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The QSSET is your opportunity to provide feedback about your learning experience, focusing on pedagogy, course content and materials. Written comments are especially valuable. However, the QSSET is not an opportunity to make comments that are disrespectful, demeaning, discriminatory or harassing in nature. Surveys containing such comments will be discarded and will form no part of the evaluation process. For on-campus courses and synchronous online courses, surveys are completed on a single designated day, and your instructor will inform you of this date and provide time during class or a live session for completion. For asynchronous online courses, the survey is available during a one-week collection window (Monday at 8:00 a.m. to Sunday at 8:00 p.m. ET) within the survey period, and your instructor will inform you of this window through course communications or the learning management system. Please ensure you complete the survey during the designated day or within the specified collection window, as access to the survey cannot be extended. Your participation is crucial in helping to enhance the quality of teaching and learning at ÷ÈÓ°Ö±²¥.
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The process described below applies to on-campus courses and synchronous online courses, where QSSET is completed on a single designated day. For asynchronous online courses, please refer to the information provided in your course site about the one-week QSSET collection window.
- Notification Email
- You will receive an email on the morning of the class when you are scheduled to complete the survey.
- This typically occurs during one of the final weeks of the course, usually the second-to-last week, though the exact date may vary based on your instructor's request.
- In-Class Completion
- Your instructor will allocate time during class for the survey to be completed.
- A Class Student Representative will facilitate the process.
- Accessing the Survey
- Use the link provided in the email to access the survey.
- The survey can be completed on any device with a web browser and is optimized for mobile, tablet, and desktop screen sizes.
- For on-campus and synchronous online courses, surveys remain open from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (ET) or for the duration specified by your instructor on the scheduled survey day.
- No login is required to access the survey.
Here is an example email invitation to answer a QSSET survey, followed by screenshots of the QSSET survey questions:
4. Submission Deadline
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- For on-campus and synchronous online, the survey will only be available on the allocated day and must be completed during the designated class period. Access to the survey will close after this time.
5. Additional Information
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- For further details, you can refer to the PDF guide, which includes an example email invitation and screenshots of the QSSET survey questions.
Thank you for helping to administer the Queen’s Survey of Student Experience of Teaching in your course. As a Class Student Representative, your role is pivotal for ensuring the success of QSSET administration. These instructions apply to on-campus courses and synchronous online courses where QSSET is completed during a scheduled class or live session. Asynchronous online courses use a one-week collection window and do not involve in-class administration by a Class Student Representative. The following instructions will guide you through the steps in administering the survey.
Please make the following announcements to the class.
"The Queen’s Survey of Student Experience of Teaching (QSSET) is your opportunity to provide feedback about pedagogy, course content, course materials, and the student learning experience generally. Written comments are especially valuable. However, the QSSET is not an opportunity to make comments that are disrespectful, demeaning, discriminatory or harassing in nature. Surveys containing such comments will be discarded and will form no part of the evaluation process."
The surveys can be completed on your phone, laptop or tablet.
Invitation emails are available in your Queen’s email. Please search for QSSET if you do not see them. Please also check your junk folder if they do not appear to be in your inbox.
The survey is available only during the designated in-class time.
Please note the response scale on the evaluation form: 7 indicates a strong agreement with an item and 1 indicates a strong disagreement with an item. There is also a non-applicable (or abstention) option for each question.
Read the paragraph at the top of the online form and remember to complete the open-ended questions at the end of each section. Please ensure that you press the submit button at the bottom to conclude your survey.
A report produced from the class responses will be forwarded to your instructor after final marks have been submitted.
If you did not receive a survey, or have any questions please reach out via email to qsset@queensu.ca
This information is also available as a PDF: