HelioCampus Course Evaluations & Surveys helps colleges and universities create, schedule, deliver, and analyze course evaluations and institutional surveys. Institutions can organize surveys at college, department, or institution level using customizable hierarchical templates and question libraries, including dynamic questions based on Course Learning Outcomes. Evaluation types include student, instructor, and general course surveys, scheduled for the beginning, midpoint, or end of a term. Scheduling can follow the academic calendar, with automated notifications to students and instructors. Students can complete evaluations through their learning management system, and the platform supports multiple LMS integrations through LTI and native APIs, including Blackboard, Canvas, D2L Brightspace, and Moodle. Student course evaluations may be anonymous; instructor evaluations cannot. AI-powered sentiment analysis supports bulk review, but HelioCampus must enable it and grant access through role-based provisioning. Participants need a platform account and institutional single sign-on. The company says its product is designed for U.S. colleges and universities and is FERPA compliant. Pricing is on request.
Who it is for
This product is intended for U.S. colleges and universities managing course evaluations and institutional feedback. It may suit campuses that need scheduled surveys, LMS access, and reporting across academic units.
What is good
- Surveys can be scheduled around the academic calendar.
- Templates support dynamic questions based on Course Learning Outcomes.
- Students can complete evaluations through an LMS.
- Student evaluations can be anonymous.
- Multiple LMS integrations can run at once.
What to know first
- Instructor course evaluations cannot be anonymous.
- Participants need an account and institutional single sign-on.
- AI sentiment analysis requires HelioCampus enablement and role-based access.
- Pricing is available on request.
Verdict
HelioCampus combines academic survey scheduling, configurable templates, LMS access, and bulk sentiment analysis. Campuses should note the account and single sign-on requirement, along with the different anonymity rules for student and instructor evaluations.
Compared on course evaluation software
- Anonymous feedback
- Yes
- Instructor evaluations
- Yes
- LMS integrations
- Yes
- Benchmarking
- Yes
- Reporting depth
- advanced
- Data export
- Yes
