HelioCampus Course Evaluations & Surveys vs SmartEvals

HelioCampus Course Evaluations & Surveys helps U.S. colleges and universities create, schedule, deploy, and analyze evaluations and surveys for institutional feedback. Surveys can be organized at college, department, or institution level using customizable hierarchical templates and question libraries, including dynamic questions based on Course Learning Outcomes. Course evaluations include student, instructor, and general course types, scheduled at the beginning, midpoint, or end of a term. Automated notifications can go to students and instructors, and students can complete evaluations through their learning management system. Integrations support multiple LMS connections through LTI and native APIs, including Blackboard, Canvas, D2L Brightspace, and Moodle. Student course evaluations may be anonymous; instructor evaluations cannot. AI sentiment analysis supports bulk review, but HelioCampus must enable it and provision access through role-based access. Participants need a platform account and institutional single sign-on. The maker says it is FERPA compliant and lists ISO 27001:2013 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications. Pricing is on request.

SmartEvals is web-based course evaluation software for colleges and universities. It automates evaluation management and reporting with administrative dashboards, ERP or SIS data synchronization, preloaded question banks, and automatic report distribution. Institutions can run summative and formative course evaluations, general surveys, and educational assessments. Email, text, and voice reminders, mobile access, and live response-rate reporting support evaluation participation. Reporting includes institutional and nationwide benchmarking, aggregate comparisons, longitudinal trends, text analytics, and demographic analysis. SmartEvals lists integrations with Blackboard Learn and Ultra, Canvas, Moodle, Brightspace, and other LMSs, plus LTI tools; it can also share data with ERP, SIS, or homegrown databases. Institutions can configure role-based permissions and customize reminders, survey forms, and reports. The maker says the hosted application uses US-based primary and failover data facilities meeting SSAE 16 SOC 2 standards, and that institutions retain ownership and control of their data. A free Lite plan is listed for schools currently using paper; other pricing is on request.