Course evaluation
Topics: Course creation
Ahead of the course
Try these ideas for pre-course training evaluation questions to help you drill down on what learners really want:
- What are your key learning objectives for this course?
- How confident are you that the course will deliver on the learning objectives?
- What are your motivations for taking the course?
- At the end of the course, what do you hope to have achieved?
- What topics, in particular, are you hoping will be covered in the course?
- What types of learning do you like best?
- What areas of this topic do you struggle with the most?
- What are the biggest barriers to you achieving your learning goals?
- Have you completed any other training in this field before taking this course?
- How do you hope this course will improve on previous education experiences?
During the course
Questions to ask after each lesson
Course content
If you want to find out more about the quality of your course content, try these training evaluation questions:
- Did the course content align with your expectations?
- How would you rate the quality of the course content?
- How engaging was the course content?
- How satisfied were you with the variety of the course content?
- Was the course content easy to understand?
- Was the course content detailed enough for your needs?
- Was the course content helpful?
- Was the course content repetitive?
- How satisfied were you with the methods of assessment?
- What was missing from the course content?
Course structure
Here are some training evaluation questions examples to give you a hand in designing your survey:
- How would you rate the course structure?
- How satisfied were you with the flow of the course?
- Was the course structure manageable?
- Was the course easy to complete?
- Was it clear when one unit ended and a new one started?
- Were the course milestones clear?
- Did you feel like you were making adequate progress through the course?
- Did you feel equally engaged in every section of the course?
- Which sections of the course worked best?
- How satisfied were you with the number of assessments?
Course delivery
To find out more about your course delivery, try asking these training evaluation questions:
- How would you rate the course delivery?
- Were the course materials engaging?
- Was the course delivery accessible?
- How would you rate the opportunities for collaboration during the course?
- Did the course meet your expectations for interactivity?
- Would you have preferred more or less interactivity?
- How could the course delivery be improved?
- Was the size of your training group appropriate?
- Did the course feel welcoming?
- Did you feel like you were part of a community during the course?
Course instructor
Here are some training evaluation questions examples to use:
- How satisfied were you with the level of instruction you were given?
- How would you rate your instructor’s delivery of the course material?
- How effective were your instructor’s communication skills?
- How would you rate your instructor’s expertise?
- Was it easy to ask your instructor questions?
- How comfortable did you feel expressing problems to your instructor?
- How confident were you in the instructor’s ability to help you?
- How would you rate the quality of the feedback you received from your instructor?
- Did your instructor meet your expectations?
- How could the quality of the instruction be improved?
Course timing
Use these targeted training evaluation questions to get opinions on your course length, including:
- How long did it take for you to complete the course in full?
- On average, how long did it take you to complete each lesson?
- Did you take an equal amount of time to complete each lesson?
- If no, which lessons took the longest to complete?
- How satisfied were you with the length of each lesson?
- Did the length of the course fit your expectations?
- Were you able to fit your learning around your other commitments?
- Was there any point during the course where you were forced to pause?
- How satisfied were you with the length of the course assessments?
- Were you able to complete the assessments in the allotted time?
Learning experience
Try asking these questions in your training evaluation survey:
- How would you rate the user experience of the course?
- Was the platform easy to use?
- Did you find the interface intuitive?
- Was it easy to navigate through the course?
- What 3 words come to mind when you think about the course design?
- Did you find the layout confusing?
- Did you find the layout straightforward?
- How would you rate the course platform compared to other platforms you’ve used in the past?
- How satisfied were you with the overall user experience of the platform?
- How could the course design be improved?
Accessibility
Here are some ideas for training evaluation questions centered on accessibility:
- How satisfied were you with the course’s overall accessibility?
- How satisfied were you with the course audio?
- Were you able to adjust the volume to your needs?
- Was the course typeface easy to read?
- How satisfied were you with the colors used throughout the course?
- How satisfied were you with the font size throughout the course?
- Were you able to interact with the course in a way that suited your needs?
- What accessibility features did you feel were lacking from the course?
- Did you receive the accessibility support you needed during the course?
- What additional accessibility features could improve the course?
Technical implementation
Here are some sample training evaluation survey questions for technical problems:
- How satisfied were you with the technical delivery of the course?
- Did you experience any problems with the course log-in?
- Were you aware of any technical faults or bugs during the course?
- Did all the external links work?
- Were you able to access the course via your mobile or tablet?
- Did you notice any delay or lag in the delivery of the course content?
- Did the video content load on your device?
- Were you able to download the resources?
- Were you able to view all the images and graphics in the course?
- How satisfied were you with the quality of the technical troubleshooting?
After the course
Here are some learner satisfaction questions to use in your training evaluation survey:
- Do you feel that you achieved your learning goals?
- How satisfied were you with this course?
- Did the course meet your expectations?
- Is there anything that you were hoping to learn that wasn’t covered?
- Do you feel like your skills have improved as a result of the course?
- What did you enjoy most about the course?
- What did you find most challenging about the course?
- How could the learning experience be improved?
- Would you consider taking another course on the same platform?
- How likely are you to recommend the course to a friend?
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Ahead of the course
During the course
Course content
Course structure
Course delivery
Course instructor
Course timing
Learning experience
Accessibility
Technical implementation
After the course
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