NJCU utilizes IDEA course evaluations to provide faculty with student feedback on instruction. Students complete the online evaluations near the end of each Fall and Spring semester. This page contains information on the following topics:
Students’ participation in IDEA is anonymous. Instructors are able to track response rate, but they do not know whether an individual student has or has not completed the form. Instructors receive summaries of results, not individual results linked to any student.
Session | Opens | Closes |
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7-week, first session |
October 6 | October 12 |
7-week, second session | December 2 | December 8 |
15 -week, full semester | November 21 | December 12 |
Students and faculty access course evaluations through GothicNet.
Students can access the evaluations by logging into GothicNet and clicking on “Access to Other Systems” and then “Course Evaluation Student”.
Faculty can access course evaluations by logging into GothicNet and clicking on “Access to Other Systems” and then “Course Evaluation”
Course evaluations is a university-wide process conducted in Fall and Spring. Courses taught in summer sessions are not evaluated. In addition, some independent courses (e.g., independent study, practicum, internship) are excluded. Excluded courses are below:
Before course evaluations open for students, faculty should select the 3-5 most important learning objectives for the course. Faculty may want to consider the following when rating learning objectives:
See the IDEA website for more information.
Faculty use results to understand and improve the teaching and learning experience for students. We thank all for participation and support of this process.
IDEA results are available to faculty after grading closes. Results are accessible through GothicNet and are presented in summary form only. Faculty members do not have access to responses of individual students. IDEA provides guidance for interpreting results.
Students do not have access to the results.