Student Questions
Online Course Evaluation (OCE) System
Q: Why should I complete the online course evaluation?
Not only do course evaluations help your instructors improve their teaching, evaluations also are an essential component of the review and promotion process for faculty. This is your opportunity to make your voice heard on an important issue: the quality of teaching at the University of Scranton.
Q: How do I access the evaluation?
To
complete the evaluation(s), log into MyScranton using your Username and
Password and follow the steps outlined below:
- Click on the Student tab.
-
Click on Self
Service (UIS).
-
Click on Student & Financial
Aid.
- Click on Course
Evaluations.
All
of your courses will appear, however, the status
field will indicate which ones are to be completed online.
- Select
one of the courses listed that has Online Evaluation Needed in
the status column and complete the evaluation.
A partially completed evaluation
is not saved; therefore, you must complete
an entire evaluation once you begin or start again at a later date.
- Click Submit after
completing the evaluation.
- Repeat these steps for all courses where Online
Evaluation Needed is indicated.
Repeat these steps for all courses
where Online Evaluation Needed is indicated.
Q: Do I have to complete the evaluation(s)?
Yes. Failure to complete your course evaluations will result in a Grade Hold "penalty" period. This means that you will not have access to view your Grades online. It is important for students to complete their evaluations. Not only do course evaluations help your instructors improve their teaching, evaluations also are an essential component of the review and promotion process for faculty. This is your opportunity to make your voice heard on an important issue: the quality of teaching at the University of Scranton.
Q: Can I be sure that my comments are anonymous?
Your evaluations are completely anonymous and confidential. They are stored in their own database from which they will be forwarded to your instructor with no identifying information, serial number, or other data that would allow your answers to be traced back to you. A separate database records the fact that you have submitted an evaluation but contains none of the content.
Q: I already filled out a paper evaluation for one of my courses. Do I still need to do the web evaluation?
Q: I am a graduate student. Do I have to participate?
Yes, provided the course is not a Distance Education course offered through Royal Alliance.
Q: What should I do if one of the courses that I’m taking does not appear in my list of courses to be evaluated?
Contact us at
OCE@SCRANTON.EDU with the course information or call the CTLE at 941-4038.
Q: What should I do if I’m being asked to evaluate a course that I am not enrolled in?
If you withdrew from a course, please make sure that you completed all of the necessary paper work. Otherwise, contact us at
OCE@SCRANTON.EDU with the course information or call the CTLE at 941-4038.
Q: What will happen if I don’t complete my online course evaluations?
Failure to complete your course evaluations will result in a Grade Hold “penalty” period. This means that you will not have access to view your Grades online during the penalty week. Grades will be released immediately fo llowing the completion of online course evaluations.
It is important for students to complete their evaluations. Not only do course evaluations help your instructors improve their teaching, evaluations also are an essential component of the review and promotion process for faculty. This is your opportunity to make your voice heard on an important issue: the quality of teaching at the University of Scranton.
Q: Will I be able to view my grades online if I fail to evaluate a course?
If you fail to evaluate a course, a Grade Hold will be applied to your account. Therefore, you will not be able to view your grades online.
Q: Once I access the course evaluation system, how long do I have to complete the evaluation before being timed out?
There is a 30 minute timeout period.
Q: What if my computer crashes before I submit my evaluation?
Unfortunately, the information you entered will be lost. There is a 30 minute timeout once you log into UIS.
Q: Should I prepare my answers before logging into UIS and choosing Course Evaluations?
While it is not necessary, it may be useful to do so if you plan on lengthy or detailed responses to the questions. Prepare your responses using a text editor (Microsoft Word, Notepad, SimpleText, etc.), and save them. When you log in to the evaluation site, you can copy and paste into the response areas, and perform further review and editing as needed. The application will time out and you will lose any entered text if you stay on a page for more than 30 minutes without submitting it, even if you are entering and editing text. Also, please note that there is a limit of 2000 characters for each comments field.
Q: Can I change an evaluation after I’ve submitted it?
No. While editing your responses for a particular course, you can edit all of the questions in that evaluation. Once you have submitted the evaluation for a course, changes to that evaluation will no longer be possible. Thus, it is critical that you make sure that your responses are those intended for the course you are currently evaluating, and are not confused with those for another course or instructor.
Q: Can I access the evaluation from off-campus?
Q: Several of my courses have more than one instructor. Do I complete a separate evaluation for each?
If it has been determined that both instructors need to be evaluated for the same course, upon accessing the Course Evaluation System you will see the course listed twice, indicating that you need to complete an evaluation for each instructor.