UCSF School of Medicine - Office of Educational Technology

E*Value

E*Value is a A web-based application designed to provide evaluation, analysis, and reporting tools. E*Value provides automated email reminders and notifications, role-based security and report viewing privileges.

The Office of Educational Technology uses E*Value to manage evaluations for the MD curriculum including course and instructor evaluation in years 1 and 2, and course, instructor and student evaluation in years 3 and 4. School of Medicine departments use E*Value to manage residency evaluations. These services are supported directly by the departments.

Faculty Photos in E*Value

To increase the accuracy of evaluations, Course Directors have requested to have photographs of all instructors in E*Value. Students will now see an instructors photograph when completing an evaluation.

Guidelines for shooting photos that can be used in eValue:

Include a full face, front view and open eyes
Make sure photo presents full head from top of hair to shoulders
Take the photo in a plain white or off-white background
Avoid shadows on the face or background
Face in photo should have a natural expression (closed mouth)
Photos should not include sunglasses or hats

Access to Digital Camera:

To borrow OET's Digital Elph camera please complete the Equipment Request Form, fill in your contact information, choose the "Digital Still Camera" and the dates that you will need it.

How to deliver photos to the Office of Educational Technology:

The Office of Educational Technology will upload photos to the E*Value system. To deliver photos to OET:

remove the photo from the camera by connecting the camera to the USB port on a computer and download to the computer making sure to rename the pictures to equal the last_first name of the instructor (i.e. smith_joe.jpg)
burn photos to a CD and deliver the CD to the OET office located in C254 at 521 Parnassus
for other delivery options please contact the Evaluations unit at evaluations@ucsf.edu

E*Value Tutorials

Need help compiling an evaluation report? Request a free consultation from OET's evaluation staff.

Browser Specifications

Browser Requirements for E*Value
	PC	Macintosh
Internet Explorer	Version 4 or higher For best results: Version 6	Version 5.2.3 OSX or 5.1.7 Classic
Netscape Navigator	Version 4.04 or higher For best results: Version 7.2	Version 5.0
Mozilla/Firefox	Version 1.1	Version 1.1

What kind of browser do I need?
To use E*Value, you will need to use version 4 or higher of Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 4.04 or higher of Netscape Navigator, and version 1.1 of Mozilla. All are available for PC or Macintosh computers.

If you are uncertain what version of browser you have, go up to the very top of your browser screen and click on “Help”, then “About <browser name>”.

In addition to having an appropriate browser, various features within the browser should be set. Cookies and JavaScript must be enabled in order to use E*Value. Cookies are used to store your user ID and other information so that E*Value can verify who you are as you do the work of completing your evaluations or viewing reports. (See Internet Basics)

Have trouble viewing evaluations?

If you are having trouble viewing your evaluations. You may need to reset your cache seettings. See instructions for Internet Exlorer and Netscape to reset your settings .

For other issues please contact evaluations@ucsf.edu.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I request an E*Value password?

To request an E*Value login and password go to www.e-value.net . Click on the link titled ‘Forgot Login Information'. Enter your full email address into the box titled [Email]. Then click on [Request Password]. You will receive an automated email that lets you into your account to reset the login and password information.

Do I need any additional security measures for shared computers?
Advanced Informatics (the provider of E*Value) does its best to ensure confidentiality. However, other operating system and browser setting safeguards are the responsibility of the user or the user's organization. In general, this includes setting the operating security for each user and setting the cache or temporary files settings of the browser to refresh with each visit to a page. You should discuss this with your technical support people if you are unsure of your shared computer's status.