by Julie Dodd

Evaluation is part of the education process for both students and instructors.

Student evaluations are a major part of evaluating teaching at most colleges and universities.

At UF, students complete Faculty Course Evaluations every semester. The evaluations are to be completed during the last two weeks of the semester. Instructors have access to their evaluations after UF releases student grades after the semester has ended.

The students are asked 15 questions and rate the instructor on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest score. (See questions in sidebar.)

In addition, students can provide responses to these open-ended questions:

• Qualities of instructor which contributed to success of the course.
• Qualities of instructor which hindered success of the course.
• Opinions of course, including printed materials.
• Additional comments to improve overall quality of the course.
• Any other comments.

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