Course evaluations - Graphic Communication, WIU
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Overview
Explanation of scale used
Anonymous student course evaluations, which are administered in all GCom classes at WIU, consist of 23 catalog statements and 5 core statements. Possible responses to all statements include: Strongly Agree (5 points), Agree (4 points), Undecided (3 points), Disagree (2 points), and Strongly Disagree (1 point). A score of 5.0 throughout this document equates to the positive / “Strongly Agree” side of the scale. The scores contained in this document refer to responses to only the 5 core statements:
- My instructor motivates me to do my best work (abbreviated below as: "instructor motivates")
- My instructor explains difficult material clearly ("instructor explains")
- Course assignments are interesting and stimulating ("interesting assignments")
- Overall, this course is among the best I have ever taken ("best course")
- Overall, my instructor is among the best teachers I have had ("best instructor")
Summary of all classes
The following results represent the average scores of all classes taught (78 courses total, Fall 2004 through Fall 2013).
- My instructor motivates me to do my best work = 4.7 / 5.0
- My instructor explains difficult material clearly = 4.7 / 5.0
- Course assignments are interesting and stimulating = 4.7 / 5.0
- Overall, this course is among the best I have ever taken = 4.4 / 5.0
- Overall, my instructor is among the best teachers I have had = 4.7 / 5.0
Abbreviated numeric results
Numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of students who participated in the evaluation. Courses are listed by class number, as follows:
- 217 = introductory page layout
- 218 and 418 = introductory web design (re-numbered as 218 in Fall 2011)
- 312 = introductory photo manipulation
- 313 and 413 = introductory graphic illustration (re-numbered as 313 in Fall 2005)
- 412 = advanced photo manipulation
- 417 = advanced page layout
- 475 = advanced graphic illustration
Instructor (#/5.0) |
Instructor |
Interesting |
Best |
Best |
Average of core |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fl'13 |
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|
|
|
|
218 (14) |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
412 (12) |
4.6 |
4.5 |
4.8 |
4.3 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
417 (11) |
4.4 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.1 |
4.7 |
4.5 |
475 (13) |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
5.0 |
4.7 |
Sp'13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
218 (13) |
4.6 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
3.9 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
412 (8) |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
5.0 |
4.8 |
417-1 (5) |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
417-2 (10) |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
Fl'12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
218-1 (14) |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
218-2 (14) |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
412 (11) |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
417 (18) |
4.7 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
4.7 |
4.5 |
Sp'12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
218 (15) |
4.7 |
4.1 |
4.7 |
3.6 |
4.2 |
4.3 |
312 (11) |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
412 (18) |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
417 (16) |
4.6 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.2 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
Fl'11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
218-1 (17) |
4.4 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
218-2 (19) |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
412 (19) |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
417 (15) |
4.6 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.0 |
4.6 |
4.5 |
Sp'11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
312 (22) |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
412 (16) |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
417-1 (11) |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.7 |
4.4 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
417-2 (4) |
4.5 |
4.5 |
4.0 |
2.5 |
4.5 |
4.0 |
Fl'10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
412-1 (13) |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
412-2 (8) |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.5 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
417 (17) |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
418 (21) |
4.7 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
Sp'10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
312 (21) |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.5 |
4.4 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
412 (20) |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
417-1 (13) |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
417-2 (15) |
4.1 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.0 |
4.8 |
4.4 |
Fl'09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
312 (22) |
4.4 |
4.4 |
4.2 |
3.9 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
412-1 (21) |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
412-2 (14) |
4.9 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
417 (25) |
4.5 |
4.7 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
Sp'09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
313-1 (14) |
4.3 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
313-2 (21) |
4.4 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
3.4 |
4.0 |
4.1 |
412 (20) |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
417-1 (22) |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
417-2 (16) |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
Fl'08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
312 (12) |
4.5 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
313-1 (21) |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
4.5 |
4.4 |
313-2 (10) |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.7 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
412 (18) |
4.6 |
4.5 |
4.5 |
4.1 |
4.5 |
4.4 |
417 (25) |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.4 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
Sp'08 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
313-1 (12) |
4.5 |
4.3 |
4.5 |
4.2 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
313-2 (20) |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
417-1 (9) |
5.0 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
5.0 |
4.9 |
417-2 (12) |
5.0 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
Fl'07 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
312 (19) |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
313-1 (17) |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
4.3 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
313-2 (5) |
4.9 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
4.3 |
5.0 |
4.7 |
417 (19) |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
Sp'07 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
217 (21) |
4.5 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.2 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
312 (17) |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
313-1 (17) |
4.7 |
4.5 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
(no data) |
4.5 |
313-2 (19) |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
417 (18) |
4.9 |
4.7 |
4.4 |
4.9 |
(no data) |
4.7 |
Fl'06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
217-1 (21) |
4.4 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
217-2 (18) |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
312 (16) |
4.7 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
4.7 |
313 (22) |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.5 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
Sp'06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
217 (16) |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
312 (17) |
4.4 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
4.5 |
313-1 (14) |
4.8 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
313-2 (21) |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
Fl'05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
217-1 (16) |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.4 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
217-2 (21) |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.0 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
312 (19) |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.9 |
313 (19) |
5.0 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.4 |
4.9 |
4.8 |
Sp'05 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
217 (14) |
4.8 |
4.9 |
4.7 |
4.5 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
312 (18) |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
413 (17) |
4.7 |
4.8 |
4.7 |
3.7 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
Fl'04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
217-1 (15) |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
4.5 |
217-2 (17) |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
312 (12) |
4.5 |
4.8 |
4.8 |
4.5 |
4.4 |
4.6 |
413 (17) |
4.8 |
4.7 |
4.8 |
4.2 |
4.4 |
4.6 |
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