Information for Teaching Assistants

How to log in, help your students give feedback, and find your results after the term ends.

Will I have a report?

  • Only if your department includes questions about Teaching Assistants on its course feedback form. If it didn’t, there is no TA report for that course.
  • Your report shows only the questions about Teaching Assistants. Questions about the course and instructor, and the Academic Affairs Common Questions, appear on the instructor’s report.
  • If you see “No Results,” the course had fewer than 3 students enrolled or received no responses.

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Before feedback opens

Log in and switch to the TA role

You can reach the course feedback system three ways:

  • Go to coursefeedback.syr.edu and log in with your SU NetID.
  • Click the link in any course feedback email.
  • In Blackboard, select Tools, then the Course Feedback tile.

Switch to the TA role

If you are also enrolled as a student, the system opens in your student role. Switch to Teaching Assistant using the role switcher at the top right, next to your name, before looking for your courses or reports. Your reports appear only in the TA role.

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While feedback is open

During the feedback period

Students get email and Blackboard notifications when their forms open. The most effective way to raise response rates is to talk with students about why their feedback matters and give them a few minutes during class to respond.

Share the QR code

Show it on screen in class or post it as a Blackboard announcement. It takes students straight to their forms.

Download the QR code

If a student can’t open their forms

Have them try a different browser and make sure cookies are enabled. If that doesn’t work, they can email coursefeedback@syr.edu. More student help is on the Information for Students page.

To learn how feedback is protected and used, see Policies and Practices.

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After the term ends

View your results

Reports open 7 days after grades are due for fall and spring courses, and 14 days after feedback closes for flexible-format courses. You’ll get an email when they’re ready. See Important Dates for this term’s schedule. Reports stay in the system, so you can return to them anytime.

Download a report

  1. Log in and make sure you’re in the Teaching Assistant role.
  2. In the Course Feedback Reports widget, click the term (for example, 2026 Fall | Course Feedback).
  3. Click the Download icon in the Report column.
  4. Choose Detailed Report + Comments.
Have several sections? Download them all at once
  1. Click the term in the Course Feedback Reports widget.
  2. Select the reports you want, then click Batch Report above the table.
  3. Name the ZIP file and choose Detailed Report + Comments.
  4. Keep “Download Multiple Reports as ZIP File for Selected Courses” selected and click GO.
  5. You’ll get an email with a download link when the ZIP file is ready.
Looking for a past term?
  1. In the top banner, select Results, then Report Results.
  2. Choose the term, then follow the download steps above.

Reports from Summer 2020 onward are in the system. If a past report is missing, your department’s form may not have included questions about Teaching Assistants that term. Email coursefeedback@syr.edu with the course and term and we’ll check.

Mid-course feedback for sections you lead

Building and attaching a mid-course survey requires instructor-level access to your sections, which needs to be set up first. Email coursefeedback@syr.edu with your course and sections before the mid-course build window, and we’ll review the request. See Mid-Course Feedback for dates.

Put your results to use

Student feedback is useful evidence for teaching portfolios, job applications, and teaching award nominations. Keep a copy of each term’s report.

Have a quick question? Search the Course Feedback FAQs.

Search the FAQs

Training and support

Training: One-hour sessions covering the course feedback process and policies are available by request, for individuals or groups.

Questions: Email the OIE course feedback team at coursefeedback@syr.edu. We can also meet on Zoom.

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.