Announcing our new partnership with Technological University Dublin
We are delighted to announce that following a successful competitive tender process, Technological University Dublin is partnering with evasys to implement a new programme and module survey system.
After contracts were signed in October 2022, implementation commenced immediately with the first roll out of programme-level evaluation surveys, launched in February 2023. Alongside implementing the evasys evaluation system, extensive integrations with Technological University Dublin’s existing systems have been implemented, with a particular focus on supporting the data sources from three Ellucian Banner student record systems and integrating with Moodle and Brightspace Virtual Learning Environments, the university’s mail server and its single sign on solution for staff and students.
About TU Dublin
evasys and TU Dublin
TU Dublin launched a tender process seeking a survey and evaluation solution supplier that delivered all its requirements; following competitive evaluation, evasys was appointed as the chosen partner, replacing an incumbent supplier.
The university required an integrated Programme and Module Survey tool that facilitated student surveys at the end of each semester. The system needed to provide a secure method of authenticating student survey feedback and producing anonymised student feedback reports that were accessible to relevant lecturers and programme co-ordinators with aggregated trend reports made available across Schools and Faculties.
The solution needed to provide the ability to close the feedback loop with students, and allow lecturers and programme co-ordinators to have the flexibility to add optional questions to the core set.
TU Dublin required a turn-key implementation with full configuration from the evasys team. With three separate Ellucian Banner student record systems and three separate VLEs to integrate, the evasys implementation team worked hand-in-hand with the team at TU Dublin to configure, create and launch the new survey system to their specification in just a few months.
Following an approach from the Senior Manager for Student Success at TU Dublin, the evasys team also configured and deployed the University’s Graduate Outcomes Survey required by Ireland’s Higher Education Authority; the initial response rates were far higher than previously obtained, and continue to increase following evasys’ automated reminder process.
Bruce Johnson, Managing Director at evasys, commented:
“A project of this scale is where the evasys approach to implementation and active support of our survey solution really pays dividends. Our team’s collective experience working within higher education means that we truly understand what is required to deliver a robust survey and evaluation process that integrates seamlessly with all existing systems. We really engaged with and supported TU Dublin throughout this significant piece of work, and our partnership approach ensured that the project was successfully delivered well within agreed timescales.”
Bruce Johnson, Managing Director, evasysNicole O’Neill, TU Dublin’s Education Innovation Manager, commented:
“evasys provides professional and responsive support that enabled TU Dublin to seamlessly integrate data from different student record systems into the one student feedback system. This enabled the University to disseminate and publicise the one survey system across all campuses, ensuring consistency for all staff and students. This included providing students with survey closure reports, which demonstrates the University’s commitment to our Student Voice.”
Nicole O’Neil, TU Dublin’s Education Innovation Manager
