Georgia Tech policy requires all courses that have at least seven students and that are not independent research or similar types of courses (visiting lectures, unsupervised laboratory, etc.) be surveyed each term by all enrolled students. To satisfy this policy, a Web-based questionnaire is administered once each term to collect students’ assessments of their classes and instructors. This questionnaire is known as the Course/Instructor Opinion Survey (CIOS).

In summer 2014, CIOS was moved to a new vendor (Gap Technologies) whose SmartEvals product provided significant advancement in reporting capabilities, mobile survey access, and survey administration. CIOS is administered by the Office of Academic Effectiveness.

• First commenced: 1986
• Qty: c40,000 / semester (Spring 2016 registration count, ~50% response rate)
• Owner/Primary Stakeholder: OoA [Administered by]
• Timeframe: Every semester
• IRB: n/a
• Contact mode: Online/Email
• Delivery mode: Online
• Reporting: Data available online from SmartEvals