Faculty may request a pre-course survey through the Office of Measurement and Evaluation of Teaching. This service further supports our mission to assist faculty with gathering student feedback. The service is optional and those who request agree to follow the processes outlined below.

Description

Pre-course surveys are formative and designed to collect information about students that can inform the course design and assess student needs.

Who can request?

Anyone teaching a course, including Teaching Assistants, can request through their Teaching Survey Dashboard. Email notifications are sent when the option to request is open.

Which classes can be surveyed?

Any course may be surveyed.

Survey Content:

Faculty can choose to use the standard OMET question set or write their own (faculty choosing the OMET set will still have the option to add questions). Go to our Question Library to view both lists.

Survey Administration Details

• Email notifications are sent to faculty when the option to request is open.
• Questions can be added up to one day before surveys begin.
• Surveys are open for students one week before the term begins and close the week after classes begin.
• Email notifications are sent to students and links will appear in Canvas.

Results

• In contrast to other reporting practices, results will be available after at least one response giving faculty the opportunity to use feedback for discussion on day one of class and encourage more students to participate.
• Results are released to faculty members only.