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June 17, 2025
Introducing New Anthology Evaluate Features that Streamline the Course Evaluation Administration Process
# Evaluation Tools
Rosario Bruzon
A new set of powerful updates is now available in AnthologyÂŽ Evaluate, designed to make the administration and communication of course evaluations more intuitive, flexible, and efficient. Whether youâre setting up a new evaluation, managing complex academic schedules, or keeping students engaged with timely reminders, these enhancements are built to simplify your workflow and deliver more meaningful insights.
Explore whatâs new and how each feature helps reduce manual tasks, enhance visibility, and better align with your institutionâs unique structure and needs.
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1. New Administration Creation Workflow
Weâre excited to announce a major update to Anthology Evaluate: The New Administration Setup Process, designed to simplify and streamline how administrators configure evaluations. This new step-by-step workflow offers enhanced flexibility, greater control, and improved ease of useâall while preserving the powerful functionality you rely on.
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Key Benefits:
The new guided process breaks down administration creation into four intuitive steps, making it easier than ever for administrators to configure evaluations. The enhanced configuration retains all existing functionality while adding new features for greater control and convenience.
- Simplified Setup: The new setup process makes configuring key settings faster and easier. It streamlines naming, evaluation selection, and permission management, reducing errors and ensuring only authorized users can manage administrations. This results in a more efficient workflow setup experience for your institution.
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- Flexible Course Section Selection: Administrators now have more control and convenience when selecting which course sections to add to the administration, improving alignment with institutional needs.
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- Smart Scheduling with Evaluation Dates: One of the standout improvements allows evaluations to be scheduled based on individual course section end dates. This addresses the challenges posed by complex academic calendars and multiple sub-terms, enabling automatic open and close dates tailored to each course. As a result, administrators can manage diverse course schedules more efficiently without creating multiple administrations.
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- Customizable Report Release: Administrators can now set report release dates relative to evaluation close dates, ensuring timely distribution of results to instructors and stakeholders.
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This update enables institutions to handle complex scheduling effortlessly, reduces administrative workload, and enhances organizational clarity. It reflects Anthology Evaluateâs ongoing commitment to delivering user-centric solutions that support both educators and students.
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2. Updated Manage Administration Page with Administration Windows
Building on the flexible dates feature introduced in the new administration setup, the Manage Administration Page in Anthology Evaluate has been upgraded to display instructor name(s). Also, course section end dates are now supported through the introduction of New Administration Windows, which groups course sections according to their end dates. This allows communications and evaluation releases to be scheduled more effectively, moving away from relying on a single fixed date.
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Key Benefits:
Managing course evaluations no longer has to be a time-consuming task. Previously, administrators often spent hours manually organizing course sections by end datesâresulting in repetitive and frustrating work. With these updates, unnecessary efforts are reduced.
- Efficient Grouping: Administration Windows allow for grouping course sections with varying end dates into one administration, reducing the need for multiple separate evaluations and minimizing administrative complexity.
- Unified View: The updated page provides a single dashboard that displays all course sections in a holistic view, with enhanced filtering options, detailed instruction information, and live monitoring of response rates, improving visibility and control.
- Guided Setup: A new step-by-step setup experience helps administrators quickly search, filter, and select the exact course sections they need, eliminating tedious manual grouping and accelerating administration setup.
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These enhancements save time, reduce complexity, and give administrators greater control, ensuring a smoother, more efficient evaluation process that aligns with campus policiesâwithout the extra workload.
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3. Mailing Center Updates: Scheduled Notifications and Recurring Reminders
To support more effective and flexible communication, the Mailing Center in Anthology Evaluate now includes a new functionality that empowers users to set up recurring reminders, ensuring evaluation communications are delivered at a specified cadence. When configuring a mailing campaign, administrative users have the flexibility to schedule these reminders, prompting students to complete their evaluations consistently. Notifications can be customized, and the cadence can be adjusted at any time during the campaign.
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Key Benefits:
Keeping students informed and engaged throughout the evaluation period is now easier and more efficient, thanks to customizable scheduling options and automated reminders.
- Flexible Scheduling Options: When creating a campaign, administrators can choose to send notifications based on fixed dates for the entire evaluation period or use the new flexible date option, which aligns messages with each course sectionâs end date rather than being tied to overall administrative dates.
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- Automated Recurring Reminders: Instead of creating mailing campaigns, users can now set up recurring notifications that are flexible and easy to manage. These reminders can be tailored to your needs, providing a streamlined approach to sending notifications.
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- Dynamic Campaign Management: Through the Manage Campaign section, users can view delivery dates and detailed information and make adjustments to mailing campaign settingsâincluding updating recurring reminders. They can also manage key details in the mailing list, ensuring full visibility and control throughout the campaign lifecycle.
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The new capabilities make it easier to deliver well-timed, targeted reminders that adapt to each courseâs timelineâhelping drive increased participation while reducing administrative burden.
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These updates have been available to all Evaluate clients since Tuesday, April 29, 2025 and theyâre just the beginning. Connect with an Anthologist today to learn more about Anthology Evaluate and let us help you optimize the course evaluation process at your institution.
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