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Course evaluations are surveys sent out to students taking a class at 911±¬ÁÏ. The survey contains questions about your experience with the class, including questions about your Professor(s) and the course material. These surveys are your opportunity to give 911±¬ÁÏ and your Professors anonymous feedback. Your survey responses are then used to improve the course experience for students like you!

Blue is the software program 911±¬ÁÏ uses for course evaluations. Course Evaluation surveys are conducted exclusively through Blue. You only need a web browser (Chrome, Safari, etc.), an internet connection, and your 911±¬ÁÏ login to access Blue. 

For information about how to login into Blue and navigate the website, please refer to the Student's Guide to Course Evaluations

Towards the end of the course, you will receive an email inviting you to fill out a course evaluation survey. Once you get this email, you can begin to fill out and submit the course evaluation survey. To access the survey, either follow the link(s) within the invitation email, or After the initial invitation email, you will receive 1-3 reminder emails that also contain direct link(s) to the survey(s). 

If you cannot find the survey invitation email, refer to the section on this page titled "I DIDN'T GET A SURVEY INVITATION EMAIL. WHAT NOW?" 

Surveys are not open forever, and will close at a set date and time. Make sure you submit the survey before this date! The date and time the survey ends can be found within your Blue portal, and in the invitation or reminder emails. 

After the term has ended and all grades are submitted, your instructor(s) will get a Report with the survey responses for courses they teach. The survey is anonymous, meaning your instructor(s) are NOT able to identify who responded to the survey, and they are NOT able to tell whose answers are whose. 

Your survey responses are then used as feedback on how to improve the effectiveness of the course. 

 

To complete a survey, you will need to know you 911±¬ÁÏ credentials (your 911±¬ÁÏ email address and password).
For more detailed instructions on accessing and filling out a survey, see the Student's Guide.  

1. You can also access surveys through the survey invitation or reminder emails sent to you.

2. After you log in, click on the name of the course you want to complete the survey for. This will open the survey in a new browser tab. If you accessed Blue through an invitation or reminder email, the link will open directly to the survey. 

3. Answer the questions on the survey openly and honestly, to the best of your ability. Adding details or expanding on your answers in Comment boxes is highly encouraged and helps your instructor better understand how to improve the course. You do not have to answer every question on the survey to submit it. If you want to come back to the survey later, your answers are automatically saved and will appear the next time you open the survey (but your answers will not be counted until you submit the survey). 

4. At the end of the survey, click the Submit button. If you do not submit the survey, your answers will not be counted. 

If you know your course evaluation window has started but you can't find the invitation email to the survey, it's most likely that  your "preferred email address" (as it's set in UAOnline) is incorrect, or not what you think it is. Survey invitation emails and reminders are sent to your @alaska.edu email address by default. But, if you changed your "preferred email address" in UAOnline to something other than your 911±¬ÁÏ email address, the invitations will be sent to that address instead. 

Here's what to do:

1. Log into and navigate to "Manage Your Address, Email, and Phone Information".
2. Check what email address is listed under "Student Preferred Email". If this address is incorrect, click "Change" and enter the correct email. If the listed email address IS correct, check your Spam folder, or search for emails sent from "uaf-course-evals@alaska.edu". 
3. IMPORTANT: If you updated your "preferred email address" in UAOnline, send an email to uaf-course-evals@alaska.edu with your name and the updated email address. This allows the Blue Administrator to re-send the survey invitation emails to your correct email account. 

***Note that once you change your "preferred email address", all FUTURE emails about course evaluations will be sent to that address. PAST EMAILS WILL NOT BE RE-SENT TO THE UPDATED EMAIL ADDRESS!! Please send an email to uaf-course-evals@alaska.edu to receive previously sent survey emails.***

Refer to the Student's Guide to Course Evaluations for more detailed instructions on changing your preferred email address. 

 

If you cannot log into Blue b