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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Faculty,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As a reminder, many course evaluations for Spring 2023 are currently live and will close on
<b><span style="color:red">May 5<sup>th </sup>at 10:59 PM CST</span></b>. We kindly request that you encourage your students to complete the course evaluations and help improve the overall response rate of our teaching effectiveness. Students can access the
course evaluation through D2L, automated evaluation emails they receive, or using this link,
</span><a href="http://tamuc.bluera.com/tamuc/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">http://tamuc.bluera.com/tamuc/</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">There are multiple methods you can use to encourage a high response rate. Here are a few strategies that have proven
to increase participation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Set aside the class time:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">Students are more likely to complete evaluations if a small amount of class time is set aside, and evaluations can be completed through mobile devices
as well as computers. You can also </span><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://inside.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/academicTechnology/_documents/Sharing%20Couse%20Evaluation%20Link%20or%20QR%20Code%20Using%20Blue.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">share
a QR code with your students</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext"> in the classroom by using eXplorance’s Blue portal.
</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Offer incentives</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Students are more likely to complete evaluation for an
incentive such as extra credit. But keep in mind, any extra credit you choose to offer should typically be no more than 1-2% of the overall course grade. For example, if the course total point is 100, providing extra credit of 1-2 points would be appropriate.
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Explain the evaluation process</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">: Faculty are welcome to provide a brief
description of the evaluation process and its use in the future. Faculty engagement not only leads to a better response rate but also better quality feedback. We ask that you inform your students that these evaluations are anonymous, and faculty will only
see aggregated survey results after grades are posted.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please reach out to
</span><a href="mailto:Course.Evaluations@tamuc.edu"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Course.Evaluations@tamuc.edu</span></b></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
for questions or concerns. We appreciate your cooperation in this important matter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/oat"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="280" height="118" style="width:2.9166in;height:1.2291in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D978E3.631685B0"></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">903-886-5511 |
</span></b><a href="mailto:online@tamuc.edu"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">online@tamuc.edu</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">
| </span></b><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/oat"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">www.tamuc.edu/oat</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">
|</span></b><a href="http://www.tamuc.edu/facultyStaffServices/academictechnology/d2l/default.aspx"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">myLeo Online (D2L Brightspace) Help Resources</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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