Information for Students

Help shape the courses you and future students take

Course feedback is your opportunity to tell instructors what worked in a course and what could be improved. It takes a few minutes, it’s confidential, and instructors use it to plan their next course.

Go to my course feedback

Watch: why your feedback matters and what happens to it (3 minutes).

Will anyone know which answers are mine?

  • No. Your feedback is confidential. Your name and other identifying information never appear on any report.
  • You log in with your NetID so the system can show you the right forms and stop reminders once you’re done. Your answers are always reported without your name.
  • Instructors can’t see whether you personally submitted a form.
  • Instructors only see results after final grades are in, so your feedback can’t affect your grade.

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Near the end of each course

When feedback opens

You’ll get an email from Syracuse University Course Feedback and a prompt in Blackboard when your forms are ready. Reminders keep coming until you finish or the window closes. Important Dates shows this term’s windows.

Some instructors also ask for mid-course feedback partway through the term, while there’s still time to make changes.

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While your forms are open

Give your feedback

It works on your phone or computer. You can reach your forms any of these ways:

  • Click the link in your course feedback email.
  • Go to coursefeedback.syr.edu and log in with your SU NetID.
  • Click the course feedback notification you’ll see when you log in to Blackboard.
  • Scan the QR code if your instructor shows one in class.

After you submit each form, you’ll receive a Certificate of Completion email confirming your submission. It never includes your answers.

Tips for helpful feedback

  • Be specific. “The weekly practice problems helped me prepare for exams” tells your instructor far more than “good class.”
  • Share what worked and what didn’t. Both help: one tells instructors what to keep, the other what to change.
  • Take a few minutes. Thoughtful comments are more useful than rushing through.

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After grades are in

What happens next

Once final grades are submitted, instructors receive summary reports of everyone’s responses. They use them to improve how they teach the course. Departments use them too, when planning courses and reviewing teaching.

Can’t open your forms?

This is usually a browser issue. Try these steps in order:

  1. Open the form in a different browser. Chrome and Firefox tend to work best.
  2. Clear your browser cache, or try a private window.
  3. Make sure your browser isn’t blocking cookies for coursefeedback.syr.edu.
  4. If the problem continues, email coursefeedback@syr.edu and tell us your browser and device.

Project Advance (SUPA) students

Use the link in your course feedback email to reach your forms. Logging in on the website won’t show them. If you can’t find it, check your spam folder, then email coursefeedback@syr.edu to have it resent.

Have a quick question? Search the Course Feedback FAQs.

Search the FAQs

Questions?

For questions or concerns about giving feedback, email the OIE course feedback team at coursefeedback@syr.edu.

Where to go for other help: Problems signing in to Blackboard or with your NetID go to the ITS Service Center at help@syr.edu or 315.443.2677.