Reporting to students on actions taken in response to SETU results

An example report to students

The following example is modelled on an actual report to students based on SETU results.

Student Evaluation of Teaching and Units (SETU)

Each semester, Deakin conducts an evaluation of all units by surveying students about their perceptions of their experiences in the units they take. The table below summarises the results for XXXNNN last year. The mean SETU scores are rated out of 5.0.

Response rate - 36.0%

Overall, the results were pleasing. Items relating to teaching, course materials and assessment were rated highly. Items with comparatively lower ratings related to feedback and online technologies. The 'needs improvement' comments included the following items:

"There where[sic] no examples put up on DSO of what he was looking for in assignments, and this made it very hard to get good marks."

"Could not find any feedback on assignments on DSO. Maybe I was not using it correctly."

In fact, for this unit model assignment submissions were provided for students via DSO, and, marked assignments with feedback were returned via DSO. Instructions for assignment submission and access to returned assignments were included in the unit guide. It seems that the methods for accessing model assignments and assignment feedback could be made clearer. Documentation on these processes will be enhanced in both the unit guide and DSO for 2007.

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