Mid-Course Feedback

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Build: see Important Dates for this term’s window

Build your survey

Create a survey and attach it to the sections you want feedback from. Write your own questions or choose from the mid-course item banks. Shorter surveys of a few focused questions tend to work best at mid-term.

Watch the walkthrough (8 minutes). The steps are the same for mid-course feedback; when you attach your survey, choose the mid-course project instead of the end-of-term one.

Mid-course item banks

Ready-made question sets you can use as-is or adapt:

Teaching Assistants

To run mid-course feedback for sections you lead, you’ll need instructor-level access to those sections, which has to be set up first. Email coursefeedback@syr.edu with your course and sections before the build window opens, and we’ll review the request.

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Student window: see Important Dates

Collect feedback

Students receive an email from “Syracuse University Course Feedback” when the window opens, and a notification when they log in to Blackboard. Reminders go out every three days to students who haven’t responded.

As with end-of-course feedback, response rates are highest when you give students a few minutes in class and tell them how you’ll use what they share.

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Results: available the day after the student window closes

Review and respond

Log in at coursefeedback.syr.edu to view your results. They’re available to you only.

Close the loop with students

Mid-course feedback is most useful when students see it make a difference. Share a brief summary of what you heard in class, explain what you’ll change, and, where something won’t change, why.

Help interpreting your results

• Meet one-on-one with the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) to talk through your feedback and possible next steps.
• Read Receiving and Responding to Mid-Course Feedback on Answers.syr.edu.
• Download the Guide for Interpreting Mid-Course Feedback (Word).