Explorance Blue is the University’s institutional module evaluation tool, and was implemented in Autumn 2021. It will help us to improve the user experience for both students and staff, and provides effective tools for the analysis and reporting of student evaluation, helping us close the feedback loop.
What is the timeline for implementing Explorance Blue?
We are taking a phased approach to the new system. From September 2021, Explorance Blue has been used to replace the Enterprise Surveys module evaluation tool, which is no longer available.
We will be supporting all schools to use the new Explorance Blue system by September 2022.
When can I access Explorance Blue?
You will receive an email from TheLeedsPartnership@leeds.ac.uk asking you to log into Explorance Blue if:
- You are a module leader for a module being evaluated on Explorance Blue
- You are a student on a module being evaluated by Explorance Blue
- You are a Student Education Service colleague who is involved in the administration of module evaluations
- You are a colleague who will need access to module evaluation aggregate reports
Support is available including access to light-touch training for anyone wanting to use the system in more in-depth ways. Please contact the project team at TheLeedsPartnership@leeds.ac.uk for further information.
Staff and Students: How to log into Explorance Blue
When your module evaluation goes live, you will receive an email inviting you to log into the system. This link will be unique to you, so please do not share it.
If your link is not working, or you have lost the email which contains the link, you can go to https://leeds.bluera.com/leeds/ and you will be invited to sign in using your username (for staff, this means using your alphanumeric username e.g. abcxyz1@leeds.ac.uk and not your email address consisting of initials and surname).
After inputting your username and password you will be prompted to authenticate using Duo two-factor authentication.
Staff: What can I do with Explorance Blue?
Explorance Blue allows you to view data in different formats. Your homepage will appear as below:
Home - Tasks: This contains your list of modules. If you click on a module to select it, you will see its individual response rates.
Home - Subject Management: You can click on the Subject Management button (next to ‘My Home’ on the upper left side of the page) to see a grid-format view of your module evaluations, including their individual response rates.
Home - Reports: After your module evaluations have closed you will be able to access a PDF report showing the results via the ‘Reports’ section on your Explorance Blue homepage. This report will contain the scores from core questions, and any open text comments. As with previous systems, students will not be identified.
Response Rate: Once your module evaluations are live, you will receive an email inviting you to view your response rates. As noted above, you can view individual response rates using the Tasks list or Subject Management button. You can also look at these in Response Rates (select button on the left-hand side of the page). This will display:
- Graphs showing overall response rates across all of your modules
- A table with response statistics for all of your modules
- Response analytics, including progression details, peak hours, and peak days
- You can apply various filters to this page to tailor your view
Students: What can I do with Explorance Blue?
When you have evaluations to complete your Explorance Blue home screen will look like the image below. If you navigate to your homepage the list of modules you have been asked to evaluate will appear under ‘Tasks’.
You can only complete each survey once, and you cannot re-submit it. Once you have submitted a survey, the module will appear in grey so that you can view which surveys you have already completed.
Staff: Can I continue to use Enterprise Surveys?
Unfortunately, Enterprise Surveys is not compatible with the upgraded Minerva and will not be available from July 2021.
Staff: What questions will appear on my module evaluation?
The current list of core module evaluation survey questions can be found on the Quality Assurance website. Schools with active surveys have been given the option to add up to three questions to obtain feedback on specific subjects. Further information regarding the use of school or module-level questions will be shared in due course.
Questions and troubleshooting
If you have any questions, or you are having problems with accessing or using Explorance Blue, please contact TheLeedsPartnership@leeds.ac.uk and we will be able to advise you.
- You can find more information about Explorance Blue on the Quality Assurance website
- A detailed practical guide to Explorance Blue is available
- A page explaining all the detail about module evaluation for students is available
Additional help can be found via the Explorance Blue Support pages, advice is arranged by the role you have in the system: