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Distribution of responses
How institutions vary
Middle 80% of the 32 institutions with enough responses. Academic domain mean: 7.9.
Institution is a major factor here: weaker and stronger institutions are 2.2 points apart on this topic. Where a student studies shapes their experience more than the topic itself does.
What we ask
“Online learning tools and resources work well for my learning.”
What students say, and why
A chaotic platform with scattered links, and missing lecture recordings.
"The zones are just chaotic, too many links; one material leads to another."
"Not uploading lecture recordings is a real downside."
Fast, hands-on tech help when something breaks.
"Got help with the network, even though it was a small fix."
"Help when there was something wrong with my computer."
Representative, de-identified comments from the lowest- and highest-scoring responses, translated where needed.
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How we measure it
This is the topic-level average across its subtopics, on a 0-10 scale (higher is better), so an individual subtopic can score higher or lower than the topic shown here. Figures are scored responses from the last 12 months, mapped to the 2026 framework via the canonical question mapping; the cross-2020 figure on the Index uses the full response base. Movement compares the most recent six months with the prior six. Distribution bands: 0-4, >4-<8, 8-10. Cross-institution aggregate; no single institution identified; minimum group size applied.
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