Encourage Student Participation

Time

On-Campus/Face-to-Face Courses

• Set aside 10-15 minutes at the start of class to complete the evaluation.
  • Show students how to access evaluations via website, Canvas, or via email. 
  • Remind students ahead of time to bring laptops/tablet/mobile device to class.
  • Add this time on class calendar in syllabus, Canvas, etc. 
• Result: Shows that student evaluations are important to you.

Online Courses

• GatorEvals is in the Canvas navigation menu.
  • Canvas popup message
  • Canvas calendar
  • Canvas to-do
  • Canvas announcement
• Post evaluation timeline in syllabus and modules in Canvas.

Opt-In to Midterm Evaluation

• Instructors can “Opt-In” to have their students complete a midterm evaluation
  • 3 Likert Scale Items
  • 4 Free Response Items
• Email to instructors comes at 30% of course completion
• Email to students comes at 40% of course completion
• Midterm report to instructors comes at 50% of course completion.

Live Response Rates

• Instructors can access live response rates via: ufl.bluera.com/ufl/dashboardviewer.aspx

Talk to Students About Importance

• Educate Students about course evaluations:
  • What are they for?
  • Why should they care?
  • What should they keep in mind when completing evaluations?

360 Feedback

Instructors

• Share how you have used course evaluation feedback to shape your course or teaching methods
• Share examples of student feedback on items you might not change
• Describe to students what is ‘helpful’ feedback
  (see Constructive Feedback document)

Student focus groups

• Students are more likely to give positive feedback when they know their feedback is being heard