1. AY Year 2010-11

2.  The administration period runs for two weeks in the 14 –weeks sessions (fall and spring) and six calendar days in other sessions.  The administration period ends the last day of classes.  Office of Assessment (OA) will upload the standard instrument into the server.  OA will upload the data file with student and course information into the server.  OA will use the server to notify students via email (at least three times) to complete the course evaluation.  The server creates the default report for faculty. Reports will be posted only if three or more students have completed the evaluations.  The server notifies faculty and department chairs via email when the reports are accessible with a link to login 3/9/20102

3.  All necessary security and confidentiality assurances.  ADA compliant.  Assurance of one response per student based on enrollment.  Notification to students via email, with multiple reminders  Departments can add custom questions by department or college 3/9/20103

4.  Students will receive a message asking them to complete the online evaluation 3/9/20104

5.  Once in the evaluation environment, students will see the list of the courses eligible for evaluation.  If the student has withdrawn from a course, this course will not be listed. 3/9/20105

6.  While completing the evaluation instrument, faculty name and course section will appear at the top of each page.  Students will know if they are evaluating a faculty or a lab instructor  Students will also see their progress in the evaluation process. 3/9/20106

7.  After completing the evaluation of a course, the message below will appear “Thank you for completing your evaluation. Click on the button below to return to your list of evaluations.” 3/9/20107

8.  The list of courses will be updated, showing which evaluations have been completed and which ones have yet to be completed. 3/9/20108

9.  If a student leave the course evaluation environment without completing an evaluation, he or she will receive a message indicating what was his or her last entry. 3/9/20109

10.  After grades are submitted, faculty will receive an email message with a link to the site and a login 3/9/201010

11.  Faculty will have direct access to their course specific reports by logging into the server  Faculty will be able to download report(s) and customize the report(s) to meet their needs 3/9/201011

12.  Faculty will be able to customize the report for sharing purposes 3/9/201012

13.  Faculty will be able to access his/her report(s) online instead of printing a copy. The report will be available to faculty after log in into the server. 3/9/201013

14. 3/9/201014  Faculty will be able to compare the results of one individual section with the other participants in the online course evaluation process, by department and campus.

15.  If you have any additional questions about the process please feel free to contact us by sending an email to assessment@towson.edu or contacting directly us Aileen Trainer AVP for Assessment 410-704-2557 Luz Caceda Assessment Analyst 410-704-2331 3/9/201015