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IU-EVAL: an electronic course evaluation system

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Hossein Hakimzadeh,

Lynn WilliamsAuthors Info & Claims

SIGUCCS '06: Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM SIGUCCS fall conference: expanding the boundaries

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1181216.1181246

Published: 05 November 2006 Publication History

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Course evaluations are an important instrument for assessing teaching effectiveness and maintaining the quality of our academic programs. At Indiana University South Bend students are given the opportunity to evaluate their courses at the end of each semester. The results are collected and analyzed by the corresponding academic units. The university dedicates a significant amount of monetary and human resources to conduct effective and confidential end-of-semester evaluations. In order to improve the speed, accuracy, anonymity, and privacy of course evaluations the authors have developed a web-based course evaluation system called IU-EVAL. To date, the system has been tested by approximately 23,500 students. In this paper we explore the motivations behind the development of IU-EVAL and discuss the lessons learned during the deployment and administration of the system. We will also share the results of our user survey.

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DOI:10.1145/1181216

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Indiana University

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Chatvichienchai S(2011)XCourEva: XML-based course evaluation system2011 Eighth International Joint Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering (JCSSE)10.1109/JCSSE.2011.5930147(355-360)Online publication date: May-2011
https://doi.org/10.1109/JCSSE.2011.5930147
Chatvichienchai S(2011)WCourEva: Web-based course evaluation system using XML technologiesProcedia Computer Science10.1016/j.procs.2010.12.0053(23-28)Online publication date: 2011
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2010.12.005

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