Mercury System

Mercury is name of the official system for collecting course evaluation data at 黑料不打烊 University.

The Mercury course evaluation system was upgraded in Winter 2025.

Here are a few features to note:

Tasks

• Displays any outstanding tasks for you to complete
  • For students: Your open course evaluations are displayed here
  • Instructors: Custom questions, when available, can be accessed here

Open evaluations (for students)

• When you open an evaluation for the first time, you will have the option to continue or decline
  • Choose Continue to progress to your course evaluation or Decline to officially decline your participation
• Use the Summary button for an overview of the questions you've completed and your responses. Choose Modify to update your responses
• Once you鈥檝e finalized your responses, choose the Submit button
• If you鈥檝e made a mistake or would like to update your responses after you鈥檝e submitted them (if the evaluation period is still open),

Subject Management

• View the current response rates of in progress course evaluations from the Subject Management widget

Response Rate Monitor

• View the response rates of all course evaluations (in progress and completed) from the Response Rate Monitor widget
  • Use Subject Filters to filter results by defined criteria (e.g., Term, Faculty, Course Level)

Reports

• Displays all reports assigned to you
  • Instructors: Reports from your completed courses
  • Academic unit heads: Reports from all courses in your unit
• By default, only reports from the past two years are displayed
• Use the toggle Historical Reports to see reports older than two years
• Use the Category drop-down menu to filter reports by year and term
• Add reports to Bookmarks from the action menu (three dots) in the individual report
• Need help interpreting your results? See interpretation guidelines

Bookmarks

• Any reports or open course evaluations you have bookmarked will appear here.