Course Evaluations - Blue Implementation

Blue, provided by Explorance, Inc., will replace Class Climate as OHIO’s preferred course evaluation tool. Blue is expected to improve the security and transparency of the course evaluation process, as well as enhance the user experience for both students and faculty. The selection of Blue was completed during the Survey Technologies Evaluation Project.  

Benefits

The transition to Blue is expected to provide the following benefits:

Students

• Students will receive a single email that includes links to all their available evaluations rather than a separate email for each course
• Students will receive reminders to complete surveys via email and Blackboard
• Evaluations will be accessible on any device

Faculty 

• Faculty will receive more robust feedback as a result of improved student experience and higher response rates
• Faculty will be able to access past course evaluations in Blue any time
• Faculty will be able to compare course evaluations results over time

Course Evaluation Administrators 

• A streamlined user experience will significantly reduce staff time required to deploy evaluations and compile results
• Administrators will be able to combine merged and dual-listed classes for more accurate student representation and feedback
• Administrators will have more robust reporting capabilities
• Increased security for individual accounts

Timeline

Fall 2022: Begin implementation process

February 2023: Conduct pilot with selected seven-week courses

April 2023: Tentative launch planned for all current Class Climate users

Class Climate will be accessible to all current users through the end of the 2022-2023 academic year.

How to get involved

To learn more about Blue or to provide additional feedback, consider joining the Teaching and Learning Technologies Advisory Community. The group meets monthly to discuss topics and trends related to teaching and learning tools. All faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend.

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