{"id":519,"date":"2010-04-16T17:07:30","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T21:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/?p=519"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:10:14","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T18:10:14","slug":"instructors-heres-a-tip-on-how-to-get-some-informal-feedback-from-your-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/2010\/04\/instructors-heres-a-tip-on-how-to-get-some-informal-feedback-from-your-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructors, here\u2019s a tip on how to get some informal feedback from your students."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before students are overwhelmed with project deadlines and final exams, take a few minutes to ask for their input.\u00a0  This is a great time in the semester to query your students with a survey regarding your online classroom.\u00a0  Solicit feedback about the various aspects of the course and tools you have implemented:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> How was the pace?  (on a scale from too  slow to too fast)<\/li>\n<li> Were there adequate materials provided within the various modules?<\/li>\n<li> Did the Discussions add to the learning process?<\/li>\n<li> Suggestions for Improvement. (Essay)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Survey tool shares the Question Library with the Quizzes tool, thus providing several options for types of questions that can be asked.\u00a0 This includes the traditional True\/False, Multiple Choice and Essays type questions.\u00a0 However, you can also include Ordering, Multiple Select, and Likert questions as well. In fact, the Survey tool is the only place you can use the Likert question type.\u00a0  It allows you to select the scale from the following options:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-523\" title=\"Likert scale\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2010\/04\/Likert-scale1.jpg\" alt=\"Likert scale\" width=\"549\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2010\/04\/Likert-scale1.jpg 522w, https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2010\/04\/Likert-scale1.jpg?resize=300,125 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Results can be set so they are anonymous, and you can use the feedback when refining your online materials for the next semester.<\/p>\n<p>For information on the \u201chow to\u201d of creating Likert questions and Surveys, <a title=\"Click here\" href=\"\/\/www.uakron.edu\/it\/instructional_services\/dds\/springboard\/resources\/Surveys_User_Guide_8.3.0_to_8.4.1.pdf\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For information on the \u201chow to\u201d of creating other types of questions, <a title=\"click here\" href=\"\/\/www.uakron.edu\/it\/instructional_services\/dds\/springboard\/resources\/Quizzes_User_Guide_8.3_to_8.4.x.pdf\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Good Luck and Happy Surveying,\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Jill<\/p>\n<p>Jonnie &#8220;Jill&#8221; Phipps, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p>Curriculum Designer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before students are overwhelmed with project deadlines and final exams, take a few minutes to ask for their input.\u00a0 This is a great time in the semester to query your students with a survey regarding your online classroom.\u00a0 Solicit feedback about the various aspects of the course and tools you have implemented: How was the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":961,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[185],"tags":[279,277],"class_list":["post-519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-likert","tag-survey"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/961"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/springboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}