Viewing Course Watermark Evaluation Results for Faculty

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Description

This article describes the process for faculty to view the results of course evaluations in the Watermark Course Evaluation system.

How to Access Watermark

To access Watermark, log into Canvas and access one of your courses for a semester that has ended. Note: You will not be able to access from within a metacourse as only single course sections were mapped to the system.
In the Canvas left-hand navigation menu, select Instructor Course Evaluations. No user name/password is required. Note: This link will not be available in courses that are in progress.
1. You may also access Watermark via the link in an email automatically sent by the Watermark system (sender: courseevals@isu.edu) when course evaluations became available for viewing.
Once you have accessed the Watermark dashboard, in the middle of the page you will see a list of the evaluation projects (semesters) that have ended. To view individual course evaluation results, click on the link for the project/semester you wish to view.
To view the report/results for a course, click the download button and select a report type (see What Types of Reports Are Available for more information).

What is the Response Rate Tracker?

Provides information on the number of respondents out of total enrollments (for all of your courses in a project), and the combined response rate for completed projects.
Provides real-time information for courses associated with projects that are in progress.
The real-time response rate for individual courses is available within your course(s) on the left-side. Note: If you have course sections combined into a metacourse, you will need to access the individual sections to see the response rate information since the system does not map to metacourses.

What Types of Reports Are Available?

Detailed Report: Results of evaluations, including questions and responses, weight, frequency, percent, percent responses, mean, standard deviation and median but none of the comments in any write-in type questions. PDF Download.
Detailed Report with Comments: Student write-in comments included with detailed report results. PDF Download.
Short Report: Results of evaluations in a condensed form, includes question, frequency, percent, means, standard deviation and median but none of the comments. PDF download.
Short Report with Comments. Student write-in comments included with short report results. PDF Download.
Raw Data: Excel file containing data about user responses, including timestamps and course information.

Can I Combine the Results of Multiple Course Sections?

The system only maps to individual course sections but if you would like to combine the results of multiple sections of a course you can create a batch report.

Click on the Results tab.
Select Project Results.
Select the project (semester) from the project results list.
To view an individual course section report, click on the Report icon by course information.
To generate a batch report that combines multiple sections of a course, select the courses you wish to combine.
At the top of the window, click on Batch Report.
In the window that opens, type a descriptive name in the Report Name box.
Select one of the following options:
1. Merge Multiple Detailed Reports into one PDF for Selected Courses. This report will combine individual course section reports into a single PDF report. Data is not aggregated.
2. Download Multiple Detailed Reports/Batch as ZIP file for Selected Courses. The course section reports will be downloaded as individual PDF files into a single ZIP file. Data is not aggregated. Note: This would be the preferred method if you want to quickly download the results of all of your individual courses.
3. Aggregate Data for Selected Items into One Report. Results for all selected course sections will be aggregated into one single PDF report. This would be the preferred method for combining the results of metacourses.
4. Raw Data: Course section reports will be downloaded as individual Excel files into a single ZIP file. Data is not aggregated. This would allow you to manipulate the data to meet your specific needs.
Select the desired report format. See "What Types of Reports are Available" for more information.
Click GO.
The report will download as a PDF to your computer or it may be emailed to you.

For more information see Watermark Instructor: Instructor Results and Watermark Instructor: Project Results - Course Sections.

What if I Have Accessed the Watermark Dashboard but Can't See My Evaluations?

You may have multiple roles in the Watermark system. In the top-right corner to the left of your name, you can toggle between your roles.
- If you are a program coordinator you will have Administrator access to the evaluations of all courses in your designated program.
- If you are an Instructor, you will have access to the results of any courses in which you were listed as a teacher of record.
- If you are enrolled in any ISU courses as a Student, you will have student/respondent access to any surveys currently in progress. You will click on My Surveys to access the evaluations for courses you are enrolled in as a student.
The evaluations for your courses may still be in progress. The results of course evaluations are generally made available the day after final grades are due for the full semester courses.

When Can I See My Evaluation Results?

Generally, evaluation results will be available the day after final grades for the semester are due. Instructors will receive an email from the system (sender: courseevals@isu.edu) announcing that evaluation results are available.
Evaluation results will remain visible, i.e. they do not get archived, deleted, or hidden.

How Do Students Access the Course Evaluations?

Students will receive an email from the system (sender: courseevals@isu.edu) notifying them that they have evaluations available to complete. The email will provide direct links to their assigned evaluations.
In addition, while the evaluation project is in progress students will receive a pop-up when they log into Canvas with direct links to any course evaluations that have been assigned to. They will be given the option to close the window and continue on into their course(s) but they will continue to be reminded each time they log in until they have completed all of their assigned evaluations.

Can I Give My Students Points for Completing the Evaluation?

You may wish to create an assignment with no submission in order to manually award points for completing the evaluation. It is recommended that you award points based on an established response rate for the course. For example, if 75% of students complete the evaluation, everyone will receive x points for extra credit. You will be able to view the response rate in real time via the Response Rate Tracker in your Watermark dashboard and also in Canvas within your course.
For more information, see Adding Extra Credit in ISU Canvas for Faculty and/or How do I add or edit details in an assignment?

Contact the ITRC if you need additional assistance.