Qualtrics Course Eval Alternatives?

[bondurantdt]

We are currently using Qualtrics for course evals and while we are not unhappy with the product, its price point for functionality is steep (private high school). Curious if anyone out there is using course eval software that has a solid integration with Canvas, and are happy with the price?

Thanks in advance for recommendations!

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @bondurantdt,

We (a mid-size public higher-ed campus) use Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys and have been very happy with the product.  Pricing is always a sticky topic, and probably varies based on the size of your school/institution.  When we did a price comparison of course evaluation software options a year or so ago, we found Watermark was in the middle of the pack.  Given that the price is mid-pack, we're happy with the system, and we have about 10 years of data in the system now, we'll be continuing with Watermark for at least a few more years before looking into things again.

Off the top of my head, Explorance Blue and CourseEval are a couple other somewhat popular options in this space, and I'm sure there are others as well.

I hope this helps a bit!

-Chris

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hello @bondurantdt ...

We also have Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys at the College where I work.  However, I'm not able to give you the price because I don't have access to that information (someone else on my team may know, however).  We have used it for several years, but I've only been at the College since September of 2023.  We just finished an end-of-semester survey that went out to our students, and we had about a 32% response rate.  Watermark CE&S has worked well for us.  There are many settings to be aware of so that the survey and any scheduled communications before the survey is distributed are configured properly.  There are lots of different reports that can be run.  And, it integrates nicely with Canvas.

Hopefully this extra bit of information will be helpful to you.

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @bondurantdt,

We (a mid-size public higher-ed campus) use Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys and have been very happy with the product.  Pricing is always a sticky topic, and probably varies based on the size of your school/institution.  When we did a price comparison of course evaluation software options a year or so ago, we found Watermark was in the middle of the pack.  Given that the price is mid-pack, we're happy with the system, and we have about 10 years of data in the system now, we'll be continuing with Watermark for at least a few more years before looking into things again.

Off the top of my head, Explorance Blue and CourseEval are a couple other somewhat popular options in this space, and I'm sure there are others as well.

I hope this helps a bit!

-Chris

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hello @bondurantdt ...

We also have Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys at the College where I work.  However, I'm not able to give you the price because I don't have access to that information (someone else on my team may know, however).  We have used it for several years, but I've only been at the College since September of 2023.  We just finished an end-of-semester survey that went out to our students, and we had about a 32% response rate.  Watermark CE&S has worked well for us.  There are many settings to be aware of so that the survey and any scheduled communications before the survey is distributed are configured properly.  There are lots of different reports that can be run.  And, it integrates nicely with Canvas.

Hopefully this extra bit of information will be helpful to you.

[mzimmerman · Accepted solution]

Another Watermark school here.  We've been using it for several years, but aside from the Canvas integration (which I handle), it's mostly managed by another team.  However, the Canvas integration does work well, and we've had better response rates than we did with our previous product.