Course and Instructor Evaluations
The Fall 2009 evaluation period begins on Monday, November 23, 2009 and will end on Friday, January 1, 2010. The evaluation results should be posted on ESTHER approximately two weeks after the evaluation period has ended and the summary spreadsheet will be posted shortly thereafter below.
This page contains the following topics:
Summarized Evaluations
Evaluation Narratives
Questions
Fall 2009 Prize Giveaway
Information on the Course and Instructor Evaluation Incentive Prizes for Fall 2009 will be available soon.
Evaluation Response Rates
Beginning with the Spring 2006 semester, the evaluation process went from being paper-based to online via ESTHER
. Student evaluators were able to complete their evaluations privately and at times of their convenience. Initially response rates dipped, but since Spring 2007 student response rates have been and remain high.
We believe the following factors have contributed to the high response rates since Spring 2007:
- Questionnaire redesign made responding less tedious
- Students now having the ability to view their peers' comments
- Prize giveaways that have generated interest
- Evaluation period extended to a total of six (6) weeks
- Students prompted to complete course and instructor evaluations before viewing final grades
Course and instructor evaluation summaries for the following terms are posted as Excel spreadsheets:
Evaluation Narratives
Spring 2007 to Present
Beginning with the Spring 2007 semester, course and instructor evaluation results are available to students and instructors via ESTHER
. For information about viewing graphs and narratives, see the Viewing Narratives and Graphs in ESTHER page.
Members of the faculty can respond to evaluation narratives in ESTHER. For information about responding to evaluation narratives, see the Responding to Evaluation Narratives in ESTHER page.
Prior to Spring 2007
The Faculty Information System (FIS) is used for semesters prior to Spring 2007 and contains both the numerical graphs and the narratives. Course and Instructor Evaluation data in the FIS dates back to Fall 2003. The evaluation results gathered between Fall 2003 and Fall 2005 were handwritten and manually scanned into the online system (FIS). Instructors and academic department administrators can access evaluation results via the Faculty Information System (FIS)
.
For FIS
access or username/password questions, please contact Jeff Frey, Manager of Web Services
.
If you have problems using FIS due to your internet browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.) problems, please contact the IT Helpdesk
.
When viewing scanned data, please note cross-listed course evaluations have been combined and will appear under each course listing. For example, if ANTH 200 (enrollment 2; group enrollment 25) is cross-listed with LING 200 (enrollment 23; group enrollment 25) with a total of 21 course evaluations received, the 21 course evaluations will post under both ANTH 200 and LING 200.
Questions
If you have course and instructor evaluation questions, please contact John Martinez, Catalog and Scheduling Assistant.