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The University of Maryland School of Nursing conducts evaluations for all baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral courses offered each semester.

This provides enrolled students with the opportunity to provide thoughtful and constructive feedback on their courses and experience with faculty members. This course evaluation is in an online format and can be accessed from computers and mobile devices with Internet access.

Course Evaluation Login

Clinical Site Evaluation Login


Course Evaluation Forms

  • Course Evaluation Form: The UMSON online course evaluation form contains a total of 16 items with five response ratings ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). It includes 8 items in the course evaluation questionnaire (CEQ) and 8 items in the faculty evaluation questionnaire (FEQ). Three open-ended questions allow students to provide specific feedback to faculty members, and a fourth item solicits additional comments.
  • Clinical Instructor Evaluation Form: The clinical instructor evaluation uses the same form as the FEQ.
  • Clinical Site Evaluation Form: There are two forms for clinical site evaluation: One is for students to evaluate the clinical site, and the other is for the clinical instructor to evaluate the clinical site. 

Course Evaluation Calendar

Session Course Evaluation Open Date Course Evaluation Close Date Course Evaluation Reports Released
Fall Dec. 1 Dec. 31 Jan. 5
Spring May 1 May 31 June 5
Summer July 15 July 31 Aug. 5

Clinical Evaluation Calendar

Session Clinical Evaluation Open Date Clinical Evaluation Close Date Clinical Evaluation Reports Released
Fall

Rotation 1: Oct. 1
Rotation 2: May 1

 Dec. 31 Jan. 5
Spring Rotation 1: March 1
Rotation 2: May 1		 May 31 June 5
Summer Rotation 1: July 1
Rotation 2: July1		 July 31 Aug. 5

 

Information for Students

To access the course evaluation system, you will need to login in with your UMID and password.

Teaching Excellence Matters:

  • Instructors use the course evaluations to improve their teaching.
  • Department chairs, program associate deans, and administrative leadership use student evaluations as a part of the tenure and promotion process.

    As a reminder, students should follow the UMB code of conduct when completing the course evaluation, including being professional, civil, respectful, and courteous. Remember to provide feedback in the way you would like to receive it.

    Information for Faculty

    Faculty can access individual course evaluation reports in the course evaluation system.

    The Office of Evaluation provides an annual course evaluation report at the end of the academic year. This annual course evaluation report presents the aggregate results of course evaluations by program and shows whether the UMSON course evaluation benchmarks were met. There are 8 questions in the course evaluation questionnaire (CEQ) and another 8 questions in the faculty evaluation questionnaire (FEQ).

    UMSON is devoted to excellence in teaching practices and committed to evaluating its educational program and using evaluation data to foster ongoing improvement. The Policy on Course and Faculty Evaluations describes the course evaluation review process, which aims to improve course content and instructional methods to enhance student learning experiences and implement adjustments as necessary.

    How can faculty encourage students to complete course evaluations and provide informative responses?

    Faculty can influence response rates by actively promoting and discussing course evaluations with students. 

    Tips for encouraging students both to complete course evaluations and to provide constructive feedback: (adapted from UC, Berkely)

    1. As was done with paper-based surveys, reserve some in-class time at the end of the semester for students to complete the online survey during class. Please remind students to bring a device to class, so that they can complete the survey (i.e., smartphone, laptop).
    2. For students who complete the survey outside of class, it can be helpful to hold their metaphorical hand: Taking a few minutes of class time to show students how to find and use the course evaluation system may increase response rates. While there are instructions to finding and completing the course evaluations in the system, do not assume all students can navigate this easily. A quick visual tutorial in class can make a difference.
    3. Inform students about the purpose of evaluations: 
      1. Explain how the School uses their feedback in merit and promotion.
      2. Let students know that you will use their feedback to make changes to the course.
      3. Give students some examples of useful feedback you have received in the past and how the course/pedagogy has benefited in response.
    4. Make it an assignment on your syllabus: Listing the Course Evaluation in the same category as the other course assignments, even if no points are at stake, may help raise response rates.