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Course evaluations are open!

Winter 2026 deadlines:

  • April 14 (condensed evaluation period)
  • May 1 (default evaluation period)

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Mercury End-of-Course Evaluations

This page contains information about the preparation of questionnaires, information security, and interpretation of unit course evaluation results. There are also strategies to increase student participation for academic units.

Academic Unit Heads: Mercury Liaisons:
  • discuss course evaluation results, both numerical and written, with instructors in the annual review process;
  • review all numerical results and comments, especially for pre-tenure instructors; and
  • identify program and curricular strengths and issues based on feedback.

For course evaluation information related to your role as a course instructor, please visit the Instructor page.
  • formulate the list of participating courses;
  • activate online course evaluations;
  • relay information provided by the mercury.info [at] mcgill.ca (Mercury System Administrator) to instructors;
  • remind instructors when evaluations are available to students and monitoring response rates; and
  • convey updated information, concerns and issues to the mercury.info [at] mcgill.ca (Mercury System Administrator).

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