GONE are the times when students shade cards to evaluate their professors, as the new online evaluation will be introduced this coming semester.
Evaluators, composed of students and faculty members’ superiors, will occupy computer laboratories within their respective faculties and colleges at a given time for the online evaluation, according to project manager Rowella Raymundo.
They will then be given a username and a password to be able to log-in to the website, said Jaime Dolor, Jr., program webmaster.
Just like in the old system, evaluators assess a faculty member’s performance based on different criteria with ratings from one (very poor) to five (very good).
Once done, one will be able to view the results of one’s evaluation of a faculty member.
The University decided to shift from manual to online evaluation because the latter is more “cost-efficient and cost-effective” said Prof. Jaime Dolera, Jr., Administrator for Software Development and Data Processing.
The program, through the initiative of Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Dr. Armando de Jesus, will give way to easy collection and more accurate data analysis in lesser time, added Dolera.
Accurate computation of results is expected since the program tabulates the data. This lessens the chances of human error, said Dolor.
“The new system is better because confidentiality is maintained. As soon as the evaluators finish with the evaluation, the information they have encoded will be sent to a database which only the Office of the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs (OVRAA) has an access of,” Dolor said. Not everyone can view the over-all results.
Evaluators will only be able to gain access to the program using University computers since it is only available in Intranet, or within the University’s network. This is to minimize the chances of virus attacks and program hi-jackers. The online evaluation, however, will be available on the Internet should the OVRAA order for it to be.
