Time for SOTES!
The SOTES (Survey of Teaching Effectiveness) are coming up soon! For those who don't know, this is a survey that examines your satisfaction with the class and my teaching.
I'd definitely appreciate getting your feedback. Faculty members really do read these surveys and I am very interested in feedback that will help to determine the structure of my future classes. So if there's something you hated about the class, you could help ensure that other students don't suffer through the same thing by offering your feedback. The evaluations are totally confidential, so I won't be able to identify who wrote what.
Unfortunately, I believe this is only for SJSU students because you have to have an account in my.sjsu.edu. So WISE students will not be able to fill this out. However, you'll notice that the blog assignment for the last week of class includes the opportunity for offering feedback as well.
SOTES for Spring 2008 will open on April 30th at 8am and will close at 5pm on May 13th. During this time frame they will be available round the clock (except for my.sjsu.edu downtime -see my.sjsu.edu home page)
To access SOTES:
1. Loginto my.sjsu.edu
2. Click on the Self Service Link on the left
3. You will then see a link to "Online SOTE Rating"
You will only see the link after the SOTES open at 8am on the 30th April.
The University central administration sets the opening and closing times so SLIS has no control over this.
Again, I strongly encourage you to share your observations by participating in the SOTES. Thanks!
