Blue - Start Here

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. Go to your Canvas course.

2. On the course navigation sidebar, select Course Evaluations. Blue lists all course sections that have open evaluations for students. It will also say when they are due.

   Note: If you're an instructor wishing to hide Course Evaluations from the Canvas navigation bar, please follow these instructions from the Canvas Instructor Guide (Canvas Community).
   

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

All students and instructors with a NetID will be able to access Blue. 

Blue is available in Canvas courses for select colleges, and is enabled on the left-hand navigation menu by default. Follow the steps outlined below to hide or unhide Blue Course Evaluation in your course.

Opening your Course Navigation Settings

1. Click on Settings in the left navigation menu of your course.
   

2. Once in your course's settings, click the Navigation tab.
   
   
   

Removing Blue Course Evaluations from your Canvas course navigation menu

1. When you are on the Course Navigation settings page, scroll down to locate Course Evaluations in your list of navigation items.
   

2. Select X Disable to remove the item from your navigation menu. Or, select Move, and use your cursor to drag the item to the lower group of navigation items; labeled Drag Items here to hide them from students.
   
   
   

Adding Blue Course Evaluations to your Canvas course navigation menu

1. When you are on the Course Navigation settings page, find Course Evaluations in the list of hidden items. These are listed below the heading Drag items here to hide them from students.
   

2. Drag and drop Course Evaluations into the upper section of enabled course navigation items.

   • Alternatively, click on the 3 dots next to Course Evaluations and select + Enable.
     

3. Once Course Evaluations is enabled, click Save at the bottom of the page.
   

4. Click Course Evaluations in the left navigation menu of your course.

Please contact the DoIT Help Desk and request a consultation if you need additional help enabling Blue in your course.

If you are an instructor in certain colleges, you can add two text memo questions  for your course section, using question personalization (AP). 

In the Blue tool, instructors can add two additional questions to their student evaluations of instruction for course sections they teach. These questions are added at the section level. If a course section is team taught you must work together. Adding questions is known as Question Personalization (QP). All other questions in the evaluation are preset and cannot be changed. The questions you add will be included in your reports only, not the department and/or college’s reports.

Cross-listed Courses: In cross-listed courses, instructors must add personalized questions for each section for all students to see.

Question Personalization (QP)

Adding New Questions

1. You will receive an email when you can begin QP.
2. Open the link in the email or navigate to Blue in your web browser (https://studenteval.wisc.edu).
   Note: Alternatively, open your Canvas course page and select Course Evaluations from the sidebar.
3. Log in with your NetID and password. Blue will list all course sections that have open evaluations. It will also indicated when they are due. If a course section is eligible for QP, a Start Now button will appear next to it.
   
4. Select Start Now beside the course evaluation you would like to modify. This will open the evaluation.
5. To see the questions that are already in the survey, select Preview.
   
6. Blue will display this message if your course has 10 or fewer enrolled students: by selecting “Consent,” you acknowledge that you understand your responses may not be anonymous in this small-enrollment course and agree to participate in this evaluation. Please choose “Consent” or “Decline” to continue. You will need to select Consent to continue. Note: This message will only display on a student evaluation if the course has 10 or fewer students enrolled.
   
7. To add a question, select Customize. (Instructors may add two questions.)
   
8. Once you add your question, click the x to exit. There is no save button at this time. 
   
9. Finally, select the Submit button to submit your question(s).
    

Courses with Multiple instructors

Which instructor can add questions to the course section?

If you are an instructor whose course has multiple instructors, either of you can add questions. However, please consider these details when you or your co-instructor adds questions:

• Blue will lock you out if the other instructor is adding questions. 

• Only a total of two questions can be added for each course section. 

• Once questions are submitted, Blue will lock the section, and you will no longer be able to add questions. 

How can I unlock a locked course section?

The instructor who added the questions must unlock the section if the other instructor wants to edit or add questions. You can also contact the Blue administrator at learnuwsupport@wisc.edu if a section is locked. 

1. Open Question Personalization by following steps 1-4 of the Adding Questions section, earlier in this document.

2. Select the Options button at the top of the page. It is marked with an icon showing two rectangles on top of each other and is beside the Update button.
   

3. Select Unlock

Copying Questions from a Previous Semester

If you added questions last semester, you have the option to copy them to this semester. 

1. Open Question Personalization by following steps 1-4 of the Adding Questions section, earlier in this document.
2. Select the Copy button. It is marked with an icon showing two rectangles on top of each other and is beside the Update button.
   
   
   
3. This opens a drop-down menu. Select Copy selections from or Copy selections to.
   1. Select Copy selections from if you are selecting questions from another course, to be added to the course you have open.
   2. Select Copy selections to if you are copying questions from the course you have open, into another course.
4. This will open a page where you can select a course to copy selections to, or copy selections from. The instructions are similar for both options.
   
5. Use the drop-down menu under select courses to search for a current course, or a previous course. Then, type the name of the course into the search bar
   
6. Select the checkbox next to the name of the course, and then click the Select button.
   
7. Select copy the question from the selected subjects or copy the question from the selected subjects, and submit immediately.
   
   
8. Blue will ask if you are sure whether you want to copy these questions. All previous selections will be overwritten. If you are certain you want to copy these questions, select Yes, I’m Sure.
   
   
9. You still will need to submit these questions after copying them. Open the course from your Blue homepage.
10. Review the questions you copied to ensure they are accurate.
11. Select Submit to finish adding the questions.
    
    
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