Click here to access the SPLS System
Q: How will I know when surveys become available?
A: These end-of-course surveys are administered in the last 5, 7, or 10 days before the window for submitting grades opens. Students are emailed the day the survey opens, the day it closes, and one or two reminders between the open and close dates. In addition, a pop-up reminder appears in D2L upon login every calendar day that an incomplete survey is open.
Q: Do I have to complete all SPLS forms for all classes in one session?
A: No. You may complete as many forms as you want in each visit to the SPLS panel. After completing one or more forms, you may log off and return later to complete or finish others.
Q: Can I decline to participate?
A: Students can decline to respond to any or all SPLS questions. We hope students are willing to provide frank and constructive feedback so the information can be used to enhance the quality of teaching at MSU.
Q: Can my instructor see my responses?
A: All SPLS responses are reported as an aggregated summary. After the period for submitting grades has closed, instructors, graduate teaching assistants, and authorized teaching unit administrators are able to see aggregated results. Multiple-choice questions are reported as an aggregate and all comments are listed by question and cannot be linked with responses from a particular student’s online form. Results are not available for any course in which fewer than three students complete the survey.
Q: Could my survey responses have any impact on my final grade?
A: No. Instructors and graduate teaching assistants do not get access to the aggregated results of survey responses until after final grades are submitted.
Q: I missed the window for completing the survey. Can you re-open the survey?
A: No. The university policy requires surveys to close and remain closed once the window for submitting grades opens. Participation in the SPLS is confidential and does not impact grades, the release of grades, graduation, or result in any sort of account hold
Q: Whom can I contact for more information?
A: Send an email to spls@spls.msu.edu.
