Year: 2024

Periodically, information will be posted regarding Watermark’s Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES) tool to help users better understand Wichita State’s new course evaluation tool.

Today’s focus is on the basic timeline.

• The CES Administrator programs the pre-determined dates for each process. This pre-determined schedule cannot be modified.
• The CES tasks are sent at midnight on the scheduled start date and will end at 11:59 p.m. on the scheduled end date.
• The manage course process for instructors: Instructors have 10 days from notification of the opt-out window to delete courses from CES.
• CES evaluations will be open for students for varying lengths of time, depending upon the length of the course term:
  • Fall and spring one-week to four-week courses: Two days
  • Fall and spring five-week to 16+ week courses: 10 days
  • Summer one- and two-week courses: Two days
  • Summer four-week to 10+ week courses: Seven days
• Current CES results will be available at the end of the semester. Results will continue to remain accessible afterwards.
• The availability date will be the Friday after grades are due to the Registrar.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

For questions, contact Sandra Ranney at evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.

Periodically, information will be posted regarding Watermark’s Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES) tool to help users better understand Wichita State’s new course evaluation tool.

Today’s focus is on “Main Course Evaluation.”

• The “Main Course Evaluation” is a core set of questions that will be sent to all courses in which the instructor has not selected to “opt-out.”
• Instructors can find these questions in CES. While in “Manage Courses,” click on the semester’s project, and then click on “Preview” to view the questions. The questions can also be found in the FAQs on the CES website.
• Some courses are not eligible for the “Main Course Evaluation.” These are courses that are appointment-based, research, COOP, Intensive English, Market-Based and weekend-only courses.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

For questions, contact Sandra Ranney at evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.

Periodically, information will be posted regarding Watermark’s Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES) tool to help users better understand Wichita State’s new course evaluation tool.

Today’s focus is on “How to use CES?”

• While in Blackboard, instructors can access CES anytime by choosing “Tools” from the main menu and selecting “CES Course Evaluations.” It can also be directly accessed via the links provided in emails sent to the instructor.
• Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys Dashboard will appear.
• Widgets will appear on the dashboard. When a task is available for a course, it will display information. If not, it may state “No Project Found.”
• The manage courses widget will only appear when that option is open and available to instructors.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

For questions, contact Sandra Ranney at evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.

Periodically, information will be posted regarding Watermark’s Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES) tool to help users better understand Wichita State’s new course evaluation tool.

Today’s focus is on emails.

• CES uses email communication to send out information regarding the evaluation process.
• Emails will come from WSU Evaluations (evaluations@ces.wichita.edu).
• Emails are sent according to a specific timeline. CES operates from the course’s part-of-term, meaning the course start and end dates will determine when emails are sent out.
• If you teach courses that are in different terms, you will receive duplicate emails. These emails provide information that pertains to that part-of-term.
• The emails will also inform instructors if they need to take any specific actions regarding their course(s) within CES.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

For questions, contact Sandra Ranney at evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.

Watermark’s Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES) tool is Wichita State’s new course evaluation tool. Find more information over the coming weeks in WSU Today about CES.

Today’s focus is on “What Is CES?”

• CES is a course evaluation platform from Watermark. The evaluation portion of the platform is called “Course Evaluations & Surveys” and at WSU is referred to as CES.
• CES has replaced SPTEs as the source for course evaluations.
• CES is easy to use and is integrated with Blackboard.
• CES results are electronic and will be available at the end of the term the course is assigned.
• Using CES should increase response rates.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

For questions, contact Sandra Ranney at evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.

The University of Michigan’s Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence (STRIDE) team will offer a Faculty Recruitment Workshop at WSU. Deans, associate deans, chairs and directors and anyone else with an important role in faculty recruitment efforts are encouraged to attend from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6 in 141 Woolsey Hall, Fidelity Bank Ballroom.

The workshops provide an opportunity to learn about mitigating individual and structural-level biases in the faculty hiring process and offers suggestions for practices and procedures that help reduce bias and promote inclusion along the many stages of the search process. The workshop is part of the ADVANCE REACH project, a grant funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF grant #2404653). Light refreshments will be provided.

Questions can be directed to Dr. Jan Twomey, professor in the Department of Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering, at jan.twomey@wichita.edu.

The WuHire Show and Tell events continue. Due to the need for versatility, organizers have opted to host all sessions this week via Teams

Session details:

Wednesday, Aug 28:

• 1:30-2:30 p.m.: #1 – Intro to WuHire
• 3-4 p.m.: #2 – Creating Requisition and Recruitment Workflows

Thursday, Aug. 29:

• 2-3 p.m.: #3 – Offer and Onboarding
• 3:30-4:30 p.m.: #4 – Non-Benefit Eligible Hiring

If you are a hiring manager or department admin, feel free to join the sessions that are relevant to your role and responsibilities. You can also view the upcoming events, access the meeting link and add them to your calendar using the WuHire SharePoint Events.

Can’t make the meetings? Each session will be recorded and uploaded to the WuHire SharePoint site. If you have not already done so, you can access and save the WuHire SharePoint site for future use. Training documents and other key updates will be uploaded there. You can also follow the site to stay up to date on all updates and developments.

Are you using Microsoft OneDrive, Teams or SharePoint at WSU? ITS would like to hear from you. Take part in a brief survey to evaluate your experiences with OneDrive, Teams and SharePoint and the support offered through ITS. Your feedback is crucial in helping enhance services and better meet your needs.

Wichita State desires to create a strong community wherein all who serve and are served by the university have an exceptional experience. The university has adopted Service Standards, known as Shocker PROUD, which identify common things we can all do to create a welcoming environment and promote WSU.

Go to myTraining and search for “Shocker PROUD Service Standards” to view available session times and register.

Enjoy popsicles and chat with officers in the Wichita State University Police Department from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4 in between Shocker Hall and the Rhatigan Student Center.

Keep an eye out for the police-marked utility vehicle in the area.