Page Comparison

Overview

This service level agreement defines OIT responsibilities as well as client responsibilities with respect to web-based Exam Scheduler; the agreement also addresses common questions and procedures.

Step-by-step guide

...

All use secure MyID authentication.

Frequently Requested Answers

Web-based course evaluations are anonymous although it may be possible to guess the identity of students by writing style especially in small course sections. This is true in the paper-based format as well.

As per Franklin College policy, clients are stewards of their own course evaluation data. If OIT receives a request for your data, we will forward the request to you.

Mid-term evaluations are available. Please email evaluations@franklin.uga.edu no later than one full week before the start date of the mid-term evaluation. Due to the later withdraw deadline, OIT recommends monitoring course rolls more closely for mid-term evaluations than end-of-term evaluations. For small classes (and short timeframes), course evaluation administrators may want to create and populate the class themselves; however, for large classes, it is usually faster for OIT to provide this service.

Units will have access to raw data in addition to averages, standard deviations, and aggregate response rates provided by the system.

Response Rates

Although there is a lot of variability between courses, the overall response rate for web-based course evaluations is over 50%.

Here is a summary of some strategies that are being used to increase response rates:

Some faculty offer incentives such as extra credit on the final exam.

Some units increase the amount of time students have to complete the evaluation so faculty may provide students with in-class reminders over a period of several weeks.

Anecdotally, students seem more receptive to verbal reminders than e-mail reminders.

Some units schedule evaluations in computer labs.

Some professors allow students to leave a few minutes early if they promise to complete evaluations.

Units get the best response rates when faculty are advocates of the web-based model and reiterate the importance of the evaluations to their students.

For more information on getting better response rates, the following resources may be useful:

• Franklin – Success in Online Course Evaluations
• UGATEACH listserv (Subscribe by emailing the following command ‘subscribe ugateach FirstName LastName’ to listserv@listserv.uga.edu)

Related articles

External Resources

...