Email #2 to instructors

The following emails were sent on Wednesday March 12th. The first one was sent to instructors who are required to give the survey. The second was sent to instructors who had the option to give or not give the survey. The departments determined who is optional and who is mandatory.

These emails were the second of those sent to instructors, with the first one being forwarded to them through their department representative.

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Email sent to mandatory instructors:

The new online Course And Faculty Evaluation System (eCAFE) is open for use. Please log in to eCAFE at http://www.hawaii.edu/ecafe using your UH username and password to set up your surveys.

Setting up your surveys involves adding your own questions to those already selected by your campus and department. If you have set up a survey in the past, you can choose to copy those questions into a current survey and edit as desired.

Your students will start using the system from April 21st. Prior to this date, you will receive an email providing instructions on the eCAFE system which you should forward to your students.

You can also indicate if you want to publish your results at the end of the semester. Publishing your results means that the aggregate results will be displayed through a link on http://www.hawaii.edu/ecafe for all to see. You are not required to publish, and if you decide to publish, you will have the ability to decline showing individual open-ended responses. You can also revoke your decision at any time.

Why would you want to announce that you intend to publish? Because your students will be told of your intent, which gives them an incentive to fill out the survey. This will increase the number of surveys completed, and provide an alternative to the now popular http://www.ratemyprofessors.com, sans hotness ratings.

You have until Friday, April 4th to make your changes. After the 4th, the system will close and you will not be able to make any further changes.

Usage of eCAFE should not be combined with using the paper-based surveys. If you receive the application for a paper survey, please let us know asap by email or phone ().

As this is a pilot test, any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Please feel free to email us at cafe-support-l@hawaii.edu.



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Email sent to non-mandatory (optional) instructors:

The new online Course And Faculty Evaluation System (eCAFE) is open for use. Please log in to eCAFE at http://www.hawaii.edu/ecafe using your UH username and password to set up your surveys.

Your department has specified that your participation in the eCAFE pilot test is voluntary. If you don't want to participate, you must log in to http://www.hawaii.edu/ecafe and click the Disable button next to the survey(s). If you choose to Disable, no further notices will be sent to you or your students, and you can ignore the rest of this email. Otherwise...

Setting up your surveys involves adding your own questions to those already selected by your campus and department. If you have set up a survey in the past, you can choose to copy those questions into a current survey and edit as desired.

Your students will start using the system from April 21st. Prior to this date, you will receive an email providing instructions on the eCAFE system which you should forward to your students.

You can also indicate if you want to publish your results at the end of the semester. Publishing your results means that the aggregate results will be displayed through a link on http://www.hawaii.edu/ecafe for all to see. You are not required to publish, and if you decide to publish, you will have the ability to decline showing individual open-ended responses. You can also revoke your decision at any time.

Why would you want to announce that you intend to publish? Because your students will be told of your intent, which gives them an incentive to fill out the survey. This will increase the number of surveys completed, and provide an alternative to the now popular http://www.ratemyprofessors.com, sans hotness ratings.

You have until Friday, April 4th to make your changes. After the 4th, the system will close and you will not be able to make any further changes.

Usage of eCAFE should not be combined with using the paper-based surveys. If you receive the application for a paper survey, please let us know asap by email or phone ().

As this is a pilot test, any and all feedback is greatly appreciated. Please feel free to email us at cafe-support-l@hawaii.edu.