Student Experience of Teaching Surveys (SETS)

The information students provide from Student Experience of Teaching Surveys is extremely important. All feedback matters!

Instructors use the information to improve their courses and teaching methods.
University committees use the data as part of faculty reviews for promotion, tenure or teaching awards.

Access the Surveys (SETS)

Students and instructors can access the SETS through a confidential system called Blue by eXplorance. Login to access SETS

SETS Winter 2025 Calendar

Table of SETS Dates for Winter 2025 Quarter
Deadline to assign Teacher/TAs in Coursedog	Friday, January 31
DIG opens for department staff	Tuesday, February 4
DIG closes for department staff	Friday, February 14
Question Personalization opens for instructors	Friday, February 21
Question Personalization closes for instructors	Friday, February 28
Surveys open for students	Monday, March 3
Last day of instruction	Friday, March 14
Surveys close for students	Sunday, March 16
Grades due date	Tuesday, March 25
Reports available for instructors & departments	Monday, March 31

About SETS

WATCH "Let's Talk about SETS!" VIDEO

For information on what SETS means for you, see one of the following selections below:

Students

You will receive notification from Blue each term notifying you that your surveys are available to complete. You will also see a pop-up window in Canvas directing you to your surveys in Blue.

For more information on how to fill out the SETS, see Giving Useful Feedback to Your Instructors and TAs

Grad Students

If you taught and attended classes you will receive invitations to fillout surveys and to track the response rates also known as subject management. Special Note: If you need reports from our retired system please send a request to the academic department that sponsored the course.

Instructors

We are working on enhancing the user experience in Blue. Additional information will be posted here as we make these enhancements and roll out new features. If you have questions about SETS in Blue you can contact your department or send a request to sets@ucsc.edu.

Department or College Staff

In order to get started, you will need to be authorized to access your department's courses in Blue. Please send a request to sets@ucsc.edu and copy your manger to be granted access to Blue. Once you have a Blue account, you should also confirm that you are a member of the SETS site in Canvas. This site contains all of the important messages that are sent to the campus staff who work on SETS. Normally, both accounts are created with the initial request for access. Please note that the unique UserID in Blue is the same as the unique UserID in AIS. So, you must have an AIS account in order to get access to Blue.