With end-of-term deadlines, grading turnarounds, and rapid student emails, it is easy to get overwhelmed in December. Then, when your inbox quiets and holiday chaos has begun, online course questionnaires (OCQs)—IUB’s version of student ratings of instruction—suddenly appear. If you’re like me, you stare at the email announcing their availability for a few days before… Read more »
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Turning Course Evaluations Inside Out
April in Bloomington is generally associated with daffodils, spring weather (excluding this year), morel mushrooms, Little 500, and course evaluations. Saying any combination of the words “end of semester course evaluation” to a faculty member tends to elicit an emotional response. Reading course evaluations can feel much like Pixar’s (2015) movie Inside Out. Depending on… Read more »