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Comparative Summary Reports


University of Oregon’s Comparative Summary Reports were designed to meet Senate Legislation which calls for comparison data of the seven university-wide quantitative questions by 1) classes of similar size within the department and 2) classes of the same level within the department. The online Summary Reports tool provided by our software provider has some flexibility; thus additional comparisons are possible through use of picklists.

How to Run Comparative Reports

  1. Log into DuckWeb.
  2. Click the “Course Evaluations” menu on the home page.
  3. Click the “Course Evaluations” link at the bottom of the Evaluation Info Page.
  4. Click on the link for “Summary Reports” in the upper right corner of your page.

  1. Use the pick lists on the Summary Reports page to select your desired report.

  1. Example: Get Summary Report for all lower-division Math classes for Fall 2008:
    1. Select Fall 2008 from the TERM picklist.
    2. Select Arts & Sciences from the DIVISION picklist.
    3. Select Mathematics from the DEPARTMENT picklist.
    4. Select Mathematics form the SUBJECT picklist.
    5. Select All Sizes (the default) from the CLASS SIZE picklist.
    6. Select 000-299 from the COURSE LEVEL picklist.
    7. Select All Numbers (the default) from the CATALOG NUMBER picklist.
    8. Leave Select Form set to University of Oregon Evaluation Form.

At this point, your Summary Reports Page will look like this

At this point, your Summary Reports Page will look like the above example.

  1. Click on the Process Report button at the bottom of your page to create your Summary Report.

Your Comparative Summary Report will look like this

Your Comparative Summary Report will look like the above example.

  • Your selection criteria for this Summary Report remain visible at the top of your report.
  • The University Questions (seven university-wide quantitative questions) are shown in two blocks:
    • the first set of seven questions show the responses from all Lecture sections meeting your search criteria;
    • the second set of seven questions show the responses from +Lab and +Dis sections meeting your search criteria. If there is no data in this section of your report, that means there were no labs or discussions that met your search criteria.
  • The total Evaluations Declined and the Total CRN Count show in the lower left corner. Be aware that CRNs with multiple instructors are counted as one per instructor (each instructor has his/her own evaluations).
  • Data for Fall 2007 and Winter 2008 are NOT available in the Summary Reports; Fall 2007 was the pilot term for three departments; Winter 2008 was the full campus roll-out but the system was using the old four-question evaluation.

You may now:

  • Print the Summary Report directly from the web
  • Copy and paste the data into Excel
  • "Print screen” the web page and paste the “captured picture” into a Word document
  • Save the page as a .htm page

Senate Legislation pertaining to standard reports

5. A standard course evaluation report shall include the distribution of responses and the mean scores for each of the 7 quantitative university-wide questions. For comparison, the distribution of responses and mean scores from 1) classes of a similar size within the instructor's department; 2) classes of the same level within the instructor's department; and 3) all classes within the instructor's department will also be provided. (Source: Joint Senate-Academic Affairs Committee on On-Line Course Evaluation Implementation, May 14, 2008)

Questions not answered in the FAQ can be addressed to registraratuoregon [dot] edu or (541) 346-2935.