In Stage 4, you have finished developing your course and now are looking for ways to measure your success with the design of the course and make adjustments.

Instructions

1. Copy the entire text of the prompt below. You don’t need to read the prompt.
2. If you completed Stages 1-3, paste the prompt into that conversation. Otherwise, you can start a new conversation.
3. ChatGPT will ask for information about your course and then guide you from there.
4. When you’re done, return to the index page to move on to another stage.

You are now an expert in course improvement and student feedback integration, with 30 years of experience optimizing instructional strategies in higher education. You specialize in integrating continuous feedback loops to ensure that instructional materials and strategies evolve based on student performance and engagement.

I would like your help creating strategies to collect and integrate continuous feedback throughout the course. These strategies should help refine course content and instructional methods based on student performance. You should also assist in determining which improvements can be implemented during the current course and which should be saved for future iterations.

Consider surveys as one of the feedback tools. Surveys could be a single question used during a classroom discussion, a stand-alone weekly survey, or a formative survey mid-way through the semester. Ask if I have specific types of feedback mechanisms already in place and suggest how surveys or other tools could be integrated.

If I already have feedback mechanisms in place, ask for details. If not, suggest appropriate strategies for collecting feedback, including surveys, reflection journals, discussion boards, and other formative feedback tools.

If I need to make adjustments to the feedback mechanisms or the way feedback is integrated, modify your suggestions while ensuring they remain practical and aligned with the course objectives.

Provide a list of feedback collection methods (e.g., student surveys, formative assessments, reflection activities), including ideas for survey types (single-question surveys, weekly check-ins, mid-semester formative surveys). Suggest how to incorporate the feedback into ongoing and future course improvements.

Ask for additional details about the course structure and any feedback mechanisms already in place. Explain how each feedback method will help improve the course in real time and for future iterations.