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Student feedback survey template

Let students rate a class's teaching and material separately, say where the pace went wrong and what would make them recommend it. Use it mid-term or at the end.

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What's inside

Every question, and where it leads

  • Short text
  • Matrix
  • Rating
  • Single select
  • Yes / No
  • Long text
  • Opinion scale
  • NPS

The conversation

What a respondent is asked, in order.

Player one, how is this class going? ๐Ÿ•น๏ธ Five minutes of honest feedback powers up the next round.

1

Which course or class is this about?

Short textrequired
2

How would you rate each part?

Matrixrequired
3

And the course overall?

Ratingrequired
4

How was the pace?

Single selectrequiredsplits the flow
5

Which parts dragged?

Short textoptionalif pace is Too slow
6

Where did you start to lose the thread?

Short textoptionalif pace is Too fast
7

Would catch-up sessions have helped?

Yes / Nooptionalif pace is Too fast
8

What was most useful?

Long textoptionalif pace is About right
9

What would you cut or change?

Long textoptional
10

How confident do you feel using what you learned?

Opinion scalerequired
11

How likely are you to recommend this course to another student?

NPSrequiredsplits the flow
12

What would have to be different for you to recommend it?

Long textoptionalif recommend โ‰ค 6
13

May we quote your feedback on the course page?

Yes / Nooptionalif recommend โ‰ฅ 7splits the flow
14

What first name should we put next to your quote?

Short textrequiredsometimes asked

Ends with

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The flow

Where each answer leads. Every route here is editable once the form is yours.

A labelled route is taken only by answers matching the label

A little guidance

Make the most of your next ask.

Questions to consider for your student feedback survey

  • Is this about one teacher's class or a whole course taught by several people?
  • Should the survey be anonymous, and if so, is asking for a first name on quotes enough?
  • Which parts of the course do you most want rated separately?
  • Will you ask mid-term, while there's still time to change the pace, as well as at the end?

How to use the responses

Compare the teaching and material rows first: a low score on one but not the other tells you where to focus. Group the pace answers by where students lost the thread, since the same topic coming up again and again marks the lesson to rework. Read every answer from students who would not recommend the course, and keep the quotes you were allowed to use for the course page.

How to customize and share this template

  1. 1Rename the rows in the rating grid to the parts of your course, such as labs, reading or group work.
  2. 2Change the catch-up question to whatever extra help you could actually offer.
  3. 3Share the link at the end of a lesson so students fill it in before they leave, then export the answers to CSV.

Frequently asked questions

What questions should a student feedback survey ask?

Ratings for the material, teaching, activities and assessment, how the pace felt, what was most and least useful, how confident students feel now and whether they would recommend it.

Should student feedback be anonymous?

Usually, yes. Students are more honest when they are not named, especially before grades are final. This template only asks for a first name if a student agrees to be quoted.

When is the best time to collect student feedback?

In the last session, while the course is fresh and before students scatter. A shorter mid-course check can catch pace problems while there is still time to fix them.

How do I get honest feedback from students?

Keep it anonymous, explain what changed because of last year's answers, and ask about specific parts of the course rather than the teacher as a person.

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