The university will share instructor’s name, NetID, title/role (e.g., TA vs. faculty), and UIN; course information (e.g., CRN, subject code, course number, course title, section identifier); course registration (e.g., students’ NetID, class status); and other university staff contact information such as unit executive officers’ name, NetID, and UIN and their designees. This data will be […]

Explorance Blue is the software that best satisfies our campus’ requirements for access control, security, FEPA compliance, and that best accommodates the variety of our course models and structure.

CITL will administer the Explorance Blue system. Explorance Blue is a feedback analytics and insights platform that streamlines collection and analysis of surveys. Learn more about Blue.

FLEX was developed following evidence-based practices for survey design. The scales for the survey were chosen to align with the campus definition of teaching excellence. Initial survey items were drafted and circulated for faculty feedback for importance and applicability. An initial set of items were selected based on faculty feedback. These items were taken to […]

Instructors and their unit executive officers will by default have access to FLEX results. A provost’s task force is being charged to address questions such as whether should students have access to some type of access to FLEX results (i.e., raw or summary data) and whether access to FLEX results can be used as an […]

Because FLEX does not have global items asking students to rate instructors or courses as excellent, the “List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent” will be renamed. Likewise, because FLEX will have three composite-scale scores, the award criteria will be revised. This revised program will maintain the spirit of the list: awarded to as many instructors […]

It is not mandatory for students to participate in FLEX surveys. A provost’s task force is being charged to explore mechanisms to encourage higher student participation or whether to make it mandatory.

Instructors should follow the procedures for collecting student feedback established by their academic units. While all units are required to collect and use student feedback as part of broader teaching evaluation processes, the FLEX system may not be appropriate for some instructors or some units.