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Streamline the process of capturing student feedback with EvaluationKIT by Watermark, a solution designed specifically for higher ed. Automated, information-rich reporting provides faculty and administrators with the data needed to monitor quality and make timely decisions to improve teaching and learning.

The tool is available for use campus-wide, and the use of Evaluation Kit is covered by the campus Technology fee. It is integrated with Blackboard, and can be accessed by students, instructors, and administrators from inside Blackboard.


  • Evaluation Kit Benefits

    Administrators

    • Elimination of paper process
    • Complete access to data for analysis and reporting
    • Consistency in when and how evaluations are administered
    • Each school is managed independently

    Instructors

    • Ability to monitor who has not completed an evaluation
    • Online access to reports
    • Overall summary across all courses and over time

    Students

    • All course evaluations accessible online in one location
  • General Support

    To access EvaluationKIT, log into Blackboard and Select Tools from the left menu. Then select Course Evaluations and Survey (EvaluationKIT) from the Tools menu.

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    If you don't see what you expect, first check that you are viewing the correct account. If you need to change accounts to your college or department, click Switch Account and select your account from the list.

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    Next check that you have the correct role selected. You may need to change between the Student, Instructor, Administrator, or EvaluationKIT Administrator roles.

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    For all other questions, consult the Help Center by clicking the Question Mark icon.

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  • Administrator Support

    Evaluation Kit is set up for each department or group to manage their own evaluations. Each Department or Program should identify a person as the primary administrator for their evaluations. If you don't have another administrator that can create accounts, the Chair or Program Administrator should send a request to the Faculty Center to set up a new administrator. This request should include the following information for the new administrator.

    • Administrator's Name
    • Administrator's A-State E-mail Address
    • School or Department they will be managing
    • Level of Access they will need
      • EvaluationKIT Administrators: Super-users with access to ALL areas of EvaluationKIT. This role is needed to: create, deploy, and collect results for course evaluation projects. This is the most common role for the administrator that manages the department's evaluations.
      • Survey Admin: Select this role if you would like to create a node administrator who would only create/edit surveys. Survey admins only have access to the surveys they have created.
      • Report Admin: Select this role to allow the node administrator access to reporting for Instructors and courses within their specific area(s), school/college/department(s)
      • Custom Question Admin: Select this role to allow the node administrator access to author and add custom question surveys for their specific areas or courses therein.
      • Student Alert Admin: Select this role to allow the node administrator to receive student alerts and access Student Alert Reporting.
      • Course Admin: Select this role if you are using the “Manage Courses” feature in your project for node administrators. This role allows the administrator to manage course and enrollment information in a project.
      • Custom Question Monitoring Admin: Select this role if the node administrator should have access to view custom question surveys that were associated to their specific areas or courses therein.
      • Results Monitoring Admin: Select this role if the node administrator should have access to view who has accessed results for Projects associated to their specific areas.
      • Project Admin: Select this role to allow the node administrator to create, manage and deploy projects within their academic area or level(s) of access. This role allows the administrator to only control projects in their academic unit or level(s) of access.

    EvaluationKIT provides three core on-demand, hands-on EvaluationKIT Administrator Training sessions with assessments:

    Once the new administrator has completed the online trainings, they should contact the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, 870-972-2334, CETL@AState.edu. We can then assist with answering questions and give a brief overview of how their account is setup. 

    For Assistance with Survey Question Wording

    Institutional Research & Planning

    IRP provides campus-wide surveys and evaluations, creates effective evaluations, and manages the evaluation process.

    Contact:

    Office of Student Learning Outcomes
    870-972-2989

  • Instructor Support

    EvaluationKIT is set up for each department or group to manage their own evaluations. Once the evaluation that your department created is finished, you will find your results in Blackboard. For a walkthrough of finding these results, see the Getting Your Results module of our EvaluationKIT training. 

    Questions about your evaluations should be directed to your Department Chair or Program Director.