Best Practices Project

In an interview project of 100 students who submitted no CourseEvalUM evaluations Fall 2008 and 100 faculty whose courses had the highest rates of participation that same term, we learned that course evaluation participation rates are assisted largely by how the course instructor approaches the course evaluation process.  Find out more at the CourseEvalUM Phone Interview Project: https://www.irpa.umd.edu/Assessment/CourseEval/Referenced_Files/interviewsSpr09.pdf

A lower response rate does not explain a lower score

IRPA staff completed another study using CourseEvalUM Spring 2009 data. The study indicated that the response rate for CourseEvalUM submissions explains less than 1% of the variance in the evaluation scores.   You don't need 100% response rates to get good scores. Read more: https://www.irpa.umd.edu/Assessment/CourseEval/Referenced_Files/response_score_fall09_report.pdf 

Fall 2009 Course EvalUM

The system opens for student submissions on Tuesday, December 1 and closes on Sunday, December 13. Students can log in to complete evaluations at https://www.courseevalum.umd.edu/

Check your updated course response rates during the evaluation period

When CourseEvalUM is open for students, you can use updated response rates for your courses to prompt participation: https://www.irpa.umd.edu/Assessment/CourseEval/response_rate.shtml.

View your CourseEvalUM results

Reporting for CourseEvalUM is located at www.ares.umd.edu under Faculty Services.

CourseEvalUM Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment
https://www.irpa.umd.edu/Assessment/crs_eval.shtml