The Evaluation phase should include:
Evaluation is a critical component of your course and course site development, both throughout the semester and when the course is over.
Evaluation is especially important when integrating a new technology, such as Blackboard, into your course.
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| 1. Formative and summative assessment of your course using Blackboard |
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Throughout your course, examine and note the following:
| - What is working well? What isn't? |
| - Are students having difficulty finding and accessing course materials from Blackboard? |
- Are students using Blackboard to the degree you expect?
- Use the Blackboard Course Statistics tool to monitor student usage
- remember that just because a student is accessing your course site and downloading all the course materials does not mean that he/she is actually doing the work
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| - Are students successfully using each of the tools within Blackboard? |
| - Are students progressing in the course? |
| - What are students complaining about? |
| - Are students meeting assignment deadlines? |
| - Are students actively participating in online forums? |
At the end of the course, ask yourself:
| Did your students achieve the instructional objectives? |
| Did Blackboard help you accomplish your teaching goals? |
| Did you and your students use Blackboard to the degree you had planned? |
| Did using Blackboard have a positive impact on student learning? |
| Do you feel your students had a positive experience with Blackboard? |
| Did Blackboard make any part of your course/instruction more effective or efficient? |
| Was there a logical flow to your course site organization? |
| Which materials worked best and in which formats? |
| Did you encounter any technical problems or glitches? Your students? |
| Did you encounter any unexpected outcomes? |
| Will you use Blackboard again? |
| Which tools would you use again? |
| What would you change or do differently if you used Blackboard in the future? |
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| 2. Gathering student feedback |
One effective method for gathering student feedback is built into Blackboard - you can create and deliver an online survey to gauge students' reaction to the technology and the course in general using Blackboard's Assessment Manager.
You can design your own online surveys and deliver them online in Blackboard or in traditional pen & paper format.
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| 3. Seeking additional resources |
The Eberly Center can help you evaluate your course by:
- collecting data
- interpreting data
- making recommendations
Find out more about how the Eberly Center can help you with Assessing Course Progress.
Seek more information from the Eberly Center's Online Resources For Ongoing Assessment of your Teaching including:
- Distributing and Responding to Early Course Evaluations
- Sample evaluation forms
- 15 Common Beliefs or Misconceptions about Student Ratings
- Methods of Monitoring Your Teaching Effectiveness
The instructional design of a course is an iterative and ongoing process.
The next time you teach this course you'll know what works best for your particular course, teaching style, and your students. There will be areas in which you would like to improve your course, new strategies and techniques that you would like to employ, and perhaps new forms of technology that you would like to explore.
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