{"id":1729,"date":"2021-10-25T17:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T00:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:37:24","slug":"mid-course-student-feedback-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/2021\/10\/mid-course-student-feedback-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-course Student Feedback Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-511\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-511\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/files\/2020\/02\/Group-discussion-Image-by-Tumisu-from-Pixabay--300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/files\/2020\/02\/Group-discussion-Image-by-Tumisu-from-Pixabay--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/files\/2020\/02\/Group-discussion-Image-by-Tumisu-from-Pixabay--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/files\/2020\/02\/Group-discussion-Image-by-Tumisu-from-Pixabay--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/files\/2020\/02\/Group-discussion-Image-by-Tumisu-from-Pixabay--1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/files\/2020\/02\/Group-discussion-Image-by-Tumisu-from-Pixabay--1568x1045.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/files\/2020\/02\/Group-discussion-Image-by-Tumisu-from-Pixabay-.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by Tumisu from Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The midpoint of a course is a great time to ask students for feedback. It is far enough into the term where students are able to draw upon their experience to give meaningful feedback, and there&#8217;s also time to make changes based on that feedback.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some resources to help you get started:<\/p>\n<h4><em>Templates and Tips: <\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/skylight.science.ubc.ca\/resources\/teaching-and-learning\/mid-course-surveys\">Mid-course Surveys | UBC Skylight: Science Centre for Learning and Teaching<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><em>Additional information and advice guides:<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/2022\/09\/15\/teaching-spotlight-midcourse-student-feedback\/\">Teaching Spotlight &#8211; Instructor Experiences with Mid-course Student Feedback<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midterm.teacheval.ubc.ca\/files\/2014\/10\/UBC-Guide-to-Collecting-Mid-Course-Feedback.pdf\"><span id=\"page3R_mcid0\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Guide to <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Collecting Mid<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page3R_mcid1\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">&#8211;<\/span><\/span><span id=\"page3R_mcid2\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Course Feedback<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">at UBC<\/span><\/span><\/a><span id=\"page3R_mcid3\" class=\"markedContent\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/2020\/01\/29\/a-win-win-making-mid-course-student-feedback-useful-for-instructors-and-students\/\">A Win-Win: Making Mid-course Student Feedback Useful for Instructors AND Students<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/2020\/09\/24\/mid-course-reflection-its-time-to-check-in-with-these-3-people\/\">Mid-course Reflection: It&#8217;s Time to Check-in with These 3 People<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/2022\/09\/26\/addressing-the-5-major-reasons-instructors-dont-do-midcourse-student-feedback\/\">Addressing the 5 Major Reasons Instructors Don&#8217;t Do Mid-course Student Feedback<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Please reach out to <a href=\"christine.goedhart@botany.ubc.ca\">Christine Goedhart<\/a> or <a href=\"jefferye@mail.ubc.ca\">Erica Jeffery<\/a> if you&#8217;d like help with collecting or using mid-course student feedback.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The midpoint of a course is a great time to ask students for feedback. It is far enough into the term where students are able to draw upon their experience to give meaningful feedback, and there&#8217;s also time to make changes based on that feedback. Here are some resources to help you get started: Templates &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/2021\/10\/mid-course-student-feedback-resources\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mid-course Student Feedback Resources&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66452,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1729"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3374,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions\/3374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/bionews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}