Key Dates:
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 9am: Evaluation window opens for students.
Thursday, December 10, 2009: Last day of classes.
Monday, December 14, 2009, 9am: Evaluation window closes for students.
January 2010: Online results available.
For Instructors:
For Students:
Designing Survey Questions
Though departments will continue to use the questions from the HASS and Science/Engineering paper evaluation forms (you can view these forms at: web.mit.edu/acadinfo/sse/samples.html), you now have the option of asking specific questions of your students about teaching, sections, and the subject. The questions can be in any format — open-ended, scalar, numeric, etc. If you would like to add extra questions to the Fall 2009 online survey, please submit them to your department administrator before November 20.
Because survey responses are intended to be anonymous, you should not ask for information that could help you identify the respondents. For example, it is not appropriate to ask students to provide demographic information such as class year, gender, or race.
See information from the Teaching & Learning Laboratory on designing effective survey questions.
(Excerpted from Overview of Issues in Assessment & Evaluation).