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The Course Evaluation System (CES) provides students with feedback opportunities while aiding faculty in improving teaching practices and demonstrating effectiveness, benefiting deans and chairs with valuable curriculum data. CES offers features for question customization, assessment of all credit courses, mobile/web accessibility, ADA compliance, and sharing of results. Faculty can add personal questions and curate sections, enhancing customization. Results are shared based on campus guidelines, and CES closes on the last day of instruction. Next steps include setting questions, leading discussions, and establishing guidelines for the upcoming academic year. For inquiries, contact hae@hawaii.edu.
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Course Evaluation System (CES) January 2017 Hae Okimoto, PhD Director, Academic Technologies, ITS
Value of CES • Students able to provide feedback on their learning for all their courses. • Faculty can receive useful feedback on their teaching practices & have an additional tool to demonstrate teaching effectiveness. • Deans, directors or chairs can get another data point regarding curriculum & program effectiveness.
Similarities • Faculty can copy surveys between semesters & years. • Faculty can publish surveys to website. • Aggregate means for common questions available on results. • Results downloadable in PDF & Excel formats. • Results archived. • Results available for use by faculty as part of their T&P documentation.
Difference from eCAFE • Campuses, divisions, departments can determine questions sets for courses at various levels. • 100%* of credit courses will be assessed. • Mobile and web access. • ADA compliant. • Results shared with department/division chair. • Aggregate results of common questions will be shared according to campus guidelines. • Faculty section: • Ability to add own questions • Ability to curate questions • Aggregation among sections
Viewing Results • CES will close the last day of instruction. • Faculty will receive results once grades posted or rolled. • Unit chairs will automatically receive results. • Aggregate results for common question will be shared according to campus policies & procedures.
Next Steps • AY ‘16-’17– establishment of questions in tiers 1-4. • Lead discussions, along with campus assessment specialists, with faculty senate, divisions, departments • Establish campus guidelines, procedures, practices • August 2017 • Send questions to ITS • ITS sends instructions to campus coordinators • Fall Semester 2017 – System open, eCAFE put into archive mode
Q & A hae@hawaii.edu