Centralized Course Evaluation (CCE): Department Chair Tasks - Beginning of Term

Directions for Department Chair tasks due near the beginning of the term:

Task 1: Review department courses slated for evaluation, view administration dates, and report discrepancies.

  1. Login to Blue. https://uwstout.bluera.com/

    If prompted, enter your UW-Stout login credentials.

  2. Click the View Your Course Evaluation Dashboard (see red arrow).

    Link in Blue to View Your Course Evaluation Dashboard

    A tile will populate for each course within your department slated for an evaluation.

    Courses slated for an evaluation in Blue

  3. (optional): To easily find a given course among the tiles for your department:

    • Option 1: Enter the course name in the Search window.

      Enter name of the course in the Search window in Blue

    • Option 2: To alphabetize the department list, click the down arrow in the Sort by: window.

      To alphabetize the department list, click on the down arrow in the Sort By window in Blue.

      In the pull-down window, select Subject Name.

      Select Subject Name in pull down window in Blue

  4. To see the calendar dates when an evaluation will be administered for any given course, click the three ellipses in the course tile of interest.

    Click ellipses in the course tile of interest in Blue

    Click Manage Settings

    Click Manage Settings in Blue

    A new pop-up window will open. Start and End Dates are listed in the middle.

    Start and end dates in Blue

  5. Report discrepancies to Provost_CourseEvals@uwstout.edu.

Task 2: Opt-out courses from the course evaluation process

Note: Only Department Chairs are provided with opt-out access; Instructors are not.

  1. Login to Blue. https://uwstout.bluera.com/

    If prompted, enter your UW-Stout login credentials.

  2. Click the View Your Course Evaluation Dashboard. A tile will populate for each course within your department slated for evaluation.

    View Your Course Evaluation Dashboard in Blue

  3. If many tiles are displayed, enter the course name to be opted out in the Search window.

    Courses slated for evaluation in Blue

  4. Click the three ellipses in the course tile of interest.

    Click the three ellipses in the course tile of interest

    Click Manage Settings.

    Click Manage Setting in Blue

    A new pop-up window will open.

  5. To prevent instructors from receiving future emails regarding an opted-out course, click the checkbox by the statement ‘I have finished all my tasks, please stop sending me reminders’. 
    Click checkbox to indicate finished all my tasks stop reminders

    Click Update:

    Click update to indicate finished all my tasks stop reminders

    The checkbox should now be grayed out:

    DC finished all my tasks check box click update grayed out

  6. Toggle the Opt-in dial from ‘Yes’ to ‘No’. Then, click Update.

    DC toggle opt out

    The tile should now indicate the course has been opted out.

    DC opted out course

Keywords:
Explorance Blue, Blue, centralized, evaluation, course evaluation, CCE, department chair tasks, tasks, Beginning of Term 
Doc ID:
151733
Owned by:
Lexi S. in UW Stout
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Created:
2025-06-13
Updated:
2026-01-09
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