The Types of Student Evaluation Notifications Distributed at Bristol

A variety of notifications are sent to increase student awareness and access to course evaluations each semester. The purpose of this tutorial is to show exactly what students will see during student course evaluation windows.

Outcomes:

After this tutorial, you will be able to: Explain the variety of notifications sent to students about completing their student evaluations.

Canvas Dashboard Pop-Up:

When a student logs into Canvas, they will see a pop-up prompt that lists any course evaluations that are available. Students will be able to click the start now button or the remind me later button to delay fill out. That pop-up will look like this:

Screenshot of the course evaluation pop-up in Canvas that a student would see. This pop-up lists a course that has an evaluation available for the student to complete and a "Start Now" button that allows them to open the evaluation.

Course Announcements:

An announcement will automatically be posted in the Canvas site of any courses that are being evaluated. These announcements will only be visible to students during the time frame an evaluation is available. The announcements will look like this:

Screenshot of a Canvas course announcement. Title: Course Evaluation Now Available Body: Please complete the course evaluation for BCC-101 Intro to BCC at your earliest convenience. This evaluation is anonymous and will be available for 48 hours after the date/time this announcement was posted.

Course Calendar Notifications:

A calendar entry will automatically be added to the Canvas sites of any courses that are being evaluated. These calendar entries will appear on the final day that an evaluation is available for students to complete. This will also make the task of completing course evaluations appear in the “To Do” feed students see on their Canvas Dashboards when they first login. The calendar entries will look like this:

Screenshot of a Canvas course calendar with an entry titled "Spring 2025 Course Evaluations" and a message that states "Please complete the course evaluation for BCC-101 Intro to BCC at your earliest convenience. All evaluation are anonymous."

Email Notifications:

Students will also be reminded to complete course evaluations via an email that will be delivered to their Bristol Outlook inbox. That email looks like this:

Dear (student name),

You have been invited to provide feedback for the following courses:
BCC-101 Intro to BCC

This process is anonymous (your name will not be used or associated) and results are not released until after grades are submitted.

Start the evaluation now.

Student course evaluations for other courses you are enrolled in may become available between now and the end of the semester. You will be notified via email and within Online Learning if any additional courses become available for you to evaluate.

Thank you for your participation,
Bristol Community College