mcgill course evaluations
Mercury Evaluation Period
Regular Evaluation Period
The regular course evaluation period for regularly scheduled courses will be the same across the University. The time period normally runs for three to four weeks, and will end the day before the start of the examination period.
Templates
Strategies to encourage student participation
University-wide email reminders
Reminders with a direct link to access Mercury will be sent by the Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning) to all students with course evaluations to complete. These will be sent to the students’ McGill email accounts. Once they complete their course evaluations, students stop receiving these reminders.
Frequently Asked Questions about Course Evaluations
Please note that there are two new documents to help students complete course evaluations and help faculty interpret results.
Course Evaluation Results available to McGill Community
Instructions on how to view course evaluation results
The course ratings reported on the site are only one indicator of teaching effectiveness, and these results should be treated with caution since they represent reports only for the particular courses and terms designated.
End-of-course evaluations results, as one indicator of teaching effectiveness, are used to:
Access to Mercury
Mercury Online Manuals
These manuals show you how to access and use the online course evaluation system, Mercury.
Course Evaluation Reports
Faculty Means
The reports provide means for each Faculty and the School of Continuing Studies. The means are presented by course level and by class size for the four questions which appear on all course evaluations (Q1-Overall, this is an excellent course; Q2-Overall, I learned a great deal from this course; Q3-Overall, this instructor is an excellent teacher; Q4-Overall, I learned a great deal from this instructor.)
Note: You need to login using your McGill email and password in order to access the Faculty means:
Interpretation of Results
The following documents (Interpreting End-of-Course Evaluation Results and Course Evaluations: Information for Students) were prepared with three goals in mind:
Help with Mercury
For Students, Faculty and Staff
Email support
Send an email to the IT Service Desk: itsupport [at] mcgill [dot] ca
Phone support
Call 514-398-3398 to get in touch with an IT Support consultant.