TLC Timely Tips:
Course Evaluations

Hello SOLS instructional community!

As we approach the end of this term, the Teaching and Learning Center team would like to remind you that Course Evaluations are open for the current courses.

Course Evaluations will be open:
Session B: July 31 -  August 10

Importance of course evaluation

Course evaluations provide an essential avenue for students to share their perspectives on their learning experiences and provide feedback on various aspects of the course, such as the curriculum, instruction, assessments, and overall course design, so you, as the instructor, can identify where you are excelling and where you can continue to grow. This feedback can help instructors make informed decisions about their teaching practices, instructional materials, and assessment methods.

Although students will receive automated reminders to complete their course evaluations, it is important that you, as the instructor, also emphasize the value of their feedback.

Access your Course Evaluation Dashboard

Strategies for increasing student response rates

To ensure meaningful and constructive feedback from our students, consider the following strategies to increase student response rates to the course evaluation surveys:

• Emphasize the significance of student evaluations. Share tips on writing constructive, respectful feedback to help students get started. See TLC’s example feedback statements.
• Express genuine interest in their input. Evaluations help instructors improve their courses and instructional techniques. Consider sharing specific examples of how you changed your teaching in response to the feedback.
• Make it easy to access their evaluation. Share the survey links (www.asu.edu/evaluate) across multiple channels to make them easier for students to access and complete the evaluations.
• Incentivize participation. The University Office of Evaluation and Educational Effectiveness encourages instructors to use collective incentives to motivate students to complete course evaluations, while discouraging individual incentives that require students to provide proof or give the impression that instructors can track individual students.
• Remind students to complete the evaluations. Send students frequent reminders while thanking those who have already responded. TLC has created several Course Evaluation reminder message templates to help you get started, and a Course Eval Reminder Slide that you can easily add to your lecture presentations.

TLC thanks you for your continued commitment to excellence in teaching and for your efforts in obtaining meaningful feedback from our students.

For more information, tips, and strategies, check out the TLC Course Evaluation Resource Guide. For questions regarding Course Evaluations at ASU, visit the Course Evaluation FAQ page or reach out to [email protected].

Sincerely,
The Teaching and Learning Center team