The Lindner College of Business utilizes the University of Cincinnait's online course evaluation system, CoursEval, that can be found at http://evaluation.uc.edu/. 

Faculty - We ask you to encourage student participation in the online course evaluation process for your course(s).  This is important because:

• Course Evaluations are conducted every term for every course offered in the Lindner College of Business.  Course Evaluations provide instructors with immediate feedback from the students about how their course is received by students.  The comment boxes allow students to indicate suggestions for improving the course.  These suggestions may be helpful to the instructor in better communicating with students about the course.
• Course Evaluations are used in the Annual Performance Review conducted for each Faculty member and Instructor every year.
• Course Evaluations are used in Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Decisions by the Department committee, the Department chair, the College committee and the Dean.
• Course Evaluations are used in making merit recommendations.

Given the importance of collecting the best possible data, the Teaching Committee has established the following:

• Instructors may view participation rates while the survey is active but they cannot see any results, comments or participant names during the evaluaton period. This allows you to monitor how many of your students have completed the evaluation and encourage those who have not yet completed the evaluations to do so. 
  
  • You can increase participation rates by:
    
    • reminding students in class to complete the course evaluation,
      
    • sending an email to the students,
      
    • giving participation points or extra credit for completing the course evaluation.
      
  • Some instructors have the students submit a paper copy that lists the students surveys. This paper will show the completion of their individual evaluations without revealing data.
    
• The Quarter Evaluation Period will be from the Thursday of the 9^th week of classes until the Sunday before Exam week. The Evaluation Period has been established to make sure that students will not see their final grades before they complete the evaluations. 
  Note: It is university policy that no final exams may be given during the final week of classes, regardless of whether the exam is cumulative or not.  See the Registrar’s footnote #2 on the Examination Schedule located here.
• Instructors may view participation rates while the survey is active but they cannot see any results, comments or participant names.
• Evaluation summaries will be available to Instructors approximately one week after the evaluation period closes.  The timely delivery of this data allows Instructors to review their evaluations prior to the beginning of the next quarter.
• Students who drop the course and have an assigned grade of W will not receive a course survey.

Further information regarding CoursEval at the University of Cincinnati can be found on the Faculty Technology Resources Center site.