Here are some suggestions to boost response rates on the survey: Put an announcement in your course reminding the students to take the IDEA survey. Tell them how you plan to use the survey results to improve the course next time and thank them for taking the time to fill out the survey. Lastly, put a link directly to the survey in the announcement: scroll down to item 3 in the announcement tool and link directly to the course evaluation. Make it easy for them to find and take the survey.
I'll have more on IDEA surveys in the fall – including suggestions on how to make them more useful to you and your students.
On another note, IT Services will be purging 2009 Blackboard course shells on May 15. You can export 2009 course(s) before May 15 if you want to keep a record.
Blackboard has videos on exporting and importing course content. When you export your shell, all the data in it is preserved off line. I recommend checking everything for the export. As a side note, archiving a course makes a complete copy; however, an archived course has to be restored by a Blackboard administrator.
Best of luck to you and your students as you wrap up the semester!
P.S. All my emails are archived on my blog if you want to go back and check something out.
Lee
Lee Maria Henrikson
Instructional Designer
Beyond Anchorage Workforce Development Grant
907-786-4903
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