Course Evaluations

Course Evaluations are open to students two weeks before the last day of class and closed on the last day of class at 11:59pm. Results are released to instructors one week after final grades are due. General dates are listed below, but your course may differ based on open/close dates of your course as listed in SIS/Banner.

Courseval Login

Summer 2025 (7-week)

Faculty Preview: Thurs, May 29
Open: Thurs, June 5
Close: Thurs, June 19
Results: Thurs, June 26

Summer 2025 (10-week)

Faculty Preview: Thurs, June 26
Open: Thurs, July 3
Close: Thurs, July 17
Results: Thurs, July 24

Summer 2025

Faculty Preview: Fri, July 25
Open: Fri, Aug 1
Close: Fri, Aug 15
Results: Weds, Aug 27

Improving Response Rates

There are a few steps you can take to improve the response rates for evaluations in your class.

Outline expectations regarding course evaluations directly in the course syllabus.
Add the course evaluation to the course calendar for students to see. (Both in the syllabus and the course shell.) Include a reminder announcement to students when evaluations become available.
Monitor the student response rate while the evaluation window is open. Use this information to remind your students to complete their evaluations.
Integrate a login link and message about the importance of completing the evaluation directly in the learning unit that is available to students while the evaluation is open. Include the completion of the evaluation as an ungraded activity in the unit.
Have a short video that students can watch where the faculty directly address the importance of the feedback.

Video: Why Complete an Evaluation

This is a video Nick Gaspar developed for his section of NSC373. You are free to use the script he developed to create your own video. This appears inside ‘Unit 10’ of his course, which coincides with the evaluation window.

Video Script

Use or edit this script to make your own video on the importance of course evaluations. You can work with OEL to record this video in a professional setting. Click the Media Studio link at the top of the page.

Why Fill out Evaluations

Response Improvement

Nick Gaspar has been teaching NSC373 since 2014 and implemented these changes in his course in Fall 2018. Below is the data that shows how his student response rates improved while not having a significant impact on his overall evaluation score. Feel free to reach out to him at ngaspar@umich.edu if you have any questions about implementation.

Pre 2018 Data (Before updated course evaluation content.)

Overall Evaluation Score: 4.45

Average Response Rate: 37.13%

Post 2018 Data (After updated course evaluation content.)

Overall Evaluation Score:4.42

Average Response Rate: 67.8%

Reusable Content

Feel free to use or modify this pre-made content in your own course to help boost evaluation rates.

Course Announcement

Hello,

I wanted to let you all know that course evaluations are now available for all your courses. (Including this one.) They are available until MONTH DAY, and I encourage you to go and fill them out.

https://courseval.umflint.edu/

Your thoughts and experiences help me to understand what works and what needs to improve for future classes.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Learning Unit Objectives

Overview

(What will students learn in this module? How does it relate to material that has been covered so far? Also, be sure to explain what students are supposed to do with the content you post in this module, such as readings, PowerPoints, videos. This is your chance to set expectations, and avoid potential confusion.)

Learning Objectives

(At the conclusion of this module, students will be able to...)

Readings/Resources

(Chapters/Articles/Videos)

Activities

(Discussion board. Define topic. Describe how it will be covered and assessed.)
(Assignment title and due date. Assignment details and rubric can be added to assignment link)
(Test and dates of availability)
Complete the course evaluation, available between MONTH DAY and MONTH DAY.

Learning Unit Activity

Please complete the course evaluation as the final activity for this course. Please be as honest as possible in your responses as they are all anonymous. Your feedback is extremely important to me. Your answers will make a difference, and help me make improvements for future classes!

Click the link below to access the evaluation: