Explorance® Blue is the Saint Louis University-provided online course evaluation tool. Blue is an online course evaluation tool that allows students to complete course evaluations easily from a phone, tablet or computer.
Accessing Blue
- Email Notifications: Click the link included in the evaluation email reminders to access the Blue course evaluation options.
- mySLU Tools Tab: Click the "Blue Course Evaluations" icon to access the dashboard in Blue, listing any open course evaluation tasks.
- Canvas: The left navigation bar includes a link entitled "Course Evaluations." Click on this to access available course evaluations in the Blue online system.
Blue FAQs
No, however, if you would like to submit feedback to your instructor or department you can email the feedback to courseeval@slu.edu. Your name will be removed and only your comments will be sent to the instructor.
Even though you might have already completed an evaluation for one course you are enrolled in, if you continue to receive email reminders, this indicates that you have additional course evaluations to complete in Blue.
Yes, instructors do not have access to individual student names and responses. The responses are reported in aggregate to the instructor after grades have been submitted and the semester is over.
Course evaluation reports are released to instructors after the grade due date for the term. There is usually a delay after the due date while waiting for all instructors to submit grades. Instructors will receive an email notification with links to the reports once released.
University Assessment Office is the sender, from the email address courseeval@slu.edu. SLU email should not mark these emails as SPAM however if you forward your SLU email address to another personal email account be sure to check your SPAM folder for these email notifications.
Support for Blue
The Office of the Provost oversees the Blue course evaluation tool. Please emails questions or issues to courseeval@slu.edu for assistance.