Teaching Effectiveness Survey Instructions
The University Senate Teaching Effectiveness committee is responsible for the content, design and overall management of the Teaching Effectiveness survey.
The teaching effectiveness surveys use the current purple student survey sheets and brown cover sheets available at the Auburn University Bookstore in Haley Center.
Scan sheets to be processed must be delivered to and picked up from Test Scoring Services in 145 Parker Hall. Scan sheets received through Campus Mail will not be processed. Scan sheets for individual classes should be placed in separate envelopes labeled with the name and telephone number of the person to contact for pick-up. When the evaluations involve multiple classes, such as an entire department, school, or college, all of the scan sheets must be delivered as one unit. Both the person delivering the scan sheets for processing and the person picking up the printed output will be required to sign for them.
In addition to the printed output, the raw scanned data can also be copied to CD. Instructors who want the file on CD should include a blank writeable CD-R in the envelope with the scan sheets.
All scan sheets must be marked with a #2 pencil ONLY.
All response positions must be fully marked. Do not mark outside the designated area of any response position. All stray marks must be completely erased.
Scan sheets must not be stapled, folded or mutilated.
All scan sheets must face in the same direction--make sure that the notched edge is at the top right. Place a class cover sheet on top of the student sheets for each class.
Students should print the Instructor's Name, Course Prefix and Number, and Semester and Year information in the blanks. They should then mark the bubbles for the eight common multiple choice questions. They should also mark the bubbles for the six general questions unless they feel the information would violate their anonymity. If there are any optional questions, students should turn the sheet over and mark the corresponding bubbles there.
Students may write comments in the box provided on the back of the sheet. However, any writing outside of the boundaries of the box may result in inaccurate scanning of the multiple choice questions.
A cover sheet must be completed for each class and placed on top of the student survey sheets for the class. This sheet should be filled out as follows:
| 1. INSTRUCTOR NAME | Print the instructor's name in the boxes and mark the corresponding bubbles. |
| 2. COURSE | Print the course name, section number and suffix in the boxes and mark the corresponding bubbles. |
| 3. TIME | Mark the bubble corresponding to the time of day of the class. |
| 4. NUMBER OF STUDENTS | Print the number of students enrolled in the class. There may be students enrolled who do not complete surveys. |
| 5. NUMBER OF OPTIONAL ITEMS | Print the number of optional questions that were given to the students. Do not include the eight common questions provided on the survey sheet. |
| 6. COLLEGE OR SCHOOL | Mark the bubble corresponding to the college or school offering the class. |
| 7. INSTRUCTOR RANK | Mark the bubble corresponding to the rank of the instructor teaching the class. |
| 8. DEPARTMENT CODE | Print the department code provided by the Provost Office in the boxes and mark the corresponding bubbles. |