1. Everything you wanted to know about course evaluations but were afraid to send an email to ask… Shari L. Jorissen, EdD, PhD Director of Assessment Office of Institutional Research & Assessment

2. Welcome to Today’s Webinar! Confidential – Internal Use Only2 Click the arrow to view panel. Adjust audio setup as needed. Ask questions throughout the webinar. Technical Support: 800-263-6317 Closed Captioning is available through the link in the Questions area.

3. Presenter Background Confidential – Internal Use Only3 Dr. Shari Jorissen, EdD, PhD is the Director of Assessment in the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment (OIRA) at Walden University. As the Director of Assessment, Dr. Jorissen is responsible for coordinating the course evaluation process for Walden including administration and reporting. In addition, she is responsible for Program level learning outcomes assessment and reporting across Walden as well as completing research projects with different stakeholders throughout the University. She was a member of the Walden University HLC Assessment Academy committee and currently serves as a mentor for two other universities going through this process. She is an active member of the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) and the Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE). Dr. Jorissen is a two time alumni of Walden having earned her PhD in Psychology in 2008 and her EdD in Higher Education and Adult Learning in 2012.

4. Confidential – Internal Use Only4 Session Learning Outcomes At the end of this session, participants will be able to: Be familiar with the types of course evaluations used at Walden. Be familiar with the course evaluation administration process. Locate items, frequencies, and mean scores on a course evaluation report. Be familiar with the types of reporting that use course evaluation data.

5. Course Evaluation Data Collection

6. Course Evaluation Versions Evaluation:Courses Included: Standard All graduate level courses not included in other categories; 5000 level; WCSS Undergraduate All undergraduate level courses not included in other categories Field Experience All practicum, internship, and field experience courses SBSF-7100/Research Classroom All SBSF-7100 courses; Thesis, Dissertation, Doctoral Study courses Confidential – Internal Use Only6

7. Course Evaluation Deployments SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday Initial Invitation (overnight between M & T) Last day of class Reminder Email Grades due Deployment Ends Faculty Level Reports Deployed* Confidential – Internal Use Only7

8. Student Access to Course Evaluation Students receive an email inviting them to take the course evaluation To complete your survey: Go to the My Announcements area within your Blackboard classroom and open the "Invitation to respond" announcement to submit a response. If you do not see the invitation link in the My Announcements box, click on more announcements…to find the link. You may have to scroll through the announcements to find the link. The course evaluation will not be saved, if you stop filling out the evaluation before you submit you will need to start again. Confidential – Internal Use Only8

9. Student Access to Course Evaluation Confidential – Internal Use Only9

10. Student Access to Course Evaluation Confidential – Internal Use Only10

11. Student Access to Course Evaluation After 7 days the link moves to “More Announcements” –Students may need to scroll through the announcements to find the link Confidential – Internal Use Only11

12. Student Access to Course Evaluation Confidential – Internal Use Only12

13. Student Access to Course Evaluation Confidential – Internal Use Only13

14. Faculty Level Reporting

15. Individual Faculty Level Reports Faculty directions: 1.Log into a recent course 2.Find Content Collection in the control panel/menu on the left of your classroom 3.Expand the Content Collection link Confidential – Internal Use Only15 2 3

16. Individual Faculty Level Reports Faculty directions: 4.Find link containing your username_content; click on this link 5.Go to folder containing course section (individual faculty) course evaluation reports—folder will have deployment name containing term (201250-1 for example) Confidential – Internal Use Only16 4 5

17. Individual Faculty Level Reports Faculty directions: 6.Click on the PDF link to open your report: Confidential – Internal Use Only17 5 6

18. Individual Faculty Level Reports Confidential – Internal Use Only18

19. Individual Faculty Level Reports Confidential – Internal Use Only19 A: Internal OIRA tracking number B: Type of course evaluation C: Term-Part of Term (from Banner) C1: Year (Fall term begins the new year code: September 2012 = 2013) C2: Term (Odd=Quarter; Even=Semester) 10=Fall; 30=Winter; 50=Spring; 70=Summer 20=Fall; 40=Spring; 60=Summer C3: Part of term (Identifies how many weeks and placement in term) 1=Full term (12 wks Quarter; 16 wks Semester) 2=1st 8 weeks of Semester 4=2nd 8 weeks of Semester A C B C1C2C3 Examples:

20. Individual Faculty Level Reports Confidential – Internal Use Only20 1=School 2=College 3=Walden Overall Only includes data from that deployment A B C

21. University Level Reporting

22. Reports Generated with Course Evaluation Data Reports are compiled by OIRA every 3 months based on course evaluation deployment end dates: –March 6 through June 5: Spring Report –June 6 through September 5: Summer Report –September 6 through December 5: Fall Report –December 6 through March 5: Winter Report Course Evaluation Report: All questions; Frequencies and means over time Course Characteristics Report: Mean scores of course questions Instructor Quality Report (IQR): Mean scores of instructor questions and instructor scale Confidential – Internal Use Only22

23. Course Designation Many programs share courses Course Designation is used to categorize courses in quarterly reports Confidential – Internal Use Only23 CourseCourse Designation COUN-6000; COUN-6510COUN-6xxx MGMT-6045/MGMT-6705Crosslisted SoM COUN-6700/PSYC-6700/MMPA-6700Crosslisted CSBS MMPA-8320/PUBH-8320Crosslisted University COMM-1001COMM (GenEd) COMM-3001COMM (SOM)

24. Quarterly Course Evaluation Report Confidential – Internal Use Only24

25. Quarterly Course Evaluation Report Confidential – Internal Use Only25

26. Quarterly Course Evaluation Report Confidential – Internal Use Only26

27. Quarterly Course Characteristics Report Confidential – Internal Use Only27

28. Quarterly Instructor Quality Reports (IQR) Confidential – Internal Use Only28 Instructor Scale Mean Survey IDCourse Q1 Mean Q2 Mean Q3 Mean Q4 Mean Q5 Mean Q6 Mean Q7 Mean Q8 Mean Completed Surveys TimeCourse Designation 29.15 74. Standard Course Evaluation_201310-1 PUBH-8330-x3.923.314.003.773.923.313.623.3113.0015.54PUBH 8xxx 29.50 60. Standard Course Evaluation_201320-2 NURS-6210-x4.334.004.062.003.613.394.283.8318.0019.39NURS 6xxx 30.23 74. Standard Course Evaluation_201310-1 NURS-8210-x4.213.934.213.073.213.364.234.0014.0021.29NURS 8xxx 30.40 60. Standard Course Evaluation_201320-2 NURS-6150-x4.003.604.003.804.003.503.903.6010.0018.10NURS 6xxx 30.71 60. Standard Course Evaluation_201320-2 HINF-6205-x/MMHA- 6115-x 3.863.573.864.293.863.574.293.437.0020.29Xlist SHS 30.86 60. Standard Course Evaluation_201320-2 NURS-6025-x4.203.873.864.073.333.734.073.7315.0017.40NURS 6xxx 31.40 60. Standard Course Evaluation_201320-2 NURS-6410-x4.503.404.503.90 3.703.803.7010.0023.60NURS 6xxx

29. Quarterly Instructor Quality Reports (IQR) Confidential – Internal Use Only29

30. Questions Course Evaluations Course.evals@waldenu.edu Shari.jorissen@waldenu.edu IQR Kimberly.Ford1@waldenu.edu 30