Login Instructions
- Go to Haven's Course Evaluation Portal
- You will likely see a page with an error message. The error says, "You do not have the necessary permissions to view this page. This page may require you to be logged in." This is expected. This error only appears if you have not logged into the Haven yet. Ignore this error message and continue to the next step.
- Login to Haven using your student ID number and the password given to you by the registrar's office. (If you have forgotten your password, email registrar@gs.edu).
- Scroll down to find the section called "My CoursEval."
- Click on a class to begin your course evaluations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between a Course Evaluation and an ePortfolio Course Reflection?
Course Evaluations focus primarily upon the course and its instructor. The seminary uses your feedback in Course Evaluations to improve the quality of course delivery and to drive faculty development.
ePortfolio Course Reflections focus specifically on how well a course contributes to the student’s development of one or more competencies. In other words, did the course and its contents actually help a student grow according to the degree’s competencies?
Will my answers be kept anonymous?
Yes, your answers will be kept anonymous. Faculty and staff do not have a way to determine which student submitted a given evaluation. However, there are ways to decrease your anonymity. When submitting your evaluation, you can write things in your comments that make it possible for the professor to infer who you are. For instance:
- Leaving a comment that identifies who you are (e.g. "By the way, this is David! I sit in the front row in the third seat from your right!")
- Leaving a comment that refers to a memorable situation where only you and a few others were involved (e.g. a loud and fierce argument between you, the professor and another student)
This is not a common issue. Comments should be used to provide more context as to why a professor/class was rated well or poorly and can be very beneficial in that regard.
Is there a way for me to report grievances that occurred with faculty members?
If you have a grievance against a professor (e.g. you feel you have been treated unfairly or inappropriately) please read and follow the instructions that are found in the Student Handbook's "Grievance" section. You can find a link to the Student Handbook via our Publication page. The course evaluation system is not the most effective or appropriate way to report grievances.
Will my answers affect my grade?
No, your grades will not be affected by participating in the course evaluation process. Faculty cannot see any course evaluations until after all final grades for all classes in a given semester have been submitted.
Only the Institutional Research Coordinator (IRC) can grant access to the results of the course evaluations. The IRC is not allowed to grant access until the registrar has confirmed they have received grades from all classes for that semester. In other words, if every professor except one has submitted their final grades, the IRC still cannot grant access to the course evaluations to anyone.
Additionally, faculty access to course evaluations for classes that end midway through the semester is not granted until after the semester is over.
We take student privacy very seriously. Our policies are designed to garner genuine feedback and criticism from students in order to continually improve the quality of our courses.
If you had a great class experience:
- Professors won't hear how much you appreciate them, which provides a motivation stronger than money to continue doing their job well. They might ask themselves, "I invested X amount of hours into this class, and my students did not care. Perhaps, I should give less effort next semester...?"
- Professors who did an excellent job might not get recognized and rewarded by the administration. They might ask themselves, "I significantly impacted my students in a positive way, but none of my colleagues even noticed. Perhaps, I should give less effort next semester...?"
If you had a poor class experience:
- Future students will experience the same issues, frustrations and annoyances you did. They might ask, "Why was this obvious problem/issue not addressed earlier?"
- Professors will not be able to improve their classes because there is no data to identify problems. They might think, "I know the class did not go as well as I had hoped, but I can and want to do better! Unfortunately, I don't know what needs to change because I don't have the perspective of a student."
Course evaluations are completely voluntary; you can still take classes and complete your degree without doing them. However, they are vital to improving the quality of the degree programs offered by the seminary. Please do your part and contribute to the continued improvement of Gateway Seminary.
Currently, it's once every week. However, this frequency is subject to change. Sometimes, students feel like they don't receive the notification email enough. Other times, they feel like they receive it too frequently. We try to strike a good balance between both extremes.
Send an email to oir@gs.edu and include the date your class ends.
Evaluations open after you have completed approximately 70 percent of your class and close either before you receive your grades or the last day of the semester, whichever comes first. Sometimes the open/close dates for classes, such as those that meet for one day/weekend or have an online component, are configured incorrectly.
The course evaluation system allows you to save your current progress and modify your answers later. If you are receiving these emails, you may have saved but not yet submitted your course evaluation.
To fix this, open the course evaluation and submit it rather than save it.