Student Information Rating Forms - SIRF

End-of-Term University Course Evaluations
 

The Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Effectiveness manages the end-of-term course evaluation system with the UAlbany acronym SIRF (Student Information Rating Forms).

Courses are selected for SIRF by the Academic Departments in People Soft (IAS) within the general limits that a course must have a minimum of 4 or more non-withdrawn students to provide a sufficient pool to protect the confidentiality of students who submit responses.  If your course does not have an end-of-term course evaluation listed on your MyUAlbany course listing and you would like an evaluation, please contact your academic department.

 For early-term course surveys designed to improve a course while it is still being delivered, please contact CATLOE, the Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Learning, and Online Education.


Logging onto the SIRF system from MyUAlbany or Brightspace:

 

You can use the top search spy glass and type in "SIRF" to find the link to the course evaluation system.

From MyUAlbany use Search to find the SIRF log in.

 

Also, the MyUAlbany left navigation path is Tools>Academic Services>Course Evaluations (SIRF).

SIRF is under Tools>Academic Services>Course Evaluations (SIRF).

 

If you or your students use Brightspace, there is a static link to the course evaluations system at the bottom of the Homepage.

In Brightspace, the link to SIRF is at the bottom of the Homepage


Frequently Asked Administrative Questions:

  1. I am a student and also an instructor or administrator: how do I switch to the Administrative screens?
  2. The course evaluation period is ended, how do I find my final response rates?
  3. I want to download a single report with student comments.
  4. I want to download batch course evaluation reports for multiple classes. If your prefer, watch the batch reports video.
  5. I want to save my own feedback on the system concerning a course evaluation.


Which course evaluation items can be viewed by students?

Students who have been invited to at least one course evaluation will be able to see results for "Instructor, Overall" and "Course, Overall" for courses with a 60% or greater response rate. 


All instructors and administrators can also access the student report inside the course evaluation system using the top menu navigation path:  Results<View Scores.

Instructors & Admins access student reports using the top menu.


What if I have a different question?


Please contact Laura Benson Marotta in the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Effectiveness.