Professors already get "summative" feedback about their courses from the end-of-semester evaluation form. This Helper is designed to assist them in gaining "formative" feedback---that is, feedback delivered throughout a course that can be used to assess what works (and doesn't work!), suggest improvements, and evaluate changes; in short, to help professors improve their teaching.
The Helper is designed so that each professor can generate numerous custom feedback forms, each containing only those statements he or she has selected. For example, you could use one form on the first day of class to evaluate your syllabus; another to focus on your delivery skills; and others to check your communication and technology skills. It even allows you to print out surveys where students assess their own class performance!
You may also consider administering the forms to students using "Scan-Tron" forms to facilitate automated scoring and entry of student responses into a database. Then you can use your favorite spreadsheet or statistics program to generate summary statistics and track student responses over time.
To use FRED:
Type the name of your course, your name, and the title you would like to appear at the top of your finished evaluation form.
Check all the statements you want to include on the current survey by using your mouse to click on the little boxes in front of each statement..
If there are one or more statements you would like to include that don't appear on the list, you can type them in the provided text boxes marked "Other".
At the bottom of the form, choose an evaluation scale by clicking one of the round buttons next to Style 1, 2, or 3..
Lastly, click Submit. Your custom evaluation form will appear in a moment, ready to download to your computer or print.
Numbering Your Evaluation Items
Unfortunately, FRED can't number your evaluation items for you. If you need them to be numbered, try this:
Use Edit-->Select All to select all the text in the evaluation
Choose Edit-->Copy to place the text on your computer's "Clipboard."
Open up Microsoft Word with a blank document and use Edit-->Paste to paste all the text from the evaluation into your Word document.
Select just the statements you want numbered and click the Autonumber button on Word's toolbar (the Autonumber button has a tiny "123" on it).
Once the statements have been numbered, print and save your new Word file.
If you have any questions about this Helper or would like to suggest improvements, please email Dr. Robert Bramucci at bob.bramucci@rcc.edu.