Case Study: University of Minnesota centralizes course evaluations with eXplorance Blue

The University of Minnesota Centralizes Course Evaluations across 5 Campuses with Blue

The University of Minnesota faced the challenge of centralizing its course evaluation process across five campuses, as its outdated homegrown system was unreliable, expensive to maintain, and could not meet the institution's evolving needs. They sought an off-the-shelf solution and selected the Blue course evaluation software from Explorance to replace their legacy systems and consolidate the entire university onto a single, manageable platform.

Explorance implemented Blue, a solution that seamlessly integrated with the university's existing IT systems like PeopleSoft and Moodle, and uniquely accommodated both paper and online evaluations. The results included a more efficient and smooth university-wide process, enabled the standardization of data for pay and promotion decisions, and provided the flexibility that led to a new policy for publishing results to students. The vendor, Explorance, provided highly responsive support throughout, leading to product improvements and a successful, scalable implementation for the large institution.

University of Minnesota

Thomas E. Dohm

Director, Senior Psychologist, Office of Measurement Services