Teacher Evaluation
According to the Hochschulgesetz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, universities are required to regularly evaluate the fulfillment of their tasks, particularly in the area of teaching and with regard to academic success. Evaluations serve to ensure and improve the quality of teaching and are also an important factor in the (re-)accreditation of degree programs.
The evaluation procedure at the University of Münster follows the Ordnung für das Qualitätsmanagement in Studium und Lehre der Universität Münster (QM-Ordnung), the Evaluationsordnung, and the data protection guidelines. All surveys are carried out using the EvaSys software.
Participation in the evaluation is one of the duties of all teaching and research staff and all students (Evaluationsordnung § 3.2). According to the QM-Ordnung, all courses must be evaluated regularly (at least once every other year).
Further information on student course evaluation at the University of Münster can be found here.
Publication of the results
The results of all teaching evaluations of a semester are published at the end of the semester in a shortened, summarized report on the department's website. Access to the evaluation reports is only possible with a university ID.
Contacts
contact persons at the faculty of biology
Dr. Franziska Visser
contact EvaSys and central coordination of evaluation
Johannes Friederich
Strategische Planung und Akademisches Controlling (Abt. 5.3)
further contacts
Koordinierungskommission für Evaluation
Information for lecturers
The student course evaluation is carried out exclusively as an online procedure at the Faculty of Biology. You will receive an email, asking you to initiate your course evaluation.
It is generally intended that lecturers discuss the results of the evaluation with their students in their course.
What are the requirements for receiving the invitation message?
Your course needs to be listed correctly in HIS-LSF: title of the course, course coordinator, e-mail address of the module supervisor, course number, semester and time period (e.g. in the case of block courses).
Who receives the request to evaluate the course?
For technical reasons, only one person, the module coordinator, receives the request for evaluation and is listed in the survey header of the questionnaire. Accompanying lecturers also receive the results of the evaluation if they are listed in HIS-LSF as accompanying lecturers. For change requests please contact bioeval@uni-muenster.de.
What do I have to do after the request?
To enable course participants to access the online survey, please choose one of the following options:
1. direct e-mailing of the survey link to the students
-> Please submit the e-mail addresses of your students via Learnweb synchronization or send them to bio.eval@uni-muenster.de.
2. distribution of TAN cards (please find the TAN cards attached to your request e-mail)
To ensure an appropriate response rate, we recommend that you give your students time to fill out the questionnaire during your course.
Questionnaires used
Since 2012, the same core questionnaire must be used for the evaluation of all courses at the University of Münster. An exception are practical laboratory courses, for which a different questionnaire has been approved. The core questionnaire can be supplemented with additional modules and questions (in case of interest, please contact bio.eval@uni-muenster.de).
How long are the evaluation results stored in EvaSys?
Currently, the results are stored digitally in EvaSys for five years so that the data is available for reaccreditation of degree programs.
Privacy policy for lecturers
Please take note of the privacy policy for lecturers.