CourseEval HQ vs IOTA360 Evaluations

CourseEval HQ is an online course evaluation service integrated with Canvas, for use across a campus, within a division or in a single course. Users can create standard or department-specific surveys, import surveys in text format and write custom questions. Administrators can distribute surveys to selected courses or sections, all courses in a term, or a CSV-supplied batch, then monitor setup and completion across courses. The application retrieves terms, courses and rosters from Canvas and can add survey links, announcements, assignments and modules to courses. Etudes says responses are anonymous and results are limited to designated recipients; instructors do not directly access results or individual responses. Authorized recipients receive printable PDF reports by email, and term response rates can be downloaded as CSV. Administrators can schedule observers for classroom visits and remove their access when the period ends. Students can respond in the Canvas student mobile app or through Canvas in a mobile browser. CourseEval HQ runs on Android, iOS and the web. The 30-day trial provides complete application access, and subscriptions include 24/7 support.

IOTA360 Evaluations is online course evaluation software for higher education institutions. Institutions can use a managed service for scheduling, reminder emails, survey delivery, LMS integration, student and faculty support, reporting, and results permissions, or administer the system in-house. It supports unlimited evaluation sessions within an academic term and dynamic scheduling for courses of different lengths. Reports include instructor benchmarks and comparisons, graphical summaries, word-frequency and historical analysis, and a custom report builder. Results can be exported to Excel, PDF, and CSV; historical data can be imported from TXT, CSV, and XML formats. The software can run standalone or integrate with an LMS, campus portal, or SIS through methods including LTI, LDAP, CAS, Shibboleth, SAML, Google Auth, and Custom API. Stored responses are not linked to identifying student information in reports or downloads unless students identify themselves in comments. The brochure describes anonymized, encrypted data, FERPA compliance, and role-based access. Students can submit evaluations and faculty can view results on mobile devices.