Interpreting the Report

Faculty receive an email notification once the IDEA reports are ready. Reports can be accessed by logging into https://biola.campuslabs.com/faculty/ with your Net ID and password (the same link used to complete objectives and monitor response rates). Below are resources to help you review the IDEA reports.

• Understanding Student Ratings of Instruction Webinar (39 min video, report review begins at 8:05)
• Guiding Questions for Interpreting Reports (PDF)
• About Adjusted Scores (1 min video)
• About Converted Scores (2 min video)

• Course Evaluations as a Tool for Growth (Emily Dosmar)
• Analyzing Student End of Course Written Comments (Todd Zakrajsek)
• Interpreting and using student ratings data: Guidance for faculty serving as administrators and on evaluation committees (Angela R. Linse)

Students rate their observation of a number of Teaching Methods in the IDEA surveys. These Teaching Methods are best practice philosophies of college teaching today. You can learn more about specific ways to employ the different teaching methods.

When students observe certain Teaching Methods in a course, they also tend to say they made progress on certain Learning Objectives. This relation between the two is different depending on which Learning Objectives are chosen as Important or Essential in a course. Learn how Learning Objectives and Teaching Methods are related.