Jun 04 2009
Adding an End of Course Survey
North Carolina Virtual Schools has an end of course survey that collects data about student performance, student perceptions of teacher performance, and ways to improve how NCVPS reaches the needs of learners across the state. I checked it out. It’s a nice survey.
Because of the perspective of the survey though, it’s difficult to ask questions that are course specific and teacher specific. There is valuable data to be gathered about our courses and about ourselves on an individual basis, and we have plenty of reasons to want that valuable data! In English IV, we have consistent grammar, vocabulary, and writing assignments every unit. Do you have some types of consistent assignments? As part of the revision team, student perception on which types of assignments are working and which types of assignments aren’t effective would be incredibly valuable!
What’s more, students are very honest in these surveys. They’ll let you know where you are lacking and where you excel. If you can take feedback, and I encourage you to grow thick skin and seek feedback whenever you can, then you’ll love this method as a way to way to get valuable feedback. The video below goes over my survey on the second day I rolled it out via a url in announcements. At this time, there are only 12 responses, but I’m hoping more and more students complete the survey!
Shu