What sets Course Evaluation & Surveys apart?
Concerned about low survey response rates and clunky systems? Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys consistently outperforms our competitors. Our platform helps institutions drive success by providing AI-driven insights, seamless integrations with major LMS & SIS solutions, and simple implementation.
Review our comparison grid to see how Course Evaluations & Surveys leads to stronger response rates and a better campus feedback system.
“One of the most notable improvements has been in our student response rates. With our previous system, we struggled to reach a 30% participation rate. Since implementing Watermark, our response rates have soared to 75%, making our course evaluation data far more representative and actionable.”
— Roger Y., Vice President of Academics
| Feature | Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys | Vendors including, but not limited to, Explorance, Blackboard (formerly Anthology), SmartEvals, and Scantron |
| Response rates | Consistently strong (70%+ on average) for insights you can trust | Often low and unsatisfactory |
| LMS & SIS integration | Seamless with major solutions; students respond directly in their LMS with automated reminders to drive participation | Incomplete, unreliable integrations that increase burden on staff and fail to engage students |
| Survey customization | Flexible and tailored by program, course, instructor, or modality | Limited or costly customization |
| Reporting & analytics | Immediate, intuitive reporting with clear trends and actionable insights | Slow, clunky reporting that can be difficult to analyze |
| Instructor access | Dashboards and AI-driven insights make feedback meaningful and easy to act on | Limited faculty-facing tools; reports are hard to interpret and apply |
| Time savings | Quick, guided implementation in as little as 6 weeks to get up and running | Long, resource-heavy implementations with high IT demands |
| Campus-wide impact | Connects seamlessly with Watermark’s assessment and faculty review solutions for broader impact to help turn data into action | Siloed from other institutional systems |
| Customer service | Dedicated, higher-ed focused support team to resolve any issues quickly | Generic, slow-to-respond support |
| Innovation | Actively evolving to be ahead of your needs with new features like instructor insights for AI-powered recommendations | Stagnant solutions with limited innovation |
