Student Evaluations Part 2

Last week I sent out a quick tip about student evaluations. I was asked a couple of questions about how to collect feedback from students BEFORE the semester ends. One way is to add quick exit ticket at the end of your class.  As the Harvard Graduate School notes, these temperature checks can be anything from a “…quick assessments of student understanding, such as a “show of hands” poll or a quick-write at the end of class (also called an “exit ticket”). [These tickets] don’t take much time or preparation but do give instructors a valuable window into student learning” https://instructionalmoves.gse.harvard.edu/taking-classroom-temperature 

You can also use tech tools such as Google Forms, Top Hat, or an ungraded quiz in Canvas to collect information during or after an online or face-to-face class that you share through a QR code or link. Other low-tech solutions in a classroom include a large post it note with one question written at the top, such as “What didn’t make sense today?” Top Hat and Online Questions https://onlinequestions.org/ allow students to see all of the submitted questions/responses.