Every Fall and Spring, the Center Academic Innovation’s Mid-Course Assessment (MCA) helps University of Southern Maine (USM) faculty receive anonymous feedback from their students regarding specific areas of their course design and teaching, and make any necessary changes. Hundreds of students answer this survey each semester. This survey is not required by the university. Results are kept confidential, shared only with individual faculty members and select members of the Academic Innovation team, and are not considered as part of student evaluations of teaching. Please direct all questions to Rucha Modak at rucha.modak@maine.edu or Ryan Hatcher at ryan.hatcher@maine.edu, and not to the Office of Academic Assessment.
Sign-up for the Spring 2025 MCA
Spring 2025 Mid-Course Assessment (MCA) sign-up is now open until February 28th. The MCA is available to all instructors each semester and is an effective way to receive direct and meaningful feedback from your students. Student assessments will open on March 3rd, and results will be available until March 10th. This assessment is not required and is not related to end-of-semester teacher evaluations. If you are interested please click on the button below.
MCA Preview
The survey has two sections: “The Syllabus” and “The Instructor and Learning Environment”. Both sections pose quantitative questions and allow open-ended feedback. Only you and select members of the Academic Innovation team will have access to the assessment feedback.
