Mid-Term Evaluation is an opportunity for instructors to get feedback from students about their experience in a course early in the semester. It is a formative assessment opportunity with results available only to the faculty member to assist with enhancement of teaching practice. This contrasts with end of term evaluations which are summative assessment and are also available to the department. 

Note: instructors should click Configuration Options and select “Instructor Only” while adding SCE questions. This ensures student responses are only accessed by the instructor. 

Mid-Term Evaluation allows instructors to find out about the student experience in their course – and the students an opportunity to influence that experience - early in the term, when there is time to make adjustments.

The appraisal is conducted online through HelioCampus: https://tamu.aefis.net.

Instructors are responsible for adding their own SCE questions to their respective course sections in HelioCampus (AEFIS) before the survey open date. Instructors should click Configuration Options and select “Instructor Only” for each question. This ensures student responses are only accessed by the instructor and no additional users associated with the course (Department Head, Department SCE Liaisons, etc.). 

Additionally, a general open-ended text question, "Kindly share any general comments about this course to facilitate early feedback." will be included for all elected courses undergoing evaluation. 

It is strongly recommended that instructors tell students they are participating in Mid-Term Evaluation and emphasize that they want and are looking forward to seeing student feedback. Faculty enthusiasm for the process can positively impact response rates. 

Instructors should submit the Course Opt-In Request Form by the "Last Day for Instructors to Submit Request". For Fall 2024 semester, the deadline is: Sunday, 9/8/2024. A notification email will be sent to instructors once their course(s) has/have been assigned for Mid-Term Evaluation in HelioCampus. Follow the steps to add evaluation questions before the survey open date.

Once Mid-Term Evaluation opens, HelioCampus will send a reminder email to the students. It is always a good practice for instructors to remind students about the early feedback opportunity, and emphasize their interest in student feedback. To increase response rate, consider allowing time in class for students to complete Mid-Term Evaluation on their laptop, tablet, or smart phone. The link is: https://tamu.aefis.net