Module evaluation

Module evaluation based on online surveys

For modularized degree programmes, the ZEM offers an online-supported coupled course and module evaluation. Modules and associated courses are registered centrally in the organizational unit for evaluation. Before an organizational unit can participate in this procedure, an exchange of information between the ZEM and the evaluation officer is required. It is possible to adapt the system to the circumstances of the degree program in advance by changing the registration system and the questionnaire. This is done in cooperation with the evaluation officer or a person/group appointed by him/her. The contact person for the implementation of the procedure in the individual organizational units is the respective evaluation officer.

Central registration of modules and courses takes place in a database-based system. For example, module objectives only need to be entered once and remain saved. To re-evaluate a module that has already been entered, for example in the following year, it is activated by the person registering centrally and only certain information, such as semester, student contact or survey period, needs to be entered again. In addition, the questions and input options are also controlled via the database on the basis of subject-specific agreements, so that certain questions are displayed for each organizational unit or depending on the type of course.
Teachers can also be given the opportunity to add their own questions at course level and to formulate detailed objectives analogous to the respective module objectives.

The survey period can be freely selected for each module. In the case of modules that extend over several semesters, the individual courses can be assessed immediately after they have been completed; the module assessment only takes place after the module has been completed. The prerequisite for this is that the module, including all courses, is entered in the database with the corresponding semester details.