Astronomy 162: Introduction to Astronomy

Dr. Yost's Web-Based Course, Spring 2003

Instructor: Dr. Yost Office: 217A Nielsen Physics Building Hours: Monday, Wednesday and Friday,           11 AM to Noon or by appointment

Phone: 974-7852 E-Mail: syost@utk.edu Course Web Site: http://homework.phys.utk.edu/astr162 Textbook: Online Journey Through Astronomy

ONLINE COURSE EVALUATION

An online system is available for evaluating this course. Students may enter the system until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 9, the last day of the examination period. You may evaluate this course by entering the SAIS website: Follow the link for Spring 2003 Semester Online Evaluation. A screen will appear asking for your NetID and password. Your NetID may be found on using the UT People Search. After logging in, you will see a list of courses your courses that are participating in the on-line evaluation system. Only students currently enrolled in the course(s) are eligible to evaluate the course. In addition, students will only be able to evaluate the instructor one time. At the course listing screen, the students should then click on the section number of the course for which they are evaluating. The student should then complete the questionnaire. At the bottom of the screen, the students will then submit their responses. After pressing Submit, the computer will indicate that the student has successfully completed evaluating your course. The student will then need to Quit the system, unless he or she has more than one course to evaluate. Then the student should press Continue. All student answers are confidential. Once the system closes, all identifying information is severed from the student's NetID, therefore making the system anonymous. Data security for the on-line system includes a password-protected, encrypted web site allowing access only to authorized users. In addition, the system will time-out after 20 minutes of inactivity for security purposes. Last, the completion of the on-line questionnaire is optional; students are free to leave any or all of the questions unanswered. Should students need assistance while completing the on-line SAIS, they may contact SAIS directly by calling 974-4373. It is best to contact SAIS directly, not me.