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Course Experience Surveys

Share your Learning Experience

Considering student perspectives is important for the improvement of course quality and teaching practices at SFU.

Course Experience surveys provide the university community with information about student experiences of courses and instruction to help create high impact learning experiences.

Important Dates

Jan 15 - Jan 26: Department's Survey Scheduling Period

Feb 5 - Mar 24: Instructor Question Personalisation Period

Mar 25 - Apr 12: Student Course Survey Period

TBD: Course Survey Report Release

What's New

March 04, 2024

TSSU FALL 2023 Strike Impact Reports

We have released department specific reports analyzing the impacts the TSSU Strike had on student responses during Fall 2023. These were shared with department leaders as a resource to interpret the contextual impact at the department level. Read more about these reports here.

October 20, 2023

NEW QUESTIONS ADDED TO THE INSTRUCTOR QUESTION BANK

'Alternative Assessment Models' and 'Student Wellbeing' are two new categories from which instructors can include personalized questions into their course survey to explore new approaches to their teaching practice. Read more about these additions here.

 

Share your Course Experience

We value student perspectives for the improvement of course quality and teaching practices at SFU.

Course Experience Surveys (CES) are administered at the end of every course each semester to provide students the opportunity to relay feedback about their course experience which provides faculty and departments with information on developing high impact learning experiences.

These surveys are administered with the assistance of Managers of Academic & Administrative Services (MAAS) across departments at SFU who set up course survey schedules at the beginning of each term after which instructors are able to review them and add questions to their own course survey to receive tailored feedback from students.

Please access the following pages for more information according to your role:

What's New

April 29, 2024

SPRING 2024 ACADEMIC UNIT REPORTS

We have added two new reports this term for departmental use that provides an overview of CES data within academic units. Read more about the content and how to access the 'Academic Unit Report' and the 'Academic Unit Course Listing Report' here.

March 04, 2024

TSSU FALL 2023 Strike Impact Reports

We have released department specific reports analyzing the impacts the TSSU Strike had on student responses during Fall 2023. These were shared with department leaders as a resource to interpret the contextual impact at the department level. Read more about these reports here.

October 20, 2023

NEW QUESTIONS ADDED TO THE INSTRUCTOR QUESTION BANK

'Alternative Assessment Models' and 'Student Wellbeing' are two new categories from which instructors can include personalized questions into their course survey to explore new approaches to their teaching practice. Read more about these additions here.

 

Important Dates

TBA: Department's Survey Scheduling Period

TBA: Instructor Question Personalisation Period

TBA: Student Course Survey Period

TBA: Course Survey Report Release

CES is administered by the Learning Experiences Assessment & Planning (LEAP) unit.
SETC is now called Course Experience Survey (CES)

As of Fall 2022, Student Experience of Teaching and Courses (SETC) Survey has been renamed to Course Experience Survey (CES). This was accompanied by changes to the questions, survey framework, and the overall purpose of the survey.

Learn more about the changes