How it Works
Midland College uses Watermark's Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES), formerly known
as EvaluationKit, software to administer course surveys. Be assured that the CES software
protects student anonymity. Paper based surveys are handwritten, so the online version
better protects a student's identity. Surveys are administered before students receive
their grades, and results are withheld from faculty until after the grading period.
Survey access is organized and controlled for each student. Students view their own
Student Dashboard where they can only access surveys for courses they are enrolled
in. Students are only able to provide one survey submission per survey, and their
responses are completely anonymous.
Students may wonder why they receive an email if they have not completed their evaluations,
or why instructors encourage the students to complete evaluations. Watermark's CES
records each instance of a completed survey for a given course/instructor, so that
a student can only complete an evaluation for a particular course once. Once a survey
is completed, CES marks it as done and immediately disassociates any identifying student
information from the responses. This allows the system to recognize that students
have completed the evaluation process without linking their identities, including
names, schools, or majors with the actual responses.