The directive on the evaluation of teaching (FR), adopted by the Board of Education on May 26, 2014, specifies recommendations and minimum bases common to all UPERs in terms of the evaluation of teaching activities at the University of Geneva. It is part of the institution's quality policy, which deploys the quality approach in two main areas: prevention and improvement. The evaluation of teaching and programs is an integral part of this second axis.

Each UPER can adapt or complete the evaluation procedures and tools according to its specificities and needs, as long as they meet the basic recommendations.

We inform you that we are not able to process questionnaires and/or data that do not come from our ADEVEN service.

Responsibilities and frequency

The dean's office or the directorate defines the rules in force concerning the planning and frequency of evaluations. Evaluations must take place at least every three years for Bachelor's courses and every two years for Master's courses. This frequency may be shortened.

An evaluation schedule for each program can be established over several years, as can the choice to systematically evaluate all courses each year, if justified.

Evaluation method

In general, evaluations are done online at the end of each semester.

In order to minimize errors in the process, the teachers concerned receive an e-mail before the questionnaires are sent to the students with the following details (number of students, other teachers involved, dates of dispatch and closing of the student survey). If there is no response from them, the surveys will be sent with the information contained in the message.

Deadlines

• Request for survey and customization of questionnaires: from 07 to 25.11.2022
• Start of the evaluations: from 28.11.2022
• Closing of the evaluations and dispatch of reports: from 18.12.2022

Administration of evaluations

In order to maximize the response rate, we recommend that teachers give students about ten minutes at the beginning of a lesson to fill out the evaluation questionnaires (via computer, smartphone or tablet).

Students receive a link to each of the evaluation questionnaires directly by e-mail. This link contains a password that guarantees the singleness of the students' answers and their anonymity.

From now on, the evaluation questionnaires for the courses are also accessible from the Moodle platform, even when these courses are not registered on this teaching platform.

When students submit the completed questionnaire, the link is automatically deleted and cannot be reused. In addition, it is impossible to trace the author of the responses once the link has been deleted.

An automatic reminder is sent to students who have not completed one or more surveys a few days after the start of the evaluation session.

Note: if necessary, it is possible to bring forward the start date of the evaluations. To do so, please contact Adeven.

Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law's courses are evaluated periodically, but at least every three years for Bachelor's courses and every two years for Master's courses.

Evaluations are carried out upon request. To do so, teachers are invited to fill out this form (FR).

The procedures and deadlines do not differ from the elements included in Principles.

We remind you that it is possible to add up to 5 personalized questions.

Geneva School of Economics and Management

All courses are evaluated during this academic year, except seminars. The evaluation is organized by Adeven who contacts you directly if you are responsible for a course.

Teaching assistants can also request the evaluation of their teaching by filling in this form (FR). A copy of the report will however also be sent to the teacher formally responsible for the course.

We remind you that it is possible to add up to 5 personalized questions.

Faculty of Humanities

The Faculty requests one evaluation per semester and per teacher, with a rotation between courses from semester to semester. (It is reminded that Bachelor courses must be evaluated at least every 3 years and Master courses at least every 2 years).

Evaluations are carried out on request. To do so, teachers are invited to fill in this form (FR).

We remind you that it is possible to add up to 5 personalized questions.

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

Bachelor's courses must be evaluated at least every 3 years, and Master's courses at least every 2 years.

However, COMEVAL recommends a more systematic evaluation for regular feedback on its teaching.

Evaluations are conducted upon request. To do so, teachers are invited to fill out this form (FR).

The procedures and deadlines do not differ from the elements included in the Principles.

We remind you that it is possible to add up to 5 personalized questions.

Faculty of Science

Responsibilities

The dean defines the applicable rules concerning the planning and frequency of evaluations.

The chairs of the sections and departments are responsible for their application.

Frequency

The majority of courses will be evaluated by a short questionnaire called "Smoke Detector".  The following courses will be evaluated by means of the full questionnaire:

• courses identified as unsatisfactory in Spring 2019 (since the Spring 2020 evaluations were done only on a voluntary basis by the teachers)
• new courses
• courses whose teachers are in the process of changing
• courses for which the teacher has applied using this form (FR).

Furthermore, from the beginning of the 2021 academic year, the courses will be evaluated in accordance with the frequency recommended by the institutional directive (FR) on course evaluations, i.e. every three years for Bachelor's courses and every two years for Master's courses. The courses of the program(s) concerned will be evaluated by the usual questionnaire.

We remind you that seminars and colloquia are not evaluated.

Procedures

In cases where certain courses have specific features which we are unaware of (Erasmus students, doctoral students, courses ending before or after the end of the semester), it is advisable to inform us using this form (FR).

We remind you that it is possible to add up to 5 personalized questions.

Geneva School of Social Sciences

All courses are evaluated during this academic year. The evaluation is organized by Adeven who will contact you directly if you are responsible for a course.

Teaching assistants can also request the evaluation of their teaching by filling in this form (FR).

The procedures and deadlines do not differ from the elements included in Principles.

We remind you that it is possible to add up to 5 personalized questions.

Faculty of Protestant Theology

Courses are evaluated according to the following periodicity:

• 2017-2018: Master
• 2018-2019 : Bachelor 1st year
• 2019-2020 : Bachelor 2nd and 3rd year
• 2020-2021: Master's degree
• 2021-2022: Bachelor 1st year
• 2022-2023: Master

The Bachelor of Theology remote learning courses are evaluated each year.

Any teacher can request an evaluation on a voluntary basis via this form (FR).

We remind you that it is possible to add up to 5 personalized questions.

Faculty of Translation and Interpreting

Ba in multilingual communication:

• 2017-2018
• 2019-2020

Ma in Translation - all majors

• 2022-2023
• 2020-2021
• 2018-2019
• 2016-2017

Ma in Multilingual Computing (MATIM)

• 2022-2023
• 2020-2021

Ma in Translation and Multilingual Specialized Communication (MATCOM)

• 2022-2023
• 2021-2022

Ma in Conference Interpreting

1st semester:

• Fall 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022

2nd Semester:

• Spring 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023

3rd Semester:

• Fall 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022

For other courses, assessments are not mandatory but are conducted upon request. To do so, teachers are invited to fill out this form (FR).

We remind you that it is possible to add up to 5 personalized questions.

Geneva University Neurocenter

All courses at the Interfaculty Neuroscience Center are systematically evaluated each semester. The evaluation is organized by Adeven who contacts you directly, if you are responsible for a course.

The procedures and deadlines do not differ from elements included in the Principles.

We remind you that it is possible to add up to 5 personalized questions.

The Center for Children's Rights Studies

This year, the Interfaculty Center for Children's Rights courses are systematically evaluated each semester.

The procedures and deadlines do not differ from elements included in the Principles.

We remind you that it is possible to add up to 5 personalized questions.

University Center for Computer Science

All the courses of the University Center of Computer Science are systematically evaluated each semester. The evaluation is organized by Adeven who contacts you directly, if you are responsible for a course.

The procedures and deadlines do not differ from elements included in the Principles.

We remind you that it is possible to add up to 5 personalized questions.

Global studies institute

This year, all courses are evaluated each semester according to the usual procedure.

The evaluation is organized by Adeven who contacts you directly, if you are responsible for a course.

Teaching assistants can request an evaluation of their teaching by filling out this form (FR).

The procedures and deadlines do not differ from elements included in the Principles.

We remind you that it is possible to add up to 5 personalized questions.

University Institute of Teacher Education

The teachings of the different programs must be evaluated at least every 2 years.

However, systematic evaluation is recommended by the IUTE for regular feedback on its teaching.

Evaluations are carried out upon request. To do so, teachers are invited to fill out this form (FR).

The procedures and deadlines do not differ from elements included in the Principles.

We remind you that it is possible to add up to 5 personalized questions.

Questionnaires

The institutional evaluation is done through four unified questionnaires for all faculties:

• a questionnaire for courses (including assistant questions)
• a questionnaire for seminars
• a questionnaire for the practical courses/workshops
• a questionnaire for the exercises

The questionnaires consist of a block of questions evaluating the different dimensions of teaching, and a separate block of questions for the teacher. In the case where several teachers are involved, this block can be multiplied. A block for the assistant can be integrated as well.
The person responsible for a course can ask for the general questions block to be personalized by adding up to 5 items by ADEVEN (by replying directly to the survey planning verification e-mail. For deadlines, see in the Principles tab). However, existing items cannot be modified or deleted.

The evaluation questionnaires are in French and English. The student has the possibility to change the language of the questionnaire by clicking on the language icon. If there are less than 5 respondents, no report will be sent to the teacher.

Evaluation reports

An evaluation report, specific to each teacher, is sent by e-mail at the end of the evaluations. To help you interpret the results, you may consult the Data Interpretation Guide or ask a pedagogical advisor. In accordance with the guidelines, and for reasons of representativeness and data reliability, responses to closed-ended questions are not provided if the number of respondents is below 5. At the end of the academic year, each dean and/or chairperson receives access to the EvaSys platform, allowing him/her to obtain all the evaluation reports for the past year (see institutional guidelines).

Valorizing the results of an evaluation consists in using the information contained in it for development, communication or promotion purposes. This can take several forms for which we can assist you:

• Requesting an interview with an pedagogical advisor to further analyze and interpret the results
• Keeping a file with your evaluation results with comments and a follow-up of the modifications done to the teaching
• Prepare a teaching portfolio that reflects your evaluation practices
• Share with your colleagues what you are doing around evaluation and to develop your teaching.

Evaluating a teaching allows one to highlight one's strengths and weaknesses as a teacher, and to open up new perspectives towards practices that one does not always master or wishes to discover. Additionally, the evaluation is an opportunity to identify areas of development in practices. In order to fill these gaps, we offer various methods at your disposal:

• Request an observation of your teaching by a pedagogical advisor from the SEA department
• Request an individual interview with a pedagogical advisor
• If you are an assistant or a new teacher, sign up for the intensive training week in university pedagogy (Workshop)
• Participate in a CFE Network training workshop
• Or a pedagogical lunch to discover a specific topic.

The evaluation is carried out by means of online questionnaires sent to the participants of a continuing education course in order to collect their appreciation of various aspects of the course. Participants receive a link to the evaluation questionnaire directly by e-mail. This link contains a password that guarantees the singleness of the participants' answers and their anonymity.

We offer a questionnaire for diploma and qualification courses. This questionnaire consists of a standard part, common to all continuing education programs, and a customizable part with a list of questions to choose from. The questionnaire is available in French and English.

The questionnaire used for the evaluations is:

• Evaluation of Continuing Education Modules / Courses
• Evaluation of Continuing Education Modules / Courses [English version]

We inform you that we are not able to process questionnaires and/or data that are not issued from our ADEVEN service.

If you wish to carry out an evaluation of your training, you can send your request to ADEVEN by filling in the evaluation request form with all the information requested. You can complete the questionnaire with additional personalized questions taken from the list of questions. These selected questions should be indicated in the evaluation request form by checking the corresponding box in the "Include" column.

Application form for evaluation of continuing education modules / courses - download

The request for evaluation must be sent to: adeven(at)unige.ch at the latest two weeks before the desired evaluation date.

If the number of respondents is less than five, the report cannot be produced. In order to ensure a good response rate, we recommend that you conduct the evaluations in class (usually during the last session).

For your information, an annual report containing the number of surveys completed and the average evaluation for continuing education courses (modules, sessions, etc.) is sent to the CFCD.

If you would like to collect participants' opinions on your training program as a whole, we recommend that you visit our page on the program survey.

We are happy to accompany you throughout the evaluation process in order to enhance and improve your training.

We support you throughout this process to:

• set up and conduct evaluations
• interpret the reports by taking into account all the dimensions of teaching
• advise you on how to make adjustments.