Case Study: University of Toronto improves course evaluations with Explorance Blue

University of Toronto Stays on Course with Blue Course Evaluations

The University of Toronto, with about 80,000 students across three campuses and partner sites, needed a more flexible way to handle course evaluations in a highly complex academic environment. It moved from paper to online evaluations as part of a new Course Evaluation Framework and selected Explorance and its Blue course evaluations platform to meet the university’s varied departmental needs.

Explorance configured customizable forms, reporting, Blackboard integration, response-rate monitoring, and automated reminders to support a phased rollout across the university. The university said around 70 percent of 10,000 surveyed students preferred the online approach over paper, and it reported that response rates had not shown a significant decline. Faculty and administrators also received detailed summary, comparative, and qualitative reports to support teaching review and development.

University of Toronto

Carol Rolheiser

Director of the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation