Austin Community College (ACC) maintains a comprehensive set of pages on the processes and procedures for full-time, adjunct, and distance education faculty evaluation. The course evaluation process is led and supported by the Office of Faculty Evaluation. Course evaluations are conducted every semester, and they are required for each course. A Course Evaluation FAQ page is also available for reference.
If you have any questions regarding the evaluation process and procedures, please visit the Faculty Evaluation page, email [email protected], or call 512-223-7992.
For additional information, please refer to Administrative Rule #4.1201.02.
Important Updates
Updating Course Evaluation Info: To request changes to the course evaluation course/instructor information, please submit the Request Form.
Course Evaluation Ratings Within Overall Faculty Evaluation Rating
There will be several changes to the way ratings will work with student course evaluations moving forward (see a sample report here). Some of these are a result of the new ratings that will be used with faculty evaluations and the requirements for how student course evaluations will fit in the new faculty evaluation system:
- Student course evaluations will be included in the Student Feedback and Faculty Reflection portion of the overall faculty evaluation. The rating for this component will be based on the student course evaluation rating (see below), the student comments, and the faculty reflection on their course evaluations (in the Faculty Reflection Form, question 3) all together.
- Student Feedback and Faculty Reflection will be weighted as 20%-30% of the overall faculty evaluation rating, according to departmental requirements.
Revised Ratings for Student Course Evaluations
5-point Likert scale
The new course evaluation surveys use a revised 5-point Likert scale (recommended by OIRA) of:
- 1 – Strongly disagree
- 2 – Disagree
- 3 – Neither agree nor disagree
- 4 – Agree
- 5 – Strongly agree
- – N/A –
Teaching Dimensions
In order to provide faculty with clearer information on how their students felt about different aspects of their teaching, faculty will be provided with individual ratings in each of the following “teaching dimensions,” based on student responses to particular sets of questions:
- Course Design and Organization
- Instructional Methods
- Assessment and Feedback
- Class Culture
- Student Learning
There are also multiple opportunities for students to provide more free-response comments and some unrated questions at the end to help faculty understand which different types of activities students believe are most helpful to them.
After 2 years, data from the revised course evaluations will be examined by the Faculty Evaluation Steering Committee to determine if these ratings continue to meet the needs of the college.
Low Response Rates
Student Feedback and Faculty Reflection section of the new Annual Summary Evaluation Forms has a checkbox for “Low Response – Interpret Ratings with Caution” for situations where there were too few student responses to consider the overall rating as fair to the faculty member:
For any class sections where the total number of student responses is less than 20% of the class enrollment or 3 responses, whichever is higher, only student comments and answers to individual questions will be considered in the Student Feedback and Faculty Reflection rating; the overall rating for that class section will not be considered.
Course Evaluations Are Completely Online!
EASY ACCESS ONLINE
Students will be able to access course evaluations online via Blackboard. Students will know when the course evaluation is available or about to open, and when it closes.
IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK
Faculty will be able to see how many course evaluations have been submitted while the course evaluation is open and, after grades are submitted, see evaluation results.
FOCUS ON TEACHING
With course evaluations online, faculty will no longer use precious instructional time to conduct course evaluations. Faculty can focus on teaching and students on learning.
Course Evaluation Calendar
The course evaluation calendar outlines the dates for when course evaluation opens for each session. If your course evaluation isn’t available by the date listed on the course evaluation calendar, please contact the Office of Faculty Evaluation: [email protected].
Student Course Evaluation Forms
Academic Programs
- C_CLINICAL – Clinical
- Cooperative – Cooperative
- Practicum – Practicum
- Internship – Internship
- Lab_Asynchronous – ONL/HYD with lab
- Lab_Synchronous – F2F/HYC/HYFLX/DLS with lab
- LecLab_Asynchronous – ONL/HYD with lab and lecture
- LecLab_Synchronous – F2F/HYC/HYFLX/DLS with lab and lecture
- Lec_Asynchronous – ONL/HYD
- Lec_Synchronous – F2F/HYC/HYFLX/DLS
Adult Education
- AE Career Pathway – Career Pathways
- AE College Prep – College Prep
- AE ESL RW – Adult Education ESL Reading and Writing
- AE ESL Basic – Adult Education ESL Basic
- AE HSE – High School Equivalency
Continuing Education
- CE Evaluation Form – Continuing Education Courses
Course Evaluation Results
Course evaluation results are now available online. To access them, please log in through the evaluation link available in your Blackboard course.
To learn more about how to interpret your course evaluation results, please visit the webpage below.
Course Evaluation Semester Reports
The Course Evaluation Semester Reports provide an analysis of course evaluation data by semester.
Domo Dashboard: Visualization of the Data
- Faculty Evaluation Dashboard (ACC login required.)
Semester reports will be posted below as they become available.
- Spring 2025 Course Evaluation Data Analysis Report
- Fall 2024 Course Evaluation Data Analysis Report
- Summer 2024 Course Evaluation Data Analysis Report
- Spring 2024 Course Evaluation Data Analysis Report
- Fall 2023 Course Evaluation Data Analysis Report
Department Chairs and Deans
Are you a department chair needing access to course evaluation results for your faculty? Please log in to your BOX account to access them.
To learn how to use Box, please view these Box video tutorials. Do you have questions about how to use your BOX account? Please visit the Course Evaluation FAQ.
Due to a change in the ACC BOX security protocol, department chairs are now promoted to the “co-owner” role of their course evaluation folder(s) in the ACC BOX portal. This privilege allows chairs to add users or remove users from their departmental folder(s).
As the co-owner of the departmental folder(s), it is important that you regularly review the “Share” settings of your folder(s) and remove any users who should not have access. You are going to see a few TLED staff listed in your share setting; this is because your departmental folder(s) are stored under “Instructional Services,” and the Faculty Evaluation Office staff need access to your folder(s) in order to provide you the course evaluation reports.
If you encounter any problem adding users or removing them from your BOX folder(s), you may submit a TDX ticket. An IT staff member will assist you. Visit this ACC BOX training resource site to learn more details.
Reports for Deans & Department Chairs in BOX
Below is the list of faculty evaluation reports for department chairs.
- Individual course reports (PDF) (Sample)
- Compilation reports per course type and instructor (PDF). For example, this sample compilation report contains the summary of the same instructor from his/her two lecture courses. Since ACC’s new course evaluations use updated modality categories, results from all sessions within the same category are combined in this report. At the top of the report, you will find the course modality grouping along with the total number of responses from all sessions in that group. Here’s the reference table of course modality and the surveys.
- A report of each course average (See sample Excel file, last column.)
- Grade distribution report – See Sample Grade Distribution Report
- No Response Report – See Sample No Response Report
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].
View Reports
To review the reports, please go to the ACC BOX website. They will be available by the 2nd week of the next semester. If you are interested in using BOX Drive, an app that allows you to access the reports via File Explorer on your computer, you can download the free app on the Box website. You can find BOX training materials in this Google shared folder if you are not familiar with the tool.
ClassClimate: Advanced Reporting
Deans and department chairs can now log in to the ACC course evaluation system, ClassClimate, to pull more advanced reports, such as a report for the whole department across different semesters. These types of reports will come in handy for your program review or accreditation requirements.
How to Create Course Evaluation Reports (PDF)
Below are recordings and slides available for your reference:
- Demo (16:20 minutes)
- Slides
- Full Training (slides + demo) (59:15 minutes)
If you would like to earn professional development hours for this, you may sign up for the online self-paced workshop with the same materials.
Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions or would like a quick refresher on the features.
FAQ
Do you have questions about course evaluation? Visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.
Contact us
Let us know your feedback on the course evaluation process by submitting this survey. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns at [email protected].
Faculty Values
Online course evaluation empowers all ACC students to participate in the course evaluation process and provides timely feedback to faculty on their teaching.
ACC Faculty Values play a significant role in the professional development and programming of faculty development and more at ACC.