Assessing the OER & Textbook Experience at UTSA

Presents UTSA student and faculty feedback collected through the DOERS Student Success Through OER Rubric Grant: Fall 2024-Spring 2025

Improving Course Marking

Summary

The top two suggestions, each with 25% of responses, are to improve visual cues in ASAP and to add a separate textbook filter, indicating strong student interest in clearer, more accessible course information.

ASAP Visibility

  • Visual ASAP: 25% (110 responses)
  • Separate textbook filter in ASAP: 25% (108 responses)
  • Prioritize courses in results: 14% (62 responses)
  • Add steps to find NCTB/LCTB courses: 11% (50 responses)
  • New Field in ASAP: 7% (30 responses)
  • Other suggestions: 6% (26 responses)
  • Banner/Pop-up in ASAP: 5% (24 responses)
  • Multiple suggestions: 3% (15 responses)
  • Unable to determine: 2% (9 responses)
  • None provided: 2% (8 responses)

Summary

A strong majority of students (60%) recommend promoting OER and low-cost textbook courses widely across the university, rather than limiting efforts to specific departments.

UTSA DOERS3 Student Survey Responses: Improving Course Marking Promotion

  • Promote Widely Overall: 60% (520 responses)
  • Multiple Divisions: 22% (188 responses)
  • Registrar/Enrollment Services: 7% (57 responses)
  • Academic Innovation: 6% (53 responses)
  • Advising: 3% (24 responses)
  • AIS/University College: 1% (6 responses)
  • UTSA Libraries: 1% (7 responses)
  • Multiple (second instance): 0% (2 responses)
  • OneStop: 0% (2 responses)