Additional Features
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Student’s ‘My Workspace’ built
dynamically if does not already exist
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Evaluation results can be distinct for
each instructor for team taught classes
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Instructors can append additional
questions to their evaluations
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Long-term plan – build data warehouse
for reporting against aggregate data
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Pilot Underway
Engineering mid-semester evaluations
 Ordering – complete
 Evaluations delivered – complete
 Evaluations taken – complete
 Statistical reports – in progress
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Pilot Response Rates
11341 responses (43.4%)
from 4381 unique users (74.4%)
Great result!
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Campus Rollout
Campus rollout - Winter 2008
 Communication planning underway
 Info about training and access will be
shared in advance
 Materials will be developed to assist
faculty and staff (Dec/Jan timeframe)
 Planning underway to promote student
response to evaluation questionnaires
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Teaching Evaluations
Questions?
UL Meeting - October 24, 2007