# Evaluate a course. And improve it in the same term.

> Evaluate a course in a short AI conversation with students. Febaso asks the reason behind the grade, groups answers into themes with quotes and tells students what changes.

Web page: https://febaso.com/use-cases/course-evaluation · Updated: 2026-10-14

A short conversation with students instead of a long questionnaire. You see straight away what's going on, in their words.

- A grade, and the reason behind it
- Themes while the term runs
- Students hear what changes

## What is a course evaluation?

A course evaluation asks students how a course, module or class went: the content, the assessment, the guidance. The results help teachers and the programme adjust their teaching, and are part of quality assurance.

- **On time, not afterwards.** An evaluation after the exam only helps the next cohort. A short conversation halfway through the term still lets you adjust for these students.
- **Close the loop.** Students take an evaluation more seriously when they see what happened after the last one. Febaso sends one message per theme to those who raised it.

## From a grade to a better course.

1. **The questions are ready.** A grade for the course, the reason behind it, and topics such as assessment and feedback. Febaso asks follow-ups where the why matters.
2. **Students answer in a conversation.** On their phone, after class or at home, in their own language. Through a link or the QR code on the last slide.
3. **You adjust, they hear it.** Febaso lays out the themes. You choose what to change, and whoever raised it gets a message.

## A course evaluation, from start to finish.

Make an interview, take it as a student and see what happens to your answer. Two minutes, with made-up data.

### What one round yields (Example data)

Research skills · term 2 · Northwind College. Northwind College, Anouk and every answer here are made up for this demo.

| Theme | Raised by | In their words |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Assessment: feedback comes too late | 42 students | "My feedback on the first assignment only arrived after the deadline of the second." |
| Assessment: unclear criteria | 19 students | "I only knew what a good report looked like when I got my grade." |
| Planning: deadlines in the same week | 31 students | "In week 7 I had three deadlines and an exam." |
| Content: SPSS goes too fast | 17 students | "SPSS was explained in one lecture. That was too fast." |
| Practice: real cases work | 24 students | "The case from practice helped me more than the book." |

## Evaluations that only say something after the term.

| Today | With Febaso |
| --- | --- |
| A questionnaire after the exam that hardly anyone fills in. | A short conversation, while the term is still running. |
| A 6 for the course, without knowing why. | The why, in the student's own words. |
| Hundreds of open answers you have to read yourself. | Themes with counts and quotes, ready for the programme committee. |
| The results arrive when the next term has already started. | The grade and the themes while the answers come in. |
| Students never hear what happened to their evaluation. | One message per theme to those who raised it. |

## Privacy and trust

- **Processing in the EU.** And never used to train AI models.
- **Anonymous when you choose.** You choose per interview whether answers are anonymous. Anonymous means you never see who said what.
- **Open about the AI.** Students know from the first message that they are talking to an AI.
- **Traceable.** Every theme shows the count and the verbatim quotes.

[Read how we handle privacy](https://febaso.com/privacy)

## Frequently asked questions

### When is the best time to evaluate a course?

Halfway through and at the end. Halfway, you can still adjust for the same students; at the end, you see whether it worked.

### How many questions should a course evaluation have?

A grade, the reason behind it and two or three topics you want to understand, such as the assessment or the feedback. Because Febaso asks follow-ups, that is often enough.

### How do you get more students to take part?

Ask in class, with a QR code on the last slide, and keep it short. And show what happened after the last evaluation: whoever notices it makes a difference fills in the next one too.

### Does Febaso replace our evaluation system?

No. Febaso works alongside your current evaluations and national questionnaires. You start with one course or one term, ideally with an evaluation that was planned anyway.

### Is it anonymous, even in a small group?

When you choose anonymous, names are never next to answers. Whoever wants to hear back leaves a contact detail that is stored separately from the answers. In a very small group an answer can be recognisable by its content; we look at that together when setting up.

### Will our DPO approve this?

Answers are processed in the EU and never used to train AI models. Every institution signs a data processing agreement with a list of all sub-processors, and names are never next to answers. Your DPO gets all the information they need from us.

### What does it cost?

Setting up your first interview is free, and one course is enough to see what it delivers. If you want more courses or a whole programme, email us roughly how many students it involves.

## Evaluate your first course, or meet us first.

Set up your first evaluation yourself, for free. Rather talk first? Book an intro: thirty minutes about your programme, with a live demo.

- [Book an intro](https://febaso.com/use-cases/course-evaluation#contact)