How to Increase Online Student Course Evaluation Rates: 4 Strategies That Work

Description  Challenge - How to design online-feedback systems that work Typically, when students use online instruments to rate their course experiences, fewer of them respond than during in-person ratings done in the classroom. We believe persistent myths about differences between online and in-person student ratings. By designing our feedback systems beyond the end-of-course rating period, we increase student response rates—as well as increase their positive responses. Key Takeaway Whether our students are sitting in our classrooms or logging in on their phones from coffee shops and public libraries to rate their experiences of our courses, it’s time to create online-feedback mechanisms that just work, regardless of how our students interact with us. Overview Many campuses have moved entirely or partially to electronic survey instruments for end-of-course student ratings of teaching effectiveness. Because online surveys don’t provide the captive audience of the old penc