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Student Feedback

Online Administration

To explore the feasibility of moving towards online student feedback surveys for potential College-wide adoption, the Division of Strategy and Institutional Effectiveness piloted an online product - Watermark's Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES, formerly EvaluationKIT) between Fall Term 2016 and Summer Term 2019 that allows student feedback surveys to be generated and tabulated electronically with an easy integration through the Learning Management System (Canvas). 

During this implementation process, faculty were not be penalized for low response rates due to shortened administration windows, user error, or software/technical errors.

Students can complete their surveys by computer, tablet, or phone. The surveys are 100% anonymous. The data is collected in Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES, formerly EvaluationKIT). The surveys (Classroom and Alternate) are the same surveys that have always been used for the College’s Student Feedback Administration.

Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES, formerly EvaluationKIT) offers built-in reporting features that allow instructors and administrators to view results in reports, bar-charts, and even download the raw data files. Instructors and administrators can access results within a few clicks and view summary reports for the courses they teach or the areas they oversee.

Opt-out

This option is only available for Continuing Contract faculty in the Fall Term.

Continuing Contract faculty who choose not to participate, must complete the Opt-out Form no later than the last Friday of September.

This option is limited to Continuing Contract Faculty with a start date prior to Fall 2019 planning a paper-based administration for In-person and Blended courses.

Opt-in

This option is only available for Continuing Contract faculty in the Spring Term.

Continuing Contract faculty who choose to participate, must complete the Opt-in Form no later than the last Friday of January.

Response Rates

Below are the response rates for the Online Student Feedback Administration since Fall 2022.

View data from previous Academic Years.

Alternative Surveys are administered in courses such as Co-Op, Independent Studies, Competency-based Education and MDC Online.

Classroom Surveys are administered in traditional classroom courses, including Web-enhanced, Blended and Labs. The last administration was Fall 2019.

Alternative Survey
Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Summer 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2024
Courses 7,620 4,537 2,737 8,460 5,546 3,725
Responses 91,621 52,348 38,891 106,170 64,229 43,413
Enrollment 149,781 80,854 55,660 168,560 92,498 63,764
Response Rate 61% 65% 70% 63% 69% 68%

Note: Since Summer 2020 this survey has been used for all courses

Access Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES)

Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES, formerly EvaluationKIT) SSO Login

For technical assistance, please contact the office of Assessment, Evaluation and Testing:

AET@mdc.edu

Silvio Rodriguez
P: 305.237.7492
silvio.rodriguez@mdc.edu

Marlen Gonzalez
P: 305.237.7481
mgonzal6@mdc.edu

NOTICE
  • Effective Spring 2022 (2223), the online product used for Student Feedback – EvaluationKIT has been replaced with its new name, Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES). The name change does not affect the functionality, workflows, and URLs of the system.
  • The default Student Feedback administration is online.
  • The Assessment, Evaluation, and Testing (AET) office provides general guidance of the student feedback administration to ensure that the actual conduct of the feedback is handled efficiently and confidentially.
  • Students use the Course Evaluation & Surveys (CES, formerly EvaluationKIT) online platform for completing student feedback.
  • Students and instructors can access the online platform securely through Canvas without the need for an additional login or password.
  • Instructors and administrators use this platform to monitor feedback administration, and for receiving the results of the student feedback.
  • Paper-based administration is only available for Continuing Contract faculty with a start date prior to Fall 2019 who opt-out of the Online administration. Paper-based administrations are limited to In-person and Blended courses. Faculty receive a basic offline report.