Quick teaching thing. Last term I collected up any negative feedback I received along with the action I took in response. I put each example into a Microsoft form and gave it to the students during a break in a lecture.

You can see an example of the form itself here and it looks like this:

Sample of form

There are two reasons for this:

  1. I genuinely would like to know if any actions I take are sufficient.
  2. It sends a clear message to the students that their feedback is considered, understood, and acted upon.

I’ll be doing this at least once a teaching term from now on.