This guide walks you through Teacher Evaluation from start to finish. Teacher Evaluation is the part of Lernmark where students give anonymous feedback on the teachers and courses they take, and where administrators and teachers read the results. It works on its own: you do not need to use any other part of the platform to run it.
It is written for the person setting evaluation up at a school (an administrator), but it also explains what teachers and students see, so you know what to expect at every stage. No prior experience with Lernmark is assumed. Every term is explained the first time it appears, and again in the Glossary.
Who this guide is for
- Administrators set the school up, build the evaluation, launch it, and read the reports. Most of this guide is for you.
- Teachers receive feedback about their own classes once results are ready. See What teachers see.
- Students answer the questions. See What students see and do.
The journey, in order
Work through the pages below in sequence. Each one ends with a link to the next step, so you can follow the whole path without losing your place.
- Create your workspace: sign up and open your school's account.
- Log in, roles and your dashboard: how to log in and what each type of user sees.
- Build your academic structure: describe your school: departments, programs, levels, and class sections.
- Add your teachers: invite the teachers who will be evaluated.
- Set up courses and teaching: list your courses and say who teaches what.
- Add students and access codes: bring your students in and give them a way to log in.
- Design an evaluation template: write the questions students will answer.
- Create and launch a campaign: open the evaluation for a set period of time.
- Monitor and moderate: track who has responded and review comments.
- Read your analytics: understand the results.
You can set up in any sitting
You do not have to finish everything at once. Your work is saved as you go, so you can build your structure one day and come back to launch the evaluation later.
What you will end up with
By the end of this guide you will have collected honest, anonymous feedback from your students and turned it into clear reports (participation rates, average scores, trends over time, and written comments) that you and your teachers can act on.
A few key terms up front
You will meet these words throughout the guide. Full definitions are in the Glossary.
- Workspace: your school's private area on Lernmark. Only your people can see your data.
- Role: what a person is allowed to do (administrator, teacher, or student).
- Template: the set of questions and the rating scale students answer.
- Campaign: one round of evaluation, open between a start date and an end date.
- Anonymous: student answers are separated from student names, so no one can tell who said what.
When you are ready, start with Create your workspace.