SPOT (Student Perceptions of Teaching) is an online survey that collects student opinions about an instructor and provides a standard set of summary results. Instructors may or may not be required to use SPOT and should check with their department to determine their options. 

SPOT surveys are automatically scheduled when an instructor is assigned to a course section in one of the following roles: Primary Instructor, Teaching Assistant or Team Teacher. Administrators have the ability to change the SPOT survey to "no" on the Instructor panel in MAUI Offerings Planner. 

While the SPOT process is managed through ITS, administrators are able to enter an alternate (override) date in MAUI for the SPOT survey to occur. One circumstance where this might be desired is if multiple instructors are assigned to only one portion of the semester. An override date could be entered for each Instructor to trigger their SPOT survey at the end of the portion of instruction for a course. 

Please Note: When a course is off-cycle or if an override end date is entered, the survey is open for one week as opposed to two weeks for full semester courses where surveys occur at the end of the semester. 

Set SPOT Survey Override Date in MAUI

The following instructions assume one or more instructors are already listed in the course section. For information on how to assign course instructors please visit the Instructor Assignment page. 

How to Set a Survey Override Date

Locate the course section in Offerings Planner
Access the Instructor panel by either selecting Instructors in the top-right Tabs area, or via the Instructors link in the course section
Instructor in tabs drop down.

 

Instructors link in course section information.
Click the pencil icon next to the instructor's name to edit their information
Use pencil icon link to edit instructor information.
Next to Instructor evaluation date override select a date on the calendar and Save
Use the calendar icon select an alternate evaluation date and save.
Green bar displays confirming the update and the override date chosen is now listed
Instructor info saved and override date displays in Evaluation Date Override column.
Repeat these steps if the course is team taught and an override date is needed for another instructor

Additional Information and SPOT Help Resources

SPOT Website

FAQs for Instructors

Assessment of Teaching