Online Course Evaluations FAQ

 For faculty:

I know the date and time at which I plan on administering my evals. How do I administer my evals in-class at my chosen time?

  • Approximately seven days before your course start date, your course will be loaded into the system, and you will receive an email asking that you review your evaluation details (sample screenshot). Upon logging into the system, you will be able to modify the date and time at which evals will become available to students (within a set window that varies depending on the length of a course), and the date and time at which they will close. You can also set your course to manual administration, meaning that you, as the instructor, can manually open the evals to students, in class, at whatever the appropriate time is.

Note: You will only be able to set the evaluation date within the window of time that will end on the last official day of your course. If you need to change the official last day or if it is showing as incorrect in the system, the change must be made via the registrar’s office. If you have not set a day/time for the evaluations to be administered, the system will sent out an email to the students the day after the last official day of the course.

  • At the beginning of each term, you can review which courses have been loaded into the system, and their evaluation details, by logging into http://go.lclark.edu/evals.

How will students complete evals in class?

  • Please ask students to bring their own devices (e.g. phones/laptop/tablet) to class on the day you plan to administer evaluations.
  • For both on-campus and off-campus course evaluations, please direct your students to access the system at: http://go.lclark.edu/evals

  • You should leave the room as they are completing the eval. You can, however, sign in to check the response rate in real time. If it seems like it is low, you can go back into the class and “remind” students to complete the eval and give them more time.

What will the online evaluation form look like?

  • We are administering the course evaluations on the form approved by the graduate faculty in 2014.

I am team teaching. How will students evaluate both instructors?

  • Students will fill out non-instructor-specific questions once. Instructor-specific questions will be repeated, with each instructor’s name listed. 

What if a student misses class on the day I administer my evaluations?

  • By default, evaluations will remain available to any students who have not completed them, for 7 days after your course end date.

When will I receive my evaluation results?

  • Your evaluation results will be available the day after all your grades have been posted—as soon as 8 days after the course end date. Results will include aggregated data, comments, and a reproduction of students’ individual “response sheets,” so that you can review connections between particular comments and numerical ratings.

You can also check our GSEC course evaluations page for reference information and any updates regarding the online course evaluation system.