Student Evaluation of Instruction
Final Report
Dev/PrototypeFall 2011
System Testing(Early) Spring
2012
Pilot Test w/ Selected
DepartmentsSpring 2012
Trainings for Academic Chairs
and ADA'sAugust 15, 2012
September 19, 2012
Project Timeline
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)
Spring 2012 Pilot Outcome
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
SEI Reports Format
An email will be sent to all enrolled students for each class.
Notify Student
Once logged in, the student will see a summary of all classes awaiting evaluation.
Course Evaluations
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.
Two reminders will be sent. The process will occur over 10 days.
Timing?
What the student will see after clicking on an individual course
The standard set of six questions approved by Faculty Senate is fixed for all questionnaires.
Setup & Administration
Additional “evaluation” templates can be created.
Department chairs can create a questionnaire that incorporates the standard questions + additional questions defined by the department.
Setup & Administration
Adding a question to the repository Supported question types:
◦ 5 point rating (Strongly Agree Strongly Disagree)
◦ Open ended◦ Multiple Choice
Setup & Administration
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).
Setup & Administration
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
Moving Forward