SOS Faculty Experience

Course Evaluations Available

Student Opinion Surveys are available two weeks before a 14-week term ends and one week before a 7-week term or shorter term ends. When the survey period begins, students receive an email from containing instructions on how to access their individualized portal and complete the Student Opinion Survey. The portal will contain a list of their courses and available surveys. Students will receive two reminder emails before survey expiration. All surveys expire at 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the term.

Fall 2023 14-week term First 7-week term Second 7-week term 3-week Interim
Classes Begin 9/6/2023 9/6/2023 10/25/2023 1/8/2024
Last Day to drop a course 10/20/2023 10/3/2023 11/21/2023 1/19/2024
Faculty Email Notice 1 Window (one week prior to survey period opening) 11/24/2023 10/10/2023 12/1/2023 1/12/2024
Faculty Email Notice 2 Window (2 days prior to survey period opening) 11/29/2023 10/15/2023 12/6/2023 1/17/2024

Survey Period Opens 

(Invitation)

Friday, Dec 1, 2023 Tuesday, Oct 17, 2023 Friday, Dec 8, 2023 Friday, Jan 19, 2023

Reminder Message #1 to students

(3 days from open)

11/28/2023 10/14/2023 12/5/2023 1/16/2024

Final Reminder Message #2 to students

(1-3 days left)

11/30/2023 10/162023 12/7/2023 1/18/2024

Classes/Session End

(Survey Period Closes)

Friday, Dec 15, 2023 Friday, March 17, 2023 Friday, Dec 15, 2023 Friday, Jan 26, 2024
Grades due 12/20/2022 10/30/2023 12/20/2022 1/31/2024

 

 

Notes:

  • Instructors are notified through email one week and again two days before students receive the SOS invitation.
  • Faculty & Instructors will be able to check the return rate in their classes & create/adapt their own messaging to their students as needed, but the Instruction and Course Response page is closed to prevent skewed data during this heavy response time.
  • The above timeline is adjusted for courses that do not end on the traditional UW Oshkosh end dates. (Accelerated Nursing)

 

General Overview of the SOS Process for Instructors 

You will receive an email notification that the survey period is open. We have developed email templates instructors can send to students to remind them course evaluations are opened.
Your SOS Results:  Instructor Dashboard 

Instructors will receive an email notification that their SOS data is available to view in their Instructor Dashboard  30 days or less  after the current semester’s deadline for submitting final course grades has elapsed.

You will be able to view, retrieve, and analyze your data in a variety of ways.  Results will be updated after every session in which the instructor teaches a course.  Instructions and tutorials are available on the Dashboard Guide for Instructors.

PLEASE NOTE: Dashboard Access Changes During Survey Collection

During survey collection, your SOS Instruction and Course Response page will no longer be accessible until the completion of the term.
 

Any questions regarding SOS procedures should be directed to the SOS Administrator ().

More resources:

Survey Administration Best Practices

Emails Instructors Can Send Students

How to Review Response Rate Report

Dashboard Guide for Instructors

2022 Improvement of Instruction (IOI) committee update

How to Access your SOS results prior to 2020

Testing Services

Polk Library, Lower Level - Room 4
801 Elmwood Avenue, Oshkosh, WI 54901

Contact Us

Phone: (920) 424-1432
Email: oshtesting@uwosh.edu