Schedule for 2025 Spring Mid-Semester Feedback Surveys

• Feb 17 – Feb 28
  • Instructor access to opt-in
  • Instructor add custom questions if desired
• Mar 3 - Mar 12
  • Student access to surveys
  • Instructors view survey Response Rates
• Mar 13 - Instructor access to survey results

Mid-semester feedback surveys allow instructors to ask a wide range of questions. For convenience, the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence has compiled a list of required questions that are asked of all participants.

Instructors are also welcome to add additional questions that relate directly to their course. To maximize the effectiveness of the surveys, please keep the total number of questions to 20-25. This increases the chances that students will provide meaningful and substantive responses.

BEHAVIORAL QUESTIONS:

The following questions are asked of all respondents on the following scale:

Consistently / Often / Sometimes / Rarely / Never / Not Applicable

"Please rate your instructor on the frequency that they exhibit these qualities and behaviors:"

1. Knowledgeable About Subject Matter (for example, appropriately answers students’ questions; provides value beyond required texts)
2. Establishes Learning Objectives (for example, prepares/follows the syllabus; has clear learning objectives)
3. Uses Relevant Assessments (for example, assignments/tests target key learning objectives)
4. Provides Constructive Feedback (for example, provides useful, timely feedback on returned work)
5. Accessible (for example, posts/attends office hours, gives contact information, responds in a reasonable amount of time)
6. Attentive to Student Learning (for example, asks questions to check student understanding; reinforce information when necessary)
7. Engaging and Interesting (for example, uses relevant examples; supports and enhances lectures with educational tools and/or technology)
8. Receptive to Feedback (for example, requests course feedback from students; responds to student suggestions)
9. Respectful (for example, is considerate and polite, encourages students, promotes an inclusive environment)

STANDARD QUESTIONS:

The following questions are asked of all respondents on the following scale:

Strongly Agree / Somewhat Agree / Neither Agree nor Disagree / Somewhat Disagree / Strongly Disagree / Not Applicable

1. The instructor is an effective teacher.
2. I will tell other students that the instructor is effective in communicating the content of the course.
3. I will tell other students that the instructor describes and consistently follows course and grading policies.
4. I will tell other students that the instructor is prepared for class.
5. I will recommend this instructor to other students.

OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS:

The following written questions will be asked of your students:

1. With regards to teaching, what are the strengths of the instructor?
2. What suggestions do you have for improving the quality of instruction?

Mid-Semester Feedback is optional and voluntary. Instructors can choose to participate in the survey using the Blue software interface.

Each semester an opt-in time period will be defined and communicated to all faculty registered as instructors in JoeSS.

To select participation:

Click on the link provided in the email notification you receive (each link is personalized to the individual instructor). You will be taken to a screen that shows your course. Select Manage Settings. (NOTE: Once the survey opens for students this screen will show your response rates.)

(Scroll down for a walkthrough video)

On the settings screen you can chose to Opt-in (participate) in the Mid-Semester Feedback survey.

There are two sliders. The top slider is to opt-in the course. This must be set to Yes to activate the course survey.

The second slider activates an individual instructor's participation. This slider must be set to Yes if you want to participate in the survey. 

TEAM TAUGHT COURSES:

The top slider (the course slider) must be set to Yes for the course to be surveyed. Then each instructor in the course must set the instructor slider to Yes to receive an evaluation of their teaching.

NOTE: It is not required for all instructors in a team taught course to choose to be evaluated.

WALKTHROUGH VIDEO

Instructors can add up to three questions of their own devising. They can add a combination of scaled questions and open-ended questions.

Questions can be a combination of scaled questions

and Open-ended questions