The IDEA Center’s Diagnostic Feedback Instrument provides crucial feedback to instructors and administrators on the effectiveness of curriculum design. The feedback process is conducted entirely online with students receiving emails asking them to log in and complete IDEAs for each course.
Students play an important role in providing thoughtful, honest, and confidential feedback. The quantitative feedback is shared with instructors, department chairs, deans, and others. Below is information for students on how the process works.
Survey period
The length of each survey period is determined by the length of the session in which the course is taught.
Sessions ≤ 7 weeks open one week before the last day of classes.
Sessions > 7 weeks open two weeks before the last day of classes.
All sessions receive student feedback, including Fall, J Term, Spring, Summer Sessions, and Accelerated Online terms. When the feedback period opens, all enrolled students receive an email directing them to complete course feedback by logging into Campus Labs using the student link and their URI Single Sign-On username and password. All forms are completed online using any internet-connected device, including mobile devices. Feedback forms are available 24/7 on or off campus.
Which courses receive feedback
To ensure student confidentiality and meaningful results, classes with fewer than five students do not receive student feedback. Additionally, URI 101 and high school concurrent enrollment courses also do not receive student feedback.
Your course will receive student feedback if Faculty Senate categorizes it as a lab, lecture, recitation, seminar, or studio. All courses approved with the component “online” receive feedback. Other components, including independent studies, and practicums do not receive IDEA feedback.
Students can see the class component in e-Campus:
- Log in to e-Campus
- Click Self Service
- Click Enrollment
- Choose a term
- Click Continue
- For each class, a component will be listed. (See example)
Which instructors receive student feedback
Individuals providing instruction in the classroom, as determined by department chairs, receive IDEA feedback. Students with questions should speak with their department chairs.