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Add Questions to your Course Evaluation

As a course instructor, you may add up to three questions to your Mercury course evaluation questionnaire.听This is an opportunity for you to get feedback specific to your course context or your teaching, such as the use of new teaching strategies.听

Submitting your questions:

  • Approximately three weeks before the evaluation for your course opens, you will receive an email from "Mercury info" when you are able to add your听questions. This email will include the deadline for each course; this deadline cannot be extended.

  • Please note that you must submit the questions yourself; your听Mercury听Liaison can not add them on your behalf.

Resources to help you write meaningful questions:

Access resources on writing meaningful questions

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Instructions for adding questions

  1. In the email invitation you received that invites you to add your questions, click on the hyperlink that starts with Choose the personalized questions for.... The subject line is "Customize your course evaluation."

    If you have lost the email or receive an authorization issue when you click on the link, access the course evaluation system听听to add your questions. In the听Tasks听section, you will see an option to "Choose the personalized questions" for your course

  2. If prompted, log in using your 海角社区 username and password.

  3. Preview the evaluation questionnaire to view the questions that already exist in the questionnaire. The preview will appear in a new window. When you have completed reviewing the questionnaire, Exit out of the screen.

  4. Add your questions. You can select a pre-written question or write your own questions.

    Add a pre-written question

    Pre-written questions have been made available to you by the System Administrators.

    1. Select Show Section.
    2. Preview the question to view it in full.
    3. Click the Selected button to add this question to your questionnaire.

    Write your own questions

    There are three types of questions you can write yourself:

    • Multiple choice questions with a comment box
    • Multiple choice questions without a comment box
    • Comments only questions
    1. Select Show Section for the type of question you wish to add.
    2. You will be prompted to add a question with the default scale ("Strongly Disagree" to "Strongly Agree") or a custom answer option scale. Select Show Section for the answer scale you prefer.
    3. Select the Edit button.
    4. Select the Notepad icon.
    5. Enter the question text in the boxes provided.
      • If you wish to ask your question(s) in English only, enter it in English and copy the English text directly to the French line.
      • If you wish to have the question appear in English and in French, enter French text in the second line.
    6. Ensure that the Selected button is checked off.

  5. Once you have added your questions, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Submit.

Five reasons to add custom questions (with example questions)

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  1. Seek feedback about new teaching strategies.

    Scenario: You used different strategies in your class such as think-pair-share discussions and one-minute papers.

    Example question: The activities in class (e.g., talking with a partner, writing reflections at the end of class) helped me learn.* (鈥淪trongly agree鈥� to 鈥淪trongly disagree鈥�)

  2. Seek feedback about new teaching environments.

    Scenario: You taught in a classroom that has active learning features.

    Example question: Overall, the instructor鈥檚 use of the classroom features had a positive impact on my learning. (鈥淪trongly agree鈥� to 鈥淪trongly disagree鈥�)

  3. Seek feedback about new technologies.

    Scenario: You used the technology for the first time.

    Example question: Using Polling @ 海角社区 in class helped me learn.* (鈥淪trongly agree鈥� to 鈥淪trongly disagree鈥�)

  4. Seek feedback about changes made in response to previous course evaluation feedback.

    Scenario: In previous offerings of the course, students were asked to purchase a physical course pack. Previous course evaluation feedback indicated that students did not like having to purchase a physical course pack. Starting this semester, you posted the readings to myCourses.

    Example question: I would prefer buying a physical course pack to accessing readings online through myCourses.* (鈥淪trongly agree鈥� to 鈥淪trongly disagree鈥�)

  5. Seek feedback about something that is not addressed in your unit鈥檚 default questionnaire.

    Scenario: You invited a librarian to give a workshop in your course on research skills. Your unit鈥檚 questionnaire does not include any questions from the 鈥淚nstitutional Resources and Support鈥� category.

    Example question: Library staff were helpful to me in conducting my research for this course (e.g., in class, in the library, via email or online chat). (N/A recommended) *In recognition that adding questions allows instructors to include questions that are unique to an individual course context, this question is not taken from the bank of recommended questions.

*In recognition that adding questions allows instructors to include questions that are unique to an individual course context, this question is not taken from the bank of recommended questions.

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Cinq raisons pour les enseignants d鈥檃jouter des questions et exemples de questions

  1. Pour obtenir un retour sur de nouvelles strat茅gies d鈥檈nseignement.

    Sc茅nario : Vous avez utilis茅 diff茅rentes strat茅gies dans votre cours comme des discussions de type penser-jumeler-partager et des r茅flexions minute (one minutes papers).
    Exemple de question : Les activit茅s en classe (p. ex., discuter avec mes camarades de classe, 茅crire mes r茅flexions 脿 la fin de la s茅ance de cours) ont aid茅 脿 mon apprentissage.* (芦 Tout 脿 fait d鈥檃ccord 禄 脿 芦 Pas du tout d鈥檃ccord 禄)

  2. Pour obtenir un retour sur un nouvel environnement d鈥檈nseignement.

    Sc茅nario : Vous avez enseign茅 dans une classe d鈥檃pprentissage actif.
    Exemple de question : De fa莽on g茅n茅rale, l鈥檜tilisation des diff茅rents 茅l茅ments d鈥檃pprentissage de la salle de classe a eu un effet positif sur mon apprentissage. (芦 Tout 脿 fait d鈥檃ccord 禄 脿 芦 Pas du tout d鈥檃ccord 禄)

  3. Pour obtenir un retour sur de nouvelles technologies.

    Sc茅nario : Vous avez utilis茅 la technologie Polling @ 海角社区 pour la premi猫re fois.
    Exemple de question : De fa莽on g茅n茅rale, l鈥檜tilisation des diff茅rents 茅l茅ments d鈥檃pprentissage de la salle de classe a eu un effet positif sur mon apprentissage. (芦 Tout 脿 fait d鈥檃ccord 禄 脿 芦 Pas du tout d鈥檃ccord 禄)

  4. Pour obtenir un retour sur des changements apport茅s en r茅ponse 脿 des commentaires provenant d鈥檜ne 茅valuation de cours pr茅c茅dente.

    Sc茅nario : Les trimestres pr茅c茅dents, votre cours requ茅rait que les 茅tudiants et 茅tudiantes ach猫tent du mat茅riel didactique. Mais les 茅valuations ant茅rieures de ce cours ont r茅v茅l茅 que les 茅tudiants et 茅tudiants n鈥檕nt pas aim茅 avoir 脿 acheter ce mat茅riel. Ce trimestre, vous avez rendu les notes de cours accessibles en ligne sur myCourses.
    Exemple de question : Je pr茅f猫rerais acheter les notes de cours au lieu d鈥檃cc茅der au mat茅riel didactique en ligne sur myCourses.* (芦 Tout 脿 fait d鈥檃ccord 禄 脿 芦 Pas du tout d鈥檃ccord 禄)

  5. Pour obtenir un retour sur un aspect du cours dont le questionnaire par d茅faut de votre unit茅 ne traite pas.

    Sc茅nario : Vous demandez 脿 un ou une biblioth茅caire de donner un atelier sur les comp茅tences en recherche dans le cadre de votre cours. Le questionnaire de votre unit茅 ne comprend aucune question dans la cat茅gorie 芦 Ressources et soutien institutionnels 禄.
    Exemple de question : Le personnel de la biblioth猫que m鈥檃 茅t茅 d鈥檜ne grande aide pour effectuer mes recherches dans le cadre de ce cours (p. ex. : en classe, 脿 la biblioth猫que, par courriel ou par clavardage). (S. O. recommand茅)

*Sachant que d鈥檃jouter des questions permet aux enseignants d鈥檌nclure des questions qui sont sp茅cifiques au contexte individuel de leurs cours, cette question n鈥檈st pas tir茅e de la banque de questions recommand茅es.

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