Course Evaluations

Starting in Fall 2022, Course Evaluations are centrally administered through the Administrative Assessment Coordinator and Data Analyst using Watermark's Course Evaluation and Surveys application (previously named EvaluationKit). Note: The CTL is no longer managing the process. All support concerns/requests must be sent to course-evaluations@neiu.edu.

Starting with the 2023 Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement, courses must have a minimum of seven students enrolled in order to be evaluated and to maintain the anonymity of the process.

In order for course sections to be assessed, the D2L section must be active at least two weeks prior to the Faculty Notified date below. Course Evaluations & Surveys relies on D2L for the evaluations to be available to students.

Faculty Access

Course Evaluation results and monitoring can be completed by using the links within D2L (browser compatibility limited to Chrome as of Fall 2023) or using the Watermark link within NEIUport followed by clicking on the Course Evaluation and Survey tile. The Watermark link/Course Evaluations & Surveys tile works with any browser.

Student Access

Students will access evaluations by using the pop-up reminders within D2L or using the embedded links found in their email reminders.

Guides

2025-2026 Evaluation Schedule

Term/SubTerm Faculty Notified First Date to Evaluate Last Day to Evaluate Results Released
Fall 2025/1st Half Wed. Oct 1 2025 Sun. Oct. 5, 2025 Wed. Oct. 15, 2025 Fri. Oct. 24, 2025
Fall 2025/2nd Half & Full Thu. Nov. 20, 2025 Mon. Nov. 24, 2023 Mon. Dec. 8, 2025 Thu. Dec. 18, 2025
Winter 2025 Sat. Jan 3, 2026 Wed. Jan. 7, 2026 Sat. Jan. 17, 2026 Fri. Jan. 23, 2026
Spring 2026/1st Half Thu. Feb. 25, 2026 Sun. March 1, 2026 Wed. March 11, 2026 Thu. March 26, 2026
Spring 2026/2nd Half & Full Thu. April 23, 2026 Mon. April 27, 2026 Mon. May 11, 2026 Wed. May 20, 2026
Summer 2026/1st Half Tue. June 16, 2026 Sat. June 20, 2026 Tue. June 30, 2026 Wed. July 9, 2026
Summer 2026/Full Thu. July 9, 2026 Mon. July 13, 2026 Mon. July 27, 2026 Thu. Aug. 6, 2026
Summer 2026/2nd Half Tue. July 28, 2026 Sat. Aug. 1, 2026 Tue. Aug. 11, 2026 Wed. Aug. 19, 2026

Important Notes

  • It is imperative that between the Faculty Notified and the First Date to Evaluate that faculty verify that all courses are properly listed to be evaluated. Remember, those under seven are not be evaluated per the 2023 Collective Bargaining Agreement.
  • Evaluation Results will automatically uploaded into Faculty Success within three days of the formal Results Released date.

Support requests must be emailed to course-evaluations@neiu.edu; not the CTL.