Teaching evaluation and student response rate

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to share the author’s viewpoint on how to increase student response rate in course evaluation surveys. Design/methodology/approach The approach is to highlight measures which increased student response rate in online surveys of the author’s teaching evaluation at The University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Findings This viewpoint suggests that student response rate to course evaluation can be improved by the lecturer’s effective communication. The examples of effective communication are given in this paper. Originality/value This work will encourage the lecturers to initiate more student engagement to improve response rate of their teaching evaluation.