How can I receive helpful feedback from students?

Gathering feedback from students helps provide evaluation, reflection, and an opportunity for course improvement. Benefits of feedback include immediate (or quick) remediation, correction, or adjustments to material provided to students and their understanding of that material.

Strategies

Face-to-Face

Technology Tools
Student reactions
  • Level of engagement or excitement in the classroom
  • Body language (eyeroll, sigh)
  • Poll Everywhere (anonymous)
  • Canvas Surveys (anonymous)
Student check for understanding
  • Student assignment results/scores
  • Student performance
  • Poll Everywhere
  • Canvas Gradebook and Analytics
Mid-semester surveys
  • Paper survey
  • Comment card
  • Poll Everywhere
  • Canvas Surveys (anonymous)
  • Google Surveys (anonymous)
End of class meeting surveys
  • Paper survey
  • Comment card
  • Canvas Surveys (anonymous)
  • Google Surveys (anonymous)
End of course evaluations
  • n/a
 UNCC System Faculty Evaluation

 

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