Teacher Evaluation glossary: Lernmark Docs

Every term used in this guide, defined in plain language. Terms are grouped by theme.

People and access

Administrator: a staff member who sets up and runs the school on Lernmark. Administrators build evaluations, launch them, and read every report.

Teacher: a person who is evaluated. Teachers see feedback about their own classes once results are ready.

Student: a person who gives feedback by answering evaluation questions.

Role: what a person is allowed to see and do: administrator, teacher, or student.

Workspace: your school's private area on Lernmark. Only your people can see your data.

Edition (plan): the package of features your workspace includes. Determines which parts of Lernmark are available to you.

School code: a short code that identifies your school when a student logs in.

Matricule: a student's own identity number at your school, used to log in.

Activation code: a one-time code that lets a student set up their account the first time. It can be used only once.

School: one school, college or training centre. Some organizations have more than one.

Campus: a physical branch of a school.

Department: a grouping of related subjects or staff.

Programme: a course of study students follow, such as a degree or diploma.

Level: a stage or year within a program.

Class section: a specific group of students taught together.

Academic session: the term or year an evaluation belongs to, with a start and end date.

Course: a subject in your catalog, such as "Introduction to Biology".

Offering: a course actually being taught in a session by a particular teacher. Feedback is attached to offerings.

Enrollment: the link that places a student in a class section, making them eligible to evaluate the classes they take.

Template: the reusable form of questions and a rating scale that students answer.

Rating scale: the range of scores used for each question, such as 1 to 5.

Category: a heading that groups related questions, such as "Teaching".

Campaign: one round of evaluation: a template opened to students between a start date and an end date.

Evaluation assignment: one student's task to evaluate one course and teacher.

Anonymity mode: whether answers are separated from student names (Strict) or attached to them (Named).

Anonymous: answers are separated from names, so no one can tell who said what.

Structured sections: the labelled comment areas: Strengths, Suggestions, Concerns, and Additional notes.

Participants: the set of student-and-teacher pairings Lernmark generates for a campaign from enrollments and offerings.

Participation rate: the share of students who have responded.

Moderation: reviewing comments and replies before they appear in reports.

Disclosed: results are large enough to show safely, so they are visible.

Withheld: results are hidden because the group is too small to keep students anonymous.

Anonymity threshold: the minimum number of responses a class needs before its results are shown.

Cohort: the group of students in one class, used when deciding whether results can be shown.

Export: a downloadable copy of results, such as a CSV, JSON, or PDF file.