We were about three weeks into the first semester that we tried online evaluations, so I analyzed the data based on time-of-day submitted, and found out that students were actually slightly more favorable towards their professors from 7pm to 8am, not statistically significantly so, but at least that killed that argument. One faculty member claimed students would go home, get drunk, and submit negative evaluations he wanted the evaluation system to only be available 8am to 7pm. I went through all kinds of hoops getting this process up and running. Faculty at the time could opt for paper evaluations distributed in the last two weeks of the semester, or online evaluations. I was also the administrator of online evaluations for faculty at CSUMB, and in addition to being full-time staff as an analyst/programmer, I was also adjunct faculty teaching computer science.įor the faculty RTP (retention, tenure, and promotion) process, the official student evaluations were the only ones considered.

I did my master’s capstone project on 'The Effectiveness of Online Evaluations' at California State University, Monterey Bay. If my colleagues cared at all, they would see these reviews as positive. 'Also, the homework is graded on accuracy not completion.' marks off on tests if he doesn't know how you got an answer.' 'He is a really tough grader and will take off points for little things (i.e. I spent on average, 5 hours a week on this homework, which is also graded on correctness.' Why is the site not taken seriously? My negative reviews include the following: Anyone who brought them up would likely provoke a very negative reaction from their colleagues. I have never heard them seriously discussed in any hiring, tenure, or promotion meetings. However, these ratings are never taken seriously as an evaluation of effective teaching. I know some people who do the same others never check the site at all. I occasionally check RateMyProfessor, and I do care (a little) about what students say: my feelings are hurt by negative comments, and I am encouraged by positive ones.

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