Teaching Evaluations Project Update UL Meeting - October 24, 2007 Background Will automate the manual, paper process Team investigated needs across campus Team.
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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:
Assist with policy questions
Capture faculty perspective
Privacy of student identity is paramount
UL Meeting - October 24, 2007
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
Maryland
Cambridge
Virginia Tech
UL Meeting - October 24, 2007
Approach
Delivery via M-Pathways & CTools
M-Pathways will provide:
setup
ordering
most reporting
CTools will provide:
evaluation delivery and collection
raw data reporting
UL Meeting - October 24, 2007
M-Pathways Features
E&E Setup (questions, templates, core
forms)
Evaluation ordering by schools/colleges
Statistical reports for instructor viewing
via Teaching Support
Statistical reports available for unit
viewing via operational pages
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CTools Features
Provide ability for instructor to review
evaluation in advance
Send email announcement & reminders
Deliver evaluations to ‘My Workspace’
Collect students’ evaluation responses
Send raw data report to instructors,
including comments
UL Meeting - October 24, 2007
Additional Features
Student’s ‘My Workspace’ built
dynamically if does not already exist
Evaluation results can be distinct for
each instructor for team taught classes
Instructors can append additional
questions to their evaluations
Long-term plan – build data warehouse
for reporting against aggregate data
UL Meeting - October 24, 2007
Pilot Underway
Engineering mid-semester evaluations
Ordering – complete
Evaluations delivered – complete
Evaluations taken – complete
Statistical reports – in progress
UL Meeting - October 24, 2007
Pilot Response Rates
11341 responses (43.4%)
from 4381 unique users (74.4%)
Great result!
UL Meeting - October 24, 2007
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
UL Meeting - October 24, 2007
Teaching Evaluations
Questions?
UL Meeting - October 24, 2007