Blue - Completing your Course Evaluations (Student) [UW-Madison]

As a student, there are three different ways you can access your course evaluations in Blue:

• Select the link in the email you are sent when course evaluations begin.
• Choose Course Evaluation from the navigation bar in your Canvas course.
• Navigate to Blue and log in.

You can find instructions for each method in this document, in the sections below.

1. When your course evaluations begin, you will receive an email from UW-Madison Student Evaluation (studenteval@doit.wisc.edu), titled: Reminder: Please Complete Your UW–Madison Course Evaluation Surveys. The email will list the name(s) of your course(s).

Note: You will receive a reminder email every three days until you complete your evaluation, or until the evaluation period closes.

2. Select the link listed under your course name. Blue will open in your web browser.
3. Continue with the section Finding Your Course Evaluation in Blue for next steps.

1. Open your Canvas course. 
2. Select Course Evaluations from the Canvas navigation bar.

Note: Course Evaluations will appear on the course’s Canvas navigation bar unless the instructor chooses to hide it from the menu.

3. If there are no evaluations open to complete, you will see the message You have no open course evaluations at this time.
   
   
4. If you have evaluations open to complete, they are listed on the Canvas Course Evaluations page. The page will show whether evaluations are open or completed. Select a course to launch its corresponding evaluation.
   
5. Continue with the section Finding Your Course Evaluation in Blue for next steps.

1. To open Blue directly, open your web browser and navigate to https://studenteval.wisc.edu. This is also the location that opens if you open Blue from your email or from your Canvas course.
2. Log in with your NetID and password.
3. On your Blue dashboard, your course evaluations are listed under My Active Tasks. That section lists the name of the course and the date the evaluation period ends.
4. Select the Start Now button beside the course name to begin your evaluation.
   
5. Respond to your evaluation. When you are done, select the Submit button at the bottom of the evaluation.
   

If your course has fewer than five enrolled students, Blue will prompt you with the following message before beginning the evaluation:

"This course evaluation is designed to collect feedback to improve instruction and course content. Your input is valuable and participation is completely voluntary. Note: Because this course has fewer than 5 students enrolled, your responses may be identifiable by your instructor. While responses are treated as confidential educational records, complete anonymity cannot be guaranteed due to the small class size. You may decline to participate without any academic consequence. If for any reason you do not feel comfortable providing feedback in this process, please contact assessment@wisc.edu and we will facilitate a different feedback mechanism.

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."

1. To continue with the evaluation, select Consent. 
2. If you do not feel comfortable providing feedback, select Decline. You may contact assessment@wisc.edu if you would like a different feedback mechanism to submit your evaluation.