It has come to our attention recently that the wording in the new online feedback forms for courses could be misleading. You should know that the multiple choice answers are aggregated and reported to the chair of the department, but free-form written comments are only seen by individual instructors and no one else.
If you have feedback on a course (either positive or negative), we highly encourage you to contact the advising staff. That is one of the reasons we are here, to take feedback from students and work to improve the program for everyone. There are various ways to provide feedback.
The huge benefit of contacting advisors is that we can keep your name confidential, but we can also get back to you on how we have addressed a specific situation. Or we can ask for clarification if we don’t understand something you’ve said.
Alternatively, if you don’t feel comfortable seeing us in person or writing to us individually, we do have an online anonymous feedback form that you are welcome to use. Again, to report things you like or don’t like, about the department.
https://www.cs.washington.edu/students/ugrad/give_feedback/
Hope everyone’s last week is going well!
Crystal and CSE Advising