The Student Feedback Questionnaire (SFQ) is Humber’s primary mechanism for collecting anonymous student feedback on the learning experience in each course, every semester. This process reinforces Humber's shared commitment to academic quality and reflective teaching practice and facilitates the continuous improvement of the student learning experience by using insights gathered from the students' responses. SFQ results are confidential and are not used in employment or contract negotiations. This process reinforces our shared commitment to academic quality and reflective teaching practice.

Before SFQ's begin for your course, instructors can add up to three personalized Likert scale questions and three personalized open-ended questions to the SFQ. This is a valuable way to align the SFQ with your specific course content, teaching practices, and initiatives, and it offers a convenient opportunity to gather meaningful feedback. About a week before your course’s SFQ opens, watch your Humber email for a reminder to submit your questions (for 14-week courses, you can expect to receive this email in Week 9, the week of November 9th to 15th, 2025).

• Some examples of likert-scale questions are as follows;
  • “The unit assignments made sense to me; I understood their purpose.” 
  • “Student response systems kept me engaged.” 
  • “Mixing groups to work with different peers helped me see other perspectives.”
• Some examples of open-ended questions are as follows;
  • “What teaching methods were most effective in helping you understand the material?” 
  • “Was there anything about the course structure that helped or hindered your learning?” 
  • “How did inclusive practices (e.g., flexible deadlines, diverse content) impact your experience?”

Reach out to the Innovative Learning Support Centre to speak with an Educational Developer if you need help with forming these personalized questions for your course(s), or to the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Humber Polytechnic by completing this request form, where you can meet with and/or discuss your personalized questions with a member of their team.  

If you do not receive an email with instructions on how to add your personalized questions, please double check using the SFQ date tool to confirm when the dates for your SFQ start; please also check your inboxes for messages from StudentFeedbackQuestionnaire@sfq.humber.ca (check your junk or spam mail if you don't see it in your inbox). If you have not received this email and want to add custom SFQ questions, please reach out to the Innovative Learning Support Centre.

Please note that once your SFQ dates begin, you will not be able to add personalized questions. This option is only available before your SFQ starts.

For more information regarding the SFQ and your SFQ dates, please check the SFQ News website available from Innovative Learning.