In addition to the formal teaching evaluations completed by students at the end of the quarter, there are numerous ways to gather feedback from your students and your peers about the course.

DePaul End-of-Quarter Teaching Evaluations (Student Ratings)

• DePaul guidelines for using responses to teaching evaluation questions
• Common questions for teaching evaluations at DePaul

DePaul Online Teaching Evaluations

• Online Teaching Evaluations (New in 2009)

Gathering Feedback Before the Quarter Ends

Gathering feedback throughout the quarter helps us understand what is and is not working in our courses. It allows us to validate strategies we are already implementing and to identify issues before they become problems.

• Gathering in-class feedback(Vanderbilt's Center for Teaching)
  • Download sample forms
  • Offers pros and cons of different methods for gathering feedback in class
• Fast feedback (From the hard copy book Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis)
• Creating an online survey to gather student feedback
  • You can gather information at mid-quarter (or at several points in the quarter) to track improvement.
  • If low response rates are a concern, consider providing a motive for students to complete the survey.
  • Find instructions on creating surveys on Blackboard or Quickdata
• Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID)
  • Description of SGID process (University of Texas)
  • Contact your department or program chair to learn if there is a SGID process in place
  • Contact TLA if your department is interested in starting a SGID program
• Peer evaluation of teaching
  • DePaul Department of Anthropology peer review practices
  • Peer review of teaching (North Carolina State)
    - Definition
    - Types of reviews
    - Formative and summative processes
    - Best practices
    - Resources
  • Peer evaluation observation form (University of Texas Center for Teaching Excellence)

Additional Resources

Getting teaching feedback from Berkley. Includes ideas for how to solicit student opinions about a course including interviews, note cards, and traditional surveys.

Making Sense of Student Evaluation Feedback from Vanderbilt University. Things to consider when reading student evaluations and how to incorporate the feedback into future course planning.

Enquiry based learning planner provides a tool that can be used to aid self reflection on existing courses and modules from the University of Glouchestershire.