Course Evaluations

Evaluations are administered on a rolling basis throughout the semester. End dates/due dates for evaluation tasks are displayed on the Course Evaluation Dashboard. A system-generated email is sent when any course evaluation task or report becomes available. Students, Instructors and Administrators can also access evaluation tasks and reports anytime via the Course Evaluation Dashboard. Access is WashU Key protected.

The matching of respondent names to eval responses can only be done by system administrators. Instructors and department level administrators cannot match names to eval responses. Access to this information is an involved process requiring several levels of approval and would only be done in extreme cases (e.g. threats of violence). Therefore the Office of the University Registrar will report only aggregate feedback and will never include the source of individual responses on any report distributed at any level.

Instructors can add personalized questions, view response rates, or access reports. For help with Question Personalization (QP) see the Faculty Resources section.

Chairs and Administrators also have access to specialized reports from the Dashboard (security-dependent).

Students can access their course evaluations via the link provided in their invitation email. They can also access course evaluations anytime at the Course Evaluation Dashboard.

If you have questions about the evaluation period for a specific course, please contact evals@wustl.edu.

Access is WashU Key protected.

Course evaluation reports for end-of-term evaluations are not distributed until the deadline for final grades has passed and all evaluation periods have closed. Reports going back to Summer 2016 are available.

Instructors will receive email notification when reports become available. Course evaluation reports for midterm course evaluations are typically distributed the Wednesday after midterm evals close. Please note, not all schools/programs participate in midterm evals.

The Office of the University Registrar generates aggregate feedback reports that include both numeric (quantitative) and comment-based (qualitative) feedback. Individual student identifiers (e.g., names, IDs) are in no way attached to evaluation responses within these reports. Reports are prepared and distributed within a hierarchy that allows higher level users access to all reports in their area.

You must have a WashU Key to access these results.

Question Personalization (QP) is available for all courses being evaluated. QP is not offered for midterm evals. Instructors will be notified via email when QP opens for their course(s).

QP allows instructors to add course-specific questions to the evaluation questionnaire. You will be notified via email when QP is available.

Subject Management (SM) – Response rate monitoring is available for all courses being evaluated. We call this access Subject Management (SM). Instructors and administrators will be notified via email when SM opens for a course.

SM allows instructors and staff to monitor response rates and resend system messages to those students who have not yet responded.

The Center for Teaching and Learning offers resources and workshops to help with QP, interpretation of results, etc. More information can be found at the Center for Teaching & Learning website.

If you have a question or concern you are welcome to contact the appropriate  School/Program Eval Administrator. Users in the College of Arts & Sciences are encouraged to first contact their department administrator before contacting WashU Course Evals at evals@wustl.edu.