We know that feedback is important in your effort to improve the quality of teaching at UVU. We appreciate your assistance in encouraging your students to participate in the course evaluation surveys (CES) process each semester. Here are some hints as to how you can do this:
For questions or suggestions regarding the survey please request BI Services help through this link. BI Services Help
You may access the CES system through Canvas. You may also access it by logging in to myUVU, clicking on the "Faculty Resources" top menu option and selecting "End of Term/SRIs" in the My Classes area. There you will see the link to "Course Evaluation Reporting."
If you would like an all-inclusive CES report that has all courses taught by year/semester/term with all the comments and raw data please submit your requested information to BI Services Help at this link. BI Services Help
Yes. This information is available in the reports area of the CES system.
CES results are made available to faculty as per the schedule posted in the Key CES Dates section of the course evaluation page.
The number of students responding, and response breakdowns are provided for each question on the survey, by class section. You will also be able to see summary information for each of the demographic questions in the current survey.
The survey is anonymous, and you will not be able to tell whether particular students have submitted surveys or not.
Typically, students can complete the CES beginning two weeks prior to the final day of classes, until 6 days after the final day of classes for most classes. Please refer to the Key CES Dates section for more detailed information.
Students will receive reminders through Canvas each time they log in. Also, they will receive an email containing a link to the survey at the beginning of the survey period, and then weekly until they complete the survey or the survey closes.
The effectiveness of the CES system is largely founded on the instructor's support of that system as a way for their students to provide feedback. Continued reminders and encouragement in class can go a long way to increasing the response rate for your evaluations. You can also send personal e-mail reminders to your classes using Canvas and your course lists. Some instructors choose to provide extra credit. If your class meets in a computer lab, you can allot time in class for students to complete their CES.
The survey is anonymous, but students can print a confirmation receipt after they have completed the survey. If the students have completed the survey without printing a receipt, they can access the receipt by clicking on the link in Canvas or in the CES email they were sent for your class.
All reporting on survey results is suspended while surveys are open. After the surveys close, you may access the results by logging in to myUVU, clicking on the "Faculty Resources" top menu option and selecting "End of Term/SRIs" in the My Classes area. There you will see the link to "Course Evaluation Reporting." You will be able to access the department chair results in the Reporting area of the CES system. Please reach out to BI Services if needed. BI Services Help
Grades in Canvas are not tied to Banner and are not official grades. If you keep track of grades in Canvas, students can use the Canvas system to guess at their final grade while filling out an evaluation.
The emails are sent to students' UVU accounts. The CES emails will not be sent to their personal emails and the students may miss them if they have not linked their UVU email to their personal email. Even after they link their UVU email to their personal email, after it leaves UVU we cannot control what happens to it and it may end up in their personal email Spam folder. The email will also return to us as “Undeliverable” if the student’s personal email inbox is full.
Here is a preview of the current CES survey: Current Survey Used
If you have other questions, please contact your department chair or Kathren Brown at (801)863-8517 or via e-mail at [email protected].
