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CoursEval

CoursEval is a web based evaluation and reporting tool that can be used for a variety of confidential survey-driven assessment and non-assessment activities. It was designed by an academic administrator and instructor with the explicit goal of making the required task of course evaluations easier, smarter, and less expensive for other administrators and instructors. CoursEval will allow us to evaluate courses and faculty online, replacing the paper process/bubble sheet approach. The software provides the means to create, deploy, and analyze longitudinal surveys geared to evaluate courses and faculty instruction. CoursEval will easily handle the traditional quarter end evaluations as well as any other assessment, voting or surveys you require. We have used CoursEval for the following applications

  • Voting in the College of Arts and Sciences
  • HR Survey
  • Quarterly Student Evaluations of Course and Faculty
  • Administrative Evaluations of Deans, Assistant Deans, Chairs, Vice President and President
  • Tutoring Survey
  • Racial and Ethnicity Classification Form
  • Calendar Vote
  • Academic Calendar Survey

If your department has a need to gather information campus wide CoursEval may be the application for you. Please call Sue VanDyne, x2009 or email s-vandyne@onu.edu.

CoursEval log in site: https://onuapp1.onu.edu/courseval/ets/et.asp?nxappid=WCQ&nxmid=start

CoursEval started at Ohio Northern University in the spring of 2005-06 with a pilot in the College of Engineering. That quarter's response rate was a 91%. We were very pleased with the execution of the evaluation and the reports that followed. It was that pilot that led us to purchase the software and by the fall of 2008-09 all colleges were using the software.  

 

Frequently asked questions:

Q1) Can the administration identify the student thorough the survey tools?
Ans- Unless the student self identifies there is NO WAY to identify the student with the normal tools of our survey software.

Q2) Are the survey tools truly anonymous?
Ans- YES they are. The tools are controlled by an independent third party, who is legally bound to maintain anonymity. 

Q3) If I log on with my name, and want to answer the online survey, does my ID get tagged too?
Ans- NO the ID does not get tagged onto the survey. 

Q4) Why do I need to log in?
Ans-Logging into the system allows verification that you have taken, partially taken, or not taken some or all of your surveys. Again, your answers to questions are completely separate from this verification. 

Q5) What circumstances can preclude reversal of the anonymity clause?
Ans-If there is perceived danger to a person or imminent threat to the population i.e.-terrorism if outlined in the comments of the tools. In this extreme case, law enforcement would dictate the exposure of computer code which will reveal any threats. While this has not happened to our understanding, this is similar to posting things on a website or even text messaging. 

Q6) Is the data absolutely safe?
Ans-No data can be absolutely safe. There have been circumstances where credit card companies have been hacked into for information. Utmost safety is maintained at the independent party servers. 

Q7) Why collect data?
Ans- We are collecting data, to maximize the quality of student services. This data will be used to construct improvements in our current systems reflecting in the optimum academic environment to you, our most important stakeholders. Data will be recorded with no identity tags, and in summary form; this means that the information is untraceable.