Comments on: USC Course Evaluations http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2007/04/26/usc-course-evaluations/ Thoughts, opinions and fascinating discoveries by Elliot, a student at USC Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:29:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Luke http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2007/04/26/usc-course-evaluations/#comment-247430 Luke Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:39:17 +0000 http://www.intelliot.com/blog/archives/2007/04/26/usc-course-evaluations/#comment-247430 During my time at Rose (soph. or junior year) we changed from paper to electronic evaluations for our courses. The students only take them seriously when they really want to make sure someone knows the prof. is a pain in the ass for whatever reason (My complaints were usually far longer and more thought out than were my compliments.) Anyway, the numbers still worked out even though people weren't being "forced" to fill out a paper copy in class. Plus, I saw a prof. make very severe changes to his class based on the previous quarter's evaluations. I've seen curriculum's changed based on several year's worth of evaluations (fresh./soph. curriculum that I know changed when I was a senior). When the students show a trend that information is not being given in a useful manner change will eventually be made. During my time at Rose (soph. or junior year) we changed from paper to electronic evaluations for our courses. The students only take them seriously when they really want to make sure someone knows the prof. is a pain in the ass for whatever reason (My complaints were usually far longer and more thought out than were my compliments.) Anyway, the numbers still worked out even though people weren’t being “forced” to fill out a paper copy in class. Plus, I saw a prof. make very severe changes to his class based on the previous quarter’s evaluations. I’ve seen curriculum’s changed based on several year’s worth of evaluations (fresh./soph. curriculum that I know changed when I was a senior). When the students show a trend that information is not being given in a useful manner change will eventually be made.

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