Faculty FAQ | Executive Strategy And Planning | BYU-Idaho

# Faculty FAQs

## What Faculty Need to Know About the End of Course Survey

Have questions about the End of Course Survey? Find answers here about how they work, why they matter, and how your feedback helps improve the BYU-Idaho experience.

Generally, we don't evaluate internships, private music lessons, recitals, independent studies, or practicums. Otherwise, the course will be evaluated. 
 
You can see which of your courses will be evaluated here. If you feel that a course on that list shouldn't be evaluated or there is a course that you think should be evaluated, contact measurement@byui.edu.

For full semester and second block classes, evaluations open two Saturdays before the last day of the semester and close at midnight on the last testing day. 
 
For first block and Summer Session courses, evaluations open the Saturday before the last day of class and are open for one week.

This link will take students to the course evaluation system: 
 
End of Course Evaluation 
 
****Note:**** This link will only work if you are registered for a course. 
 
You can also set up an external tool in Canvas that will track whether or not a student has filled out an evaluation by following the instructions.

Please encourage your students to participate in the End of Course survey. Some faculty do this by offering extra credit to students who complete it. If you would like to offer extra credit, please add the End of Course survey to your course as an assignment. 
 
Instructions on how to do this can be found on the Canvas Completion Reporting Tool page. When the survey is added to your course as an assignment, extra credit is awarded in the gradebook automatically, as soon as students complete the survey in your section. To receive the points, students must access the survey via the link in the course. 
 
****Note:**** There are multiple ways for a student to get into the course evaluations. The course evaluation system will only return a grade if the student clicked the link in your Canvas course. 
 
If a student has not finished the evaluation for your course, clicking the link will let them evaluate your course and will tell Canvas that they have completed it. 
 
If they have finished the evaluation for your course, clicking the link will tell Canvas that they have finished the evaluation for your course and will not make the student evaluate it again.

You can preview the End of Course Survey below: 
 
Preview End of Course Survey

No. Our system does not support custom questions from individual faculty. 
 
If there is something about your course that you would like to measure, consider taking advantage of the SCOT Program or using a Canvas survey. 
 
If you have a need for specific questions at a department level (for example, asking a few questions for every section of a particular course/series), please contact measurement@byui.edu.

Access your results here or through the reports page (coming soon). 
 
The results for each semester are released the day after grades are due. If five or fewer students have evaluated the course, we do not release the results in order to protect students' anonymity.

Reach out to us atmeasurement@byui.edu****.****

Below you will find solutions to the most common student problems. Students can also visit the Student FAQ page. 
 
****My student says they clicked the link I sent them, but they don't see my class.**** 
 
The link that we email out to students/teachers takes students to the evaluation system, but not to a specific class. The system will take them through their courses one at a time. 
 
****My student says that they can't access the evaluation.**** 
 
There are two common reasons that a student can't access their course evaluations: 

1. The evaluation isn't open yet. If this is the case, the student will see a message stating that course evaluations are currently closed. 
 ****Solution:**** Tell them to try again when evaluations are open.
2. There has been an error with the sign-in process. If this is the case, the student will see one of many different error messages or will simply get a blank page when they click the link. 
 ****Solution:**** The student needs to clear their cookies/cache or open the link in a new browser. If that doesn't work, have them contact measurement@byui.edu.

## End of Course Survey Resources

Use the links below to find information specific to ****faculty****, ****students****, and ****academic leaders****.

FOR FACULTY

Adding EOCs to Canvas 
 
Frequently Asked Questions 
 
Instructor Results

FOR STUDENTS

Evaluate Courses 
 
Students FAQs

FOR ACADEMIC LEADERS

Course Reports by Instructor 
 
Course Reports by Course