Office of the Registrar
Dartmouth College
Office of the Registrar
6014 McNutt Hall
Hanover, NH 03755-3541
Phone: (603) 646-2246
Fax: (603) 646-2247
Email: registrar@Dartmouth.EDU
Course Assessment Student View: Faculty Report
The faculty report displays data on courses taught by a faculty member from the date the faculty member indicated as the start term when s/he opted in.
Sample Faculty Report
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A. Select a Question – Choose the question for which you want to see data here. The questions are:
- I think the overall quality of the course was
- I put a great deal of effort into the course
- I was intellectually engaged in the course
- The objectives of the course were clear to me
- I found the course to be well organized
- The assignments reinforced my understanding of the course material
- I think the overall effectiveness of the teaching was
- The professor challenged me to think critically about the course material
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B. “Select a Graph” - This option allows you to view the graphical data. There are three types of graphs: a mean graph (see D.1), a response distribution graph by % (see D.2), and a pie graph (see D.3).
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C. Data tables - Here is where you view the question response data as numbers.
- "Total Responses" indicates the total number of students who answered the selected question. This number is a total over time, so includes every time the course was available for assessment.
- "Terms taught" allows you to see how many terms a course was taught. In the above example 040-Biochemistry has been taught for four (4) terms; therefore, the mean is the average response over all four (4) terms.
- "Question Mean" indicates the mean (average) value of the responses. This number is on a scale of 1-5 with 5 as the best possible score.
- "Mean Description" provides the translation of the mean (average) numeric score to English descriptions (which correlate to the categories you saw while completing assessments) – "good," very good," etc.
- "Response %" - this set of data displays the response distribution across categories. This allows you to see, for example, that 040-Biochemistry had 276 students complete the assessments, and 45% of them responded with "Excellent."
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D.1. Question Mean Graph - This graph displays the mean (average) of each course taught by the same faculty member.
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D.2. Response Category Distribution bar graph. Each course will graphically display what percentage of total responses were given per category. 002-Exploring the University had nearly 45% (You will be able to hover over the bars to get the exact number). The largest number of students selected "Strongly Agree".
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D.3. Response Category Pie graph. Each course will graphically display what percentage of total responses were given per category. 002-Exploring the university had nearly 45% (hover over the bars to get the exact number) students select "Strongly Agree".
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E. The mean "details" section of the report provides more detailed data in a table format. Data is broken out by term providing both a historical view the course and the opportunity to view trends in the data.
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F. Student Comments – This section displays all the responses to the student-initiated questions in the assessments. These are the reactions and views of your peers.
- Comment on the methods of evaluation chosen by the instructor, e.g. tests, papers, and examinations and the workload expected of students
- Comment on the structure of the class, for example the mix between lecture and discussion
- How did this course influence your academic experience at Dartmouth?