Improving the return rate on student evaluations

Return rates on student evaluations of instructor, course, and course materials have been low in online courses. The evaluations are anonymous to encourage respondents to respond honestly without fear of retribution. With thanks to a colleague for the following concept, the following is one way to encourage return of evaluations.


The concept is to have students submit a screenshot of the evaluation submission confirmation for credit as seen above from summer 2026. The following directions were given for the assignment:

Upload a screenshot of the student evaluation response recorded image after completing the evaluation. Just the response recorded image. 

After you finish the evaluation, submit the response recorded image so that I will know you completed the evaluation. The evaluation is available at:

[link redacted]

Course prefix, number, and section: MS 150/O1
Course name: Statistics
Instructor last name: Lee Ling
Instructor first name: Dana

Advance thanks for completing the evaluation!


In courses with a residential and online section, the assignment can be restricted to the online section if the instructor as set up groups based on the sections. Groups were already set up in the course by the instructor at the start of the term to create sections.

Each term features a different header image, the current term evaluation is no different - the header image is a new header image unique to the term. 


The assignment carried the same weight as the average number of points for an assignment in the course. Submissions will be images such as the above image from spring 2025 - without the blurring of the photo. The assignment is set to accept a single submission per student. 

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