Opt in Courses During a Non-Mandatory Semester

This is a small point of difference when using the new tool, Blue. In a non-mandatory year, you will receive an email inviting you to opt in and set your objectives.

  • Full-time faculty who do not want to participate, will do nothing.
  • Full-time faculty who want to participate  will need to opt in and set their objectives.
  • Faculty specialists, first-year faculty, and adjunct faculty, who are required to participate, will need to opt in and set their objectives.  

Follow these steps to opt in and set your objectives: 

  1. When it is time to start the evaluation process, you will receive an email notifying you at your U of S Outlook account.
  2. You can start the process by selecting the link in the email, go directly to Blue at https://scranton.bluera.com/, or by selecting the Course Evaluations tab from the navigation bar on the home page in Brightspace.
    Course Evaluations tab in the Brightspace navigation bar
  3. You then begin a series of tasks. However, do not select “I have finished all my tasks, please stop sending me reminders,” or you will not receive the reminder to track the student response rates when the evaluation collection begins. [If you accidentally select it, you will need to go to the dashboard at https://scranton.bluera.com/ to monitor response rates when students begin evaluations.] 
    Option that should not be selected when completing evaluation tasks
  4. In Blue, you will see a card for each of your courses. Select the three dots at the bottom right of the card to set your objectives and add custom questions.
    Course card showing where to access course objectives
  5. On the screen that opens, you will see the objective selection and the place to set optional questions. Select “Expand all” to see the full list of the potential objectives. The critical thing here is that each objective is listed under the Essential and Important categories. Do not select the same objectives for both categories, or this will negatively impact your scoring for objective achievement. See the information on custom questions presented separately.
    Essential and Important objective selection options
  6. When you finish setting your objectives, make sure you select “Preview” to see what students will see before submitting your choices. You do not want to include the same objective for the Essential and Important categories. After previewing, select “Submit.”
    Final preview of course objectives before submission
  7. Finally, you will need to select “Launch” for students to be invited to evaluate your course.
    Launch option used to invite students to evaluate the course
If you encounter technical problems accessing the online course evaluation forms, please contact the Center for Teaching Excellence at (570) 941-7870 or questions can be directed to OCE@scranton.edu.
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