Course and Instructor Evaluations
- Evaluation Narratives
- Respond to Evaluation Narratives
- Important Notice Regarding Evaluations
- Questions
Fall Semester 2024
The Fall 2024 Course and Instructor Evaluations process has begun. The online evaluation process will run for six weeks, beginning on Monday, November 25, 2024 and continuing thru Friday, January 03, 2025. You will need to log in to your ESTHER account to complete your evaluations. Please note that the evaluation process is always confidential and we encourage every Rice Owl to participate and participate early. Your input counts!
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.
Summarized Evaluations
Course and Instructor Evaluation summaries are available on the Course and Instructor Summarized Evaluations page. To access this page, you will need to authenticate using your NetID and password after clicking the link. The data is now on the Rice Tableau Dataviz Server and instructions to navigate in Tableau are on the Summarized Evaluations page.
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.
Respond to Evaluation Narratives
Should they desire to do so, the course instructor can submit a "response" to evaluation narratives in ESTHER. For information about responding to evaluation narratives, see the Responding to Evaluation Narratives in ESTHER page.
Important Notice Regarding Evaluations
The course and instructor evaluation process is an essential ingredient in the university's ongoing effort to monitor and improve the quality of instruction at Rice. As part of this valuable process, each semester students are encouraged to submit feedback on the quality of the course and the effectiveness of its instructor. Students are encouraged to read this Important Notice Regarding Evaluations.
Questions
If you have course and instructor evaluation questions, please contact registrar@rice.edu.