Information for Students

West Chester University is committed to ensuring the quality of the teaching and learning experience of our students. An important component of this is the regular rating of instructors by students, or the SRIS - Student Rating of Instructor Survey. 
 
It’s not “just a formality” 
Instructors use this valuable information to improve and enhance their courses and they appreciate the time you take to complete the survey and any individual comments you may choose to add.  
 
It’s completely confidential 
Your instructor will never see your name or ID attached to your individual responses. Your instructor will receive a results report of summarized data only and text from open-ended questions as written. To protect your anonymity, please do not include your name in the open-ended responses. Additionally, your feedback is not available to your instructor until after final grades have been submitted and posted. 
 
As you complete the survey, try to put aside your reaction to the course itself and focus on the quality of instruction provided by this instructor. 
 
Students should strive to avoid cultural and social biases when assessing faculty effectiveness on the SRIS survey, focusing instead on the effectiveness of instruction. Such biases may include but are not limited to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religion, language, disability, and health related characteristics of your instructor. Students should also strive to avoid bias against their instructor due to course materials challenging their beliefs. Faculty have similarly committed themselves to avoiding cultural and social biases when evaluating student work and when there is disagreement with challenging course materials. 

100% online from any device
Once the administration window opens for the semester, surveys are 100% online accessible from any device through:

  1. Email – check your WCUPA email inbox for an invitation from SRIS@wcupa.edu. This email contains links to your instructor rating surveys.
  2. D2L – Your D2L home page provides links to your instructor rating surveys and will also provide pop up reminders.
  3. Web Browser – you may also log in to the online course instructor evaluation platform through https://SRIS.wcupa.edu. Please use your WCU credentials to log in - you will need to authenticate using Duo multi-factor authentication.
  4. Link - you may also use the link on the left menu of this page.
  5. QR code - you may also scan this QR code.