HelioCampus Course Evaluations & Surveys vs Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys

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.

Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys is a web and API platform for higher education institutions collecting and analyzing feedback about courses, instructors, and academic programs. Institutions can customize surveys by program, department, course, or modality, while instructors add their own questions. Mobile-friendly surveys, reminders, alerts, and optional final-grade gating support response collection. Instructor Insights applies AI to feedback for summaries, sentiment analysis, takeaways, and recommended actions. Reporting can synthesize, aggregate, disaggregate, and compare results over time. Listed integrations include Ellucian Banner and Colleague, Anthology Blackboard, Canvas, D2L Brightspace, Moodle, Watermark Faculty Success, and Watermark Planning & Self-Study. API, FTP, and SIS connections are also listed. Capabilities include instructor evaluations, benchmarking, approval and feedback workflows, evidence collection, exports, PDF curriculum exports, version history, assessment tools, and single sign-on. Watermark lists SOC 2 Type 2, FERPA, and GDPR resources. Implementation is stated as 60 days; pricing is available on request.