Introduction
Online Course and Instructor Ratings
The Evaluation System is a tool that runs under Sakai version 2.2 or higher. The Evaluation System is used to conduct formative and summative (end of term) evaluations and review the results. An evaluation consists of a series of scaled and/or free text questions, which are delivered to students over a fixed time period (typically a few days).
The evaluation system allows colleges, departments, and instructors to manage their own body of questions which are part of a combined end of term evaluation. This allows colleges and departments within a larger institution to collect targeted information from their students, while preserving a consistent set of questions used through the institution.
Evaluation results can easily be reviewed within a single course, across colleges or departments, or across the entire university. Results can be reviewed for a single evaluation covering a short time period, or can be displayed for a series of evaluations conducted across a larger time period.
The evaluation system contacts students to notify them of upcoming evaluations automatically, and to remind students to complete an ongoing evaluation. The notification scheme is intended to increase the response rate.
More information about the work being done is available at Evaluation Status. Check out the System Development Info and Links below for more information.
More Information
Project Team
Name |
Institution |
Role |
Details |
|---|---|---|---|
CARET, Cambridge, UK |
Project Lead/Developer |
Design/Tool/Logic/DB/Integration |
|
University of Michigan |
Developer |
Email/Scheduling/Logic |
|
University of Michigan |
Designer |
Tool/HTML/CSS |
|
University of Michigan |
UM lead/Tester |
Design/Testing |
|
University of Maryland, College Park |
Developer |
Testing Externals |
|
University of Maryland, College Park |
UMD lead/Tester |
Design/Testing |
|
Edtech, Virginia Tech |
Developer |
Tool/Eval Settings |
|
Edtech, Virginia Tech |
Developer |
Tool/Reporting |
|
Edtech, Virginia Tech |
Developer |
Tool/Template |
|
University of Maryland, College Park |
Developer |
AJAX |
Note: Name = No longer on the project or inactive
System Development Info and Links
- Sakai collab site (Contrib: Evaluation System)
- Collab mailing list: evaluation@collab.sakaiproject.org
- How to sign up
- Create account on Sakai Collab and login
- Click Membership link on left
- Click Joinable Sites link at top
- Click Join link for Contrib: Evaluation System
- How to sign up
- Collab mailing list: evaluation@collab.sakaiproject.org
- Subversion repository: https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib/evaluation/
- JIRA: http://bugs.sakaiproject.org/jira/browse/EVALSYS (usage guidelines)
- Technologies used:
- Presentation: HTTP, CSS, RSF
- Business Logic: Java, Sakai Framework
- Data Access: Hibernate
- Development Practices
Evaluation Development
History
The VT Online Rating System (VTORS) was developed from code received from Columbia University in mid 2004. The system was previewed in early 2005. The system was piloted in Fall 2005. The system is currently being redesigned and rebuilt as a Sakai tool. This work was started at Virginia Tech.