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Student feedback made actionable

Boost response rates, analyze results instantly, and turn student feedback into meaningful, actionable improvements.

Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys streamlines how institutions gather and use student feedback. From easy administration to AI-powered analysis, get the reliable insights you need to elevate teaching, learning, and the student experience, all in one platform. Explore why our course evaluation and survey tool is trusted by 900 institutions.

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Features & benefits

Reach more students, get feedback you can trust.

  • Integrate with your LMS to easily meet students where they learn.
  • Engage students on the go with mobile-friendly surveys. 
  • Use automated reminders, alerts, and optional final-grade gating to drive participation.

Student view of a “Please complete your course evaluations” pop-up notification in Canvas

Automate processes and manage complexity with efficient self-service tools.

  • Integrate with your SIS and LMS in minutes, not hours, to build on your existing technology right away.
  • Launch surveys confidently with projects that make it easy to tie all the pieces together. Whether your course calendar is standardized or highly variable, the system does the heavy lifting for you.
  • Give others permission to build surveys. Empower and share the load without relinquishing oversight.
  • Automate report sharing to get timely insights to your faculty and leaders with no manual work.

Administrator view of courses tab for a course evaluation survey project, with an expanded dropdown list of data import source options

Customizable, inclusive, and repeatable.

  • Start with a campus-wide survey and easily add questions to tailor based on program, department, course, modality, and more.
  • Instructors can add their own questions, ensuring evaluations capture what matters most.

Instructor view of Watermark CES inside Canvas with options to add custom questions to surveys for their courses

Data you can actually use to drive improvement.

  • Run evaluations anytime to see what’s working and empower instructors to refine teaching for current students – not just future classes.
  • Easily synthesize, aggregate, disaggregate, and compare results over time—without extensive training.
  • Spot trends, gaps, and opportunities for improvement with clear, intuitive reports.

 

Example of a longitudinal report comparing the results for a question over time

Help faculty interpret student feedback quickly and thoughtfully.

  • Synthesize large amounts of information fast with AI-powered summaries, sentiment analysis, and top takeaways.
  • Understand the “why” behind the feedback and what you can do about it with guided insights and recommended actions.
  • Make it easier to demonstrate progress and impact on student learning.

Instructor view of AI-powered top takeaways with related responses

Capture the full campus experience and link feedback to growth.

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Integrates with your ecosystem

Course Evaluations & Surveys works with your existing LMS, SIS, and Watermark solutions:

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Anthology® Blackboard

Ellucian Banner & Colleague

Automatically sync and refresh course, student, TA, and instructor data from your SIS to streamline course evaluation setup and ensure data integrity.

Assessment

Anthology Blackboard

Source and refresh foundational data from Blackboard for fast and reliable course evaluation setup. Drive student engagement with embedded surveys, notifications, and more – all in the LMS.

Continuous Improvement

Canvas

Connect Course Evaluations & Surveys with Canvas to build accurate survey projects fast. Get survey links to students right where they are. Promote responses with notifications and options like gradebook points and grade blocking.

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Educational Impact

D2L Brightspace

Tap Brightspace data to simplify course evaluation setup and ensure survey accuracy. Provide students seamless access to surveys, and connect instructors to their results directly from their LMS.

Faculty Development

Moodle

Pull course and enrollment data to build your course evaluations and give students one-click access to surveys, straight from Moodle.

Student Success

Watermark Faculty Success

By automatically linking student feedback to faculty reviews, the integration saves time for both faculty and administrators and ensures the integrity of evaluation data.

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Student Success

Watermark Planning & Self-Study

Leverage indirect measures of the student experience from Course Evaluations & Surveys to gain a complete, actionable view of performance for continuous improvement.

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Expert support from day one

Expert support from day one

Our client experience team partners with you from implementation to ongoing success. We focus on quick setup, proven best practices, and guidance to maximize value year-round. Learn more about Watermark’s award-winning support.

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Our clients are driving real impact with CE&S

70%+

average response rate

20M+

student surveys annually

1M+

instructors and TAs use this solution

60

days to implement

What do our clients have to say?

“Last spring, our response rates were in the 30% range. Our first semester using Course Evaluations & Surveys, we were at 83%. The only thing that changed was the technology.”
Jami Woods, Vice President of Instruction and Student Services at Roanoke-Chowan Community College
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Students' response rates have increased significantly.

“Our experience with Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys has been outstanding from start to finish. The setup process was impressively quick and went off without a hitch, allowing us to -
“Our experience with Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys has been outstanding from start to finish. The setup process was impressively quick and went off without a hitch, allowing us to transition smoothly from our legacy 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. Integration with our Learning Management System (LMS) was seamless. The process was straightforward, and we encountered no technical difficulties, which saved our IT team significant time and effort.” -
Roger Yohe, Vice President of Academics
“We wanted a tool that fit our process and offered possibilities. Watermark allowed us to take course evaluations and integrate them into Canvas. It had everything in one package.”
Sanne Tanghe, Quality Assurance at Howest University of Applied Sciences

Course evaluations give students a voice

“It’s a way of telling everyone that the university is very committed to student success and at the same time very helpful and supporting the faculty.”
– Olamide Timothy Tawose, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Lead Faculty Success Ambassador, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

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Hear from your peer, Christopher Casey

Discover how Christopher Casey boosted course evaluation response rates by 200% with Watermark at The University of Michigan-Dearborn.
What sets Course Evaluation & Surveys apart?
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What sets Course Evaluation & Surveys apart?

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Discover seven practical strategies to maximize the value of student evaluation data and use insights to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
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Discover three essential integrations to enhance your course evaluation process. Improve feedback collection and boost student engagement effectively.
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