Instructions for completing question customization for your evaluations as an instructor

As an instructor, you may add up to twelve questions for each of your courses (6 rating-type questions and 6 open-ended questions). You may copy questions selected for one course for use in another course. You also have the option of submitting no questions. In this case, simply click the “Submit” button without creating any questions. Doing this will spare you from reminder emails asking you to create your own questions.

1. Create a Custom Rating or Open-Ended Question

1. Access the question personalization task via the link in your email or by going to course-evaluations.berkeley.edu and finding the "Question Personalization" task for your course from the dashboard.
   
   • This task is titled "Choose the personalized questions for COURSE NAME (Instructor Name) of TERM Evaluations"
2. Click the "Edit" button beside the first question:
   
3. Once clicked, the field will expand as shown. Click on the phrase [Instructor-personalized comments #1] to activate the edit box. Then begin typing your question.
   
4. To include your question on the evaluation form, click the "Select" button to the right of the question. The question will now show as "Selected." You can easily deselect a question you have selected by clicking the "Deselected" button to the right of the question.
5. Repeat the steps above as needed to create additional open-ended or rating questions.
6. Use the "Preview Questionnaire" button to see how the evaluation will look to students (including departmental questions).

• Note that selected questions are not added to the evaluation until you click on "Submit." See steps below.

2. Submit the questions you have created

1. Once you have finalized your questions, click the “Submit” button at the bottom of the page to add your questions to the evaluation form.
   
   • • Personalized questions will not appear on the evaluation form until you click "Submit"
     • You can submit a maximum of twelve questions (6 quantitative/rating questions and 6 qualitative/open ended questions).
2. If you are interrupted before you can complete the customization process, click the “Save as Draft” button at the bottom of the page to store your work without submitting your questions.
   
   • Clicking "Save as Draft" DOES NOT add your questions to your evaluation.
   • You will be able to return to your work by clicking on the email link you received previously.
3. You can confirm your personalized questions have been successfully submitted and added to your evaluations if the "Save as Draft" and "Submit" buttons are replaced by the "Update" button.
   
   
4. If you want to change your selections later, you can do so by repeating the edit process and clicking the “Update” button at the bottom of the page (you can edit your personalized questions up until the deadline).

3. (Optional) Copy your questions to other sections

You can add different personalized questions to each of your course sections, or draft your questions once, and copy them to multiple sections. If you are being evaluated for more than one section, you will see the "Copy" menu at the bottom of the question personalization page, next to the submit button.

1. To copy the questions you have entered on this page to one or more other sections:
   
   • Select the course you wish to copy your questions to, and select "Copy & Submit"
   • Repeat as necessary if you have more than two sections. You can also select the "All" option to copy your questions to all other sections.
   • Note, this will copy and submit questions to the OTHER sections. You still must click the "Submit" button to add questions to the section you are currently viewing.