Using the Midterm Assessment Tool
About the Midterm Assessment Tool in LATTE
Each semester, the Committee for the Support of Teaching (CST) encourages the use of midterm teaching assessment forms to assist faculty in assessing and improving their teaching effectiveness. These forms are currently available on the CST website.
The Committee provides two online surveys to use for midterm evaluation - the ten-topic assessment and the two-topic assessment. The ten-topic assessment asks students for answers on ten aspects of the course, ranked on a 1 to 5 scale. This assessment also allows for additional comments. The two-topic assessment is identical to the one used at the end of semester for course and teacher evaluation.
The results are meant only for the instructor; the instructor is the only one who reads and assesses the responses. All student responses are configured to be anonymous.
Making the Midterm Assessment available to students
Viewing the Midterm Assessment results
Further analyze the Midterm Assessment results
Get more help
Making the Midterm Assessment Available
Shortly before the middle of the semester, the ten-topic and two-topic midterm assessments will automatically appear as hidden activities (grayed-out text) within your LATTE course in the first section of the course outline. The Midterm Assessment is designed with the Questionnaire tool.
To make either of these surveys available to your students during the midterm period:
Step 1: Click the "turn editing on" button in the upper right-hand corner of the course homepage.
Step 2: Click on the icon of the closed eye next to the assessment you wish to make visible and accessible to your students. The text of the Midterm Assessment will change color from gray to blue, indicating that it is now available to your students.
Viewing Midterm Assessment Results
During the defined midterm evaluation period, the Midterm Assessment will be open for students to complete. Both during and after the period the survey is open to students, instructors can view the results of the assessment.
To view the results of the midterm assessment:
Step 1: From your LATTE course homepage, click on the name of the assessment you are using.
Step 2: Click on the "All responses" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
Further Analyzing the Midterm Assessment Results
An instructor has multiple options for analyzing the results of the midterm assessment. These options appear when an instructor views the midterm assessment results (see instructions above).
- View by Response: Click this button to review results from each student one-by-one.
- Cross Tabulate: This function is currently unavailable in LATTE.
- Download CSV: Saves a comma separated value file to your computer. Can be opened into an Excel spreadsheet for further analysis.
Need More Help?
If you need further assistance using the Midterm Assessment tool, contact LATTE Help at 781-736-5883 (x6LTTE) or latte@brandeis.edu.