Departmental Coordinators

Why do undergraduate students at Western fill out end-of-course questionnaires on courses and teaching?

Students at Western have completed university-wide questionnaires since Fall 1996, and the distribution of the questionnaires and generated results are supported by the Faculty Collective Agreement. Results gathered from the questionnaires serves a variety of purposes:

• Instructors can use the results to identify course and teaching strengths, build on effective practices, and improve other practices


• Faculties can use the results for course and program development


• Questionnaire results are combined with other information to form a teaching dossier. It is also used in Western's regular faculty review process, including Promotion and Tenure


• Students may use questionnaire results when selecting their courses

The most effective strategy for encouraging students to log in to Your Feedback and complete their course questionnaires is instructor encouragement and interest. Instructors should provide 15 minutes in class during the feedback period for students to complete their questionnaires.

There are also several strategies that can help students write effective comments on their questionnaires.