Course Evaluation Information

The following courses will not receive course evaluations: 

• Classes with fewer than 6 students

• Labs

• Independent Studies

• MGT-500L

If you have questions about the course evaluation process or are having trouble accessing your course evaluations, you can email the course evaluation team at courseevals@sjny.edu.

Course Evaluation Calendars can be found under the Calendar Tab. 

• All Spring and Fall, Full Term courses will have a 14 day evaluation period before the end of class. (Evaluations will not be open during finals week).

• All FYE classes will have a 14 day evaluation period before the end of class (or slightly before, check Calendar)

• All Cycle A and Summer Session 3 courses will have a 7 day evaluation period before the end of class. 

• Cycle B will have a 7 day evaluation period before the start of Finals.

• All Summer Session 1 and 2 courses will have a 4 day evaluation period before the end of class.

• All Intersession Courses will have 4 day evaluation period before the end of class.

Yes, you can access your course evaluations on your phone/tablet either from the email you were sent or you can sign into an internet browser (i.e. Google Chrome) and access them through Canvas on the portal. 

Instructors often find students’ written comments the most valuable element of course evaluations. To help your teachers get the most out of your end-of-term feedback, please keep the following in mind: 

• Remember that you are writing to your instructor. Your feedback can valuably influence the ways they teach this course and others in the future. 

• Specific constructive suggestions that focus on your learning are far more useful than general critiques. This is your opportunity to provide feedback that helps instructors understand how their instructional choices facilitated or hindered your learning. Both positive and negative feedback is most helpful when very specific. 

• Comments that are not related to your learning diminish the value of your feedback. For example, it is not helpful to comment upon an instructor’s appearance or to include personal insults in your feedback. 

• Feedback that is considered less helpful includes statements that are vague in either their critique or praise. What is more helpful is specific suggestions that could improve your learning, or explanations of why the course helped you learn.

Course evaluation responses are anonymous and reported by class. The instructor, department chair, dean and provost all have access to the course evaluations. They are also made available to the faculty promotions and awards committee when a faculty member is going up for promotion and/or tenure. Faculty review their course evaluations every semester and use the results to make changes to their future courses.