Evaluate a User

When you create an evaluation, you select the user you want to evaluate and the form you want to evaluate them with. Optionally, you may also select the school (based on your TE setup) and course (optional). You can complete the evaluation immediately or return to it later.

To evaluate a teacher:

1. On the navigation bar, click Evaluations > New evaluation. The New Evaluation page opens.
   
   
2. In the Evaluation form drop-down list, click the form you want to use. The visibility of forms is set by school. If you do not see a needed form, check with your Admin and or Superuser.
3. In the School drop-down list, click the user's school.
4. In the Staff drop-down list, click the user you want to evaluate.
5. Optional: In the Course (optional) drop-down list, click a course. Depending on the school you selected, you may not see the Course (optional) drop-down list. Courses must be setup by your superuser.
6. Click Create Evaluation. The evaluation appears. If you don't want to complete the evaluation now, you can return to it when you are ready by clicking Evaluations > View evaluations and then clicking View next to the evaluation.
7. Optional Features: Refer to the table below to see additional features you can access during an evaluation & before submitting the evaluation. These features are selected by clicking on the icon on the right side of the screen.
   

   Icon	Task	Topic
   	Add artifacts (text, and or files) to the evaluation. You can also attach existing artifacts for the currently evaluated users that were previously added to the Artifacts screen.	See Add Artifacts.
   	Track how long the evaluation takes to complete.	See Add Observation Times to an Evaluation.
   	View the goals the user is working towards.	See View a User's Goals.
   	Compare the descriptors you chose on past evaluations to the current evaluation.	See Compare a Current Evaluation to Past Evaluations.
   	Add a mentor with permission to either view or edit the evaluation.	See Add a Mentor to an Evaluation.

8. Comments and Remarks: When filling in an evaluation, you may choose to add comments to indicators or overall form remarks.
   
9. Note that as you mark all descriptors on a Page (Standard) that page will turn green.
10. Complete the evaluation.
11. Beneath the evaluation, click Save or Submit.

If you submit the evaluation, the evaluated user can see it in their Teacher Evaluator account, and you can't edit the evaluation unless you un-submit it.

If you click Submit, a dialog box appears. You can select to Notify the teacher via email and/or Send a copy to the teacher's AdminPlus E-Portfolio. Then, click Submit.