Final Report

Dev/Prototype
Fall 2011
System Testing
(Early) Spring
2012
Pilot Test w/
Selected
Departments
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
◦ 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 13 th 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.
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)
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
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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