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Course Evaluation Form
Honest evaluation of a course or training — what worked, what didn't, what's worth recommending.
When to use this
Beyond the smile-sheet. Asks for evidence (what would you do differently?) rather than mood.
What’s included
- 1. Quality
- 2. Relevance
- 3. Behaviour change
- 4. Value for money
- 5. Recommendation
- 6. Open
What to customise before you use it
- Replace Course name with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
- Replace Name with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
- Replace Format and length with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
- Replace Dates with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
- Replace Amount with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
- Replace Days with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
- Replace Role and seniority level with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
- Replace Prerequisites — what you should already know with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
- Replace Audience to skip with your real meeting, project, or stakeholder details.
The template
# Course Evaluation — [Course name] **Provider:** [Name] **Duration:** [Format and length] **Attended:** [Dates] **Cost:** [Amount] ## 1. Quality - Quality of materials (1-5): __ Why: - Quality of instructor / facilitator (1-5): __ Why: - Quality of cohort (1-5): __ Why: ## 2. Relevance - How relevant to my actual work (1-5): __ - Specific topic that was most applicable: - Specific topic that I won't use: ## 3. Behaviour change - One thing I will start doing because of this course: - One thing I will stop doing because of this course: - What I would have done differently if I had this course at the start of my career: ## 4. Value for money - Cost: [Amount] Time invested: [Days] - Would I pay this again from my own pocket? (Y/N — why) - Would I recommend my employer pays this for someone else? (Y/N — for whom) ## 5. Recommendation - Suitable for: [Role and seniority level] - Suitable AFTER: [Prerequisites — what you should already know] - Probably NOT suitable for: [Audience to skip] ## 6. Open - What surprised me: - What I wish had been covered: - One question I'm still working on: