Instructions for Student Opinion of Instruction (SOI) Data Access

  • Go to the SOI Portal
  • Login using your VSU username and password.
  • You will have access to some or all of the following reports. The links to these reports are displayed across the top of the SOI page.
  • Section report - displays survey results for an individual course section (current semester results available two weeks after the end of the semester)
    • Instructor report - displays aggregated survey results for all course sections taught by an individual instructor
    • Course report - displays aggregated survey results for all sections of a course
    • Course level report - displays aggregated survey results for all courses of the same subject and level
    • Subject report - displays aggregated survey results for all courses of the same subject
    • Department report (department head and administration only) - displays aggregated survey results for all course sections taught by all instructors within a department
    • Non-Completions – displays a list of all students who have not yet completed the survey 
  • Within each report you will be able to select the course data you would like to view from the drop down menus at the top of the page.
  • Click “Refresh report”.
  • Once the report has been generated, you will see:
    • Total number of students enrolled
    • Total number of students withdrawn
    • Overall rating score
    • Detailed evaluation scores by question
      • Total number of respondents
      • Total number of students who declined
      • Total number of responses missing
      • Mean
      • Standard Deviation
      • Number and percent of responses by answer selected (on a scale of 1 being lowest and 5 being highest)
    • Survey questions (click arrow to expand) – listing of the questions used for the SOI
    • SOI Comments (click arrow to expand) - contains all responses for open-ended questions 11 though 13 Note: comments have not been altered from original form in any way.

For questions or assistance with the SOI portal, please contact the IT Helpdesk at x4357.