Stony Brook University highly values student feedback and is committed to maintaining
the quality education it provides through the course evaluation process. By offering informative
and constructive feedback to instructors, Stony Brook students directly contribute
to the improvement of courses and teaching practices at the University. Login to our course evaluation platform below:
Stony Brook University purposefully contracts with an outside company to collect and
analyze course evaluations. This ensures that no student-identifiable data is available
to the University and/or instructors. In addition, evaluation reports are not made
available until after the final grades for a course have been submitted, so you can
feel extra secure that your grades will not be affected.
SBU Classie Evals
Previous Course Evaluations Available to View!
View previous course evaluations by logging into Classie with your SBU NetID and password!
Classie allows you to browse students' evaluation responses and ratings for SBU courses
and professors. All the numeric data plus the open text comments are available to
you once you login. Use this information to help you select classes at registration
time. Your input is invaluable, so please remember to complete your course evaluations
as soon as they become available.
Student Feedback is an integral part of the teaching and learning process here at
Stony Brook. The information you provide to your instructors is what helps them make
improvements to their teaching methods and overall course design. Therefore, it is
important that your feedback is as constructive and helpful as possible.
Who is your audience? Your comments are used by:
The instructor(s), to assess their course and make possible improvements.
Students, to help them decide which courses to take.
Program administrators, to make specific course and/or program improvements; to develop training for instructors
Tips on giving quality course evaluation feedback
When commenting on the course or the instructor, be sure to provide detailed examples.
Describe what helped you learn most effectively in the class (e.g. practice activities,
lecture slides, opportunity for question/answer), and what you found challenging.
What might have helped you overcome those challenges?
For example, commenting that, "The professor is sarcastic at times during lectures,
which makes learning difficult and confusing" is more helpful than commenting that
the instructor is a "sarcastic loudmouth."
Describing how a situation makes you feel offers the reader a different perspective.
For example, "I found the final exam fair, but long. I knew all the material but struggled
to finish the exam on time. I felt very stressed by the time pressure and may not
have performed my best." This feedback allows the instructor to understand the situation
better than saying, "The exam was unfair."
For example, "The course could be recorded which would help with studying, I could
easily just go back and listen to that part of the class." is very helpful to the
instructor when planning the course design for the following year.
Constructive comments offer specific reasons for judgment. These are very helpful
as they inform the instructor of what you suggest to be kept or changed. While comments
regarding what needs to be improved to help you learn may come more readily, it is
just as helpful to remind the instructor about what went well. Essentially, you want
to emphasize what the instructor should continue doing in the future, in addition
to what changes they should make.
Derogatory remarks or criticisms based on identity (e.g., race, color, age, religion,
national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, sex, marital
status, disability, or status as a U.S. veteran) are not appropriate.
If your course had Teaching Assistants, you might provide feedback to them. Please
take the time to offer constructive comments about strengths and areas for improvement.
Feedback early in their teaching careers will be instrumental in helping them become
great educators.
