Blue - Viewing Response Rates [UW-Madison]

In this document you’ll learn how to view response rates for course evaluations while the survey is running to help promote when low.

   

How Do I Access Blue? 

How Do I Access Blue?

Navigating to Blue directly

  1. In your web browser, navigate to https://studenteval.wisc.edu  

  2. Log in with your NetID and password

Connecting from a Canvas course

  1. Navigate to and open your course.

  2. On the navigation sidebar, select Course Evaluations.
    Note: To add or hide Course Evaluations from the navigation bar, please follow these instructions from the Canvas Instructor Guide (Canvas Community).
    Sidebar as seen in a Canvas course. The "Course Evaluations" link is highlighted.

  3. Blue will list all course sections that have open evaluations for students. It will also say when they are due. 

  4. Click any course from the list to open the course evaluation. 

    1. Note: The URL is studenteval-bc.wisc.edu because it is connected to your specific course 

Response Rates

Accessing Response Rates from Canvas

When you access Blue as an instructor using the link in Canvas, you will see a screen titled Subject Management. Each of your courses will have a tile with their course name and response rate represented.

Subject Management page as shown within Canvas. Each course is represented with a tile including the number of responses, and the percentage of the class participating

Opening Blue to View Response Rates

  1. If you access Blue directly at https://studenteval.wisc.edu, you will see this home screen.   
    Blue homepage, with Subject Management tile highlighted
  2. To see response rates, choose the subject management widget from your home screen.
    Note: This widget only shows while an evaluation is open
    Tile titled "subject management" Dive into the Subject-based approach to your evaluations and tasks. The tile includes a link titled "manage your subjects".
  3. The Subject Management page lists response rates for each course.
    Subject Management page as shown on Blue. Each course is represented with a tile including the number of responses, and the percentage of the class participating

How can I increase response rates?

Students are reminded by email every three days to complete an evaluation. To help increase response rates, you are encouraged to remind your students and/or even take a few minutes of class time for them to complete. 

To see how students can access Blue and submit their evaluation, see Blue - Completing your Course Evaluations (Student) [UW-Madison] 

 


Keywords:
course evaluation response rates survey class section evaluations
Doc ID:
155320
Owned by:
Learn@UW Madison in Learn@UW
Created:
2025-10-03
Updated:
2025-10-07
Sites:
DoIT Help Desk, Learn@UW