How are students notified that online SEIs are awaiting their responses?
Most SEIs for the Autumn 2009 term will be available beginning Friday, November 20. Beginning on that date, there will be a general message posted on Carmen reminding students to complete their SEIs. Students who click on the informative link in Carmen will see a message that they are being directed away from Carmen and to online SEIs, making it clear that instructors do not have access to see whether students have completed an evaluation or not. In addition, the SEI staff will email both students and instructors near the time that their particular online SEIs are activated. Because the activation of SEIs depends on the timeline of each class, which in a few cases may vary from the conventional start and end dates of the term, some students and instructors may receive more than one email notification about online SEIs per quarter. A proven strategy to increase online response rates is to have instructors tell students, early and often, about the importance and relevance of SEIs. To aid
