Course evaluations digitized, incentivized
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This News-Letter article reports on a new online course-evaluation policy, its deadlines, and reactions to it.
- The paper reported that students must complete evaluations to receive final grades on time; those missing the Dec. 30, 2011 deadline would not get access until after Jan. 15, 2012.
- The article says students must also complete all evaluations to view unofficial transcripts or have official transcripts released, with surveys administered through EvaluationKit.
- The reporter writes that the form was shortened to 10 or 11 questions because students would complete it on their own time.
- The paper reported that the Student Government Association and Graduate Representative Organization were polled during a pilot program, and Steven David said the student response was “overwhelmingly positive.”
- The article adds that student reaction was mixed: Juliana Cotto called the policy “stupid,” while Daniel Lopez said it made evaluations easier for students who could not attend class that day and called it a good policy.