Procedures

Note: As of 1 January 2005, the Unit Evaluation site dealing with the construction of individual unit evaluation questionnaires will be deactivated. Individuals wishing to conduct unit evaluations should contact the Associate Dean (Teaching) in their faculty.

The selection of units to be evaluated is a decision made by faculties and departments. Each faculty has set up a process to evaluate units on a three or five year cycle. 

Using the Item Bank

For those utilising the unit evaluation item bank, there are 4 steps involved in constructing and administering the unit evaluation survey.

Prior to creating the questionnaire, you can preview the various items in CHEQ’s Item Bank.

The 4 steps in creating your questionnaire are:

• Step 1 - Complete the web based form with details requested. (Please note that due to technical difficulties Online Evaluations will not be available until further notice.) 
• Step 2 - Create your questionnaire. Select up to 25 items.
• Step 3 - Print the questionnaire and the cover page for the questionnaire.
• Step 4 - Make the necessary copies for your class and distribute the questionnaire and General Response Forms.
• Step 5 - Complete the Data Return Form by providing the reference number for each question selected from the Item Bank.
• Step 6 - Forward the completed questionnaires and the Data Return Form to CHEQ for processing. 
  
  

General Response Forms

General Response Forms (GRF) are forms used to capture the data response from a questionnaire. The questionnaire you developed has only the items without any space for students to respond. Students would require the GRFs to respond to the items in the questionnaire. A typical GRF can be viewed on this site.

At the same time, students can also be asked to write comments on the back of the response form and these will be returned unedited.

Using Faculty Printed Questionnaires

• Step 1 - Obtain Faculty Unit Evaluation questionnaires from your Faculty.
• Step 2 - Distribute the questionnaire to your class.
• Step 3 - complete the Faculty Unit Evaluation Record Form.
• Step 4 - Forward completed form and questionnaires to CHEQ for processing. 

Please Note: If your evaluation contains less than 5 questionnaires, CHEQ is unable to provide a report. This is due to our interpretation of new privacy laws introduced in June 2004 and our requirement to maintain the confidentiality of students. You will receive a letter from CHEQ to confirm that the unit evaluation has been conducted according to faculty requirements.

What if I just want to order the General Response Form?

Some faculties may have a central questionnaire and only need the General Response Form. In this case, just click onto the Order Form button and fill out the web based Order Form. 

Please Note: If you have not received the General Response Forms a week before the date of the evaluation, please contact Evaluations immediately on 59447 or 55143.