Multiple Opportunities for Feedback
We have expertise in our specific area, and sometimes we assume our audience is in stride with us. So, in the spirit of Standard #16 and continuous course improvement, I have taken time to revise my original blog because I sense some ambiguity with the instructional video. One thing that has not changed is feedback from our students remains essential. Their feedback can provide insight to the online classroom experience and provide you with an opportunity to improve your course
Retrieving Survey for Course Feedback from the LOR
We have two folders in the Learning Object Repository (LOR) that contain questions that you can import into your Question Library. You can then add the questions into a new survey. This blog is to assist you with both of those steps. If you have not taken the LOR training, I recommend highly that you invest an hour of your time because the LOR is a valuable resource, especially if you teach multiple sections of the same course.
After you retrieve the objects and import the folders into your Question Library, you can select all the questions or just a few to personalize the survey to your needs. It works best to import the questions and then review them afterward. The Course Feedback folder has questions to assess course understanding, skill, attitudes, and integration of learning, while the Course Design Survey folder has questions to address course design and navigation. All the questions and statements are set up as a Likert scale so students can provide you with a range of answers. The screencast video guides you through the steps to import the questions from the LOR, create a survey and set up the properties, and add the questions to the survey.
Final Thoughts & Resources
Keep in mind the option to create your own survey questions with a scale that is appropriate for your discipline, course design, skills, and technology. Learn more about the Online Class Peer Review Process, find additional resources, tools, and support. The objects available to you are a starting point, so feel free to create your own or stop by the Faculty Innovation Center for additional assistance with the survey tool.
Aaron Sunday
Instructional Designer, Division of Online Studies
aaron.sunday@daytonastate.edu| 386-506-3209