Mid-Semester Feedback

What is mid-semester feedback?

Mid-semester feedback provides an opportunity for instructors to "check the pulse” of their class partway through the semester. By surveying students, especially after you've had a chance to evaluate evidence of learning, instructors and students alike can gain practical and actionable insights about what is working. Students can also provide recommendations for improving learning and teaching.

Why collect mid-semester feedback?

Instructors gather mid-semester feedback for a variety of reasons including to:

  • make sure what they're doing is connecting with what students are doing
  • support and enhance student learning and engagement in that semester's course
  • assess their instructional approach the first time teaching a course
  • discover the impact of instructional changes from the previous semester
  • improve their teaching
  • model reflective practice and demonstrate their care and commitment to students' success
  • avoid surprises in their end-of-semester course evaluations

Get Started

Download the attached survey file and upload the survey into your Canvas course . Once the survey has been uploaded, look for it in the "Quizzes" section of your course. Feel free to edit existing questions and add new questions as needed. To encourage participation, consider changing the survey from "Ungraded" to "Graded" as the "Quiz Type" in the survey settings.