Course Evaluations: Dept. Readiness Guide
JMU Online Course Evaluation (Blue)
Blue Implementation Departmental Readiness Process
January, 2018
- Departmental Evaluation Items
- Academic Unit Head meets with someone from the Operations Team to discuss features, benefits, process, expectations
- AUH and departmental faculty compare current evaluation items with items in Question Bank to identify matches; questions that are not available in current QB are added and evaluation template is prepared
- NOTE: Examine evaluation template(s) being used for any online courses your department offers and revise as needed.
- Data Verification
- Course Evaluation Administrator adds department to PeopleSoft course data queries and uses results to create datasheet of courses and associated sections, cross-listings, instructors, and unit heads
- AUH corrects and verifies datasheet (see below)
- AUH selects ending date for evaluation period (i.e., final day prior to exams or last day of exams)
- Course Evaluation Administrator corrects and verifies queries
- Faculty add their own questions a.k.a., "Personalized Questions" (see Add Your Own Questions)
- Evaluation Period
(see https://www.jmu.edu/academic-affairs/blue/evaluation-schedule.shtml ) - Reports (for individual faculty and Academic Unit Heads)