Lauren Berlinger, Jae Chung, and Alexa Greenberg

BSCI105 Principles I

BSCI440 Mammalian Physiology BSCI207 Principles III Organismal Biology BSCI360 Animal Behavior

BSCI338E Neuroethology

BSCI106 Principles II

BSCI426 Membrane Biophysics

BSCI222 Principles of Genetics BSCI446 Neural Systems
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BSCI410 Molecular Genetics

BSCI422 Principles of Immunology

BSCI330 Cell Biology & Physiology with Lab

Introduction
Research: specific classes, background information
CourseEvalUM: by administrators OurUMD: by students Biology students at UMD

Figure 1: CourseEvalUM. Source: www.CourseEvalUM.umd.edu

Figure 2: OurUMD. Source: www.OurUMD.com

Figure 1: CourseEvalUM (magnified). Source: www.CourseEvalUM.umd.edu

Figure 2: OurUMD (magnified). Source: www.OurUMD.com

Accessibility CourseEvalUm
Need to sign in to view information
In order to sign in you must have completed the course

evaluations for all of your classes for the previous semester (exception for new students)

CourseEvalUm Courses
Only includes classes that meet criteria

1. Must have more than 5 students 2. Special instruction courses are not included(ex. Internship, individual instruction) 3. Does not currently include winter courses 4. Classes must have 70% response rate (validity)

Previous Participation in CourseEvalUm

Spring 2009
Proportion of Courses with 70% or Greater Participation: 45%

Fall 2009
Proportion of Courses with 70% or Greater Participation: 38%

Spring 2010
Proportion of Courses with 70% or Greater Participation: 34%

Source: https://www.courseevalum.umd.edu/portal/site/!gateway/page/!gateway-300

Accessibility OurUmd
Anyone can view OurUmd.com
Optional login Includes all courses at University of Maryland Gain information through the Maryland Public

Information Act

CourseEvalUM Information
Preset questions

Figure 3: CourseEvalUM coursework questions. Source: www.CourseEvalUM.umd.edu

CourseEvalUM Information

Figure 4: CourseEvalUM instructor questions. Source: www.CourseEvalUM.umd.edu

OurUMD Information
Free response

Figure 5: OurUMD course and instructor evaluations. Source: www.OurUMD.com

Interview
I use OurUMD because people write actual comments

more often, rather than just checking I agree or I disagree. You can get a better sense of the class. Roma Patel, Physiology & Neurobiology major
I use both [CourseEvalUM and OurUMD] to see

grade distributions and read reviews about professors to see who the best lecturers are and who has the highest percentage of As. Sarah Evans, Physiology & Neurobiology major

Functionality CourseEvalUm
2 Options
1.Take Evaluations (time sensitive)

2.View Past Results

Take Course Evaluations

Fall 2010 CourseEvalUM Submission Dates Tuesday, November 30th - Sunday, December 12th Spring 2011 CourseEvalUM Submission Dates Tuesday, April 26 - Wednesday, May 11
*End the day before finals begin *University sends out periodic emails reminding you to complete evaluations

View Past Results

Must select professor, class, and semester

ex. BSCI105 Spring 2010 Nelson Shows you the number of students in the class and how many completed the evaluation Presents guided question results in a grid like form Presents final grades in a bar graph Allows you to view professor by semester (can view trend)

OurUmd Functionality
Can view grade distributions by professor, course, or

course and professor Shows grade distributions in a bar graph format (includes + & -) and in text Allows you to read reviews of professors by students including a 1-5 star rating, grade expected, course, and a written review.

Other OurUmd Functions

Courses and Grades
Schedule Maker Class Finder Book Buyer Book Exchange Professor Reviews Grade Data Lookup

Conclusion
Use both sites
OurUMD all semesters CourseEvalUM each semester

Audience

Which site would you use?