FAQ’s
1. What is Academic Evaluation, Feedback, and Intervention System—AEFIS?
AEFIS is the web-based assessment management solution and Instructional Decision Support System (IDSS) that promotes personalized learning by delivering real-time information to administrators, faculty, students, and alumni & industry to enhance curriculum development and streamline accreditation processes.
2. What does AEFIS do?
- Manages Student Learning Outcomes
- Organizes Program Design & Alignment
- Facilitates Direct and Indirect Assessments
- Provides Centralized Syllabus Management
- Manages Student & Faculty Course Evaluations
- Handles Surveys and Data Collection
- Delivers Instructional Decision Support (IDSS)
- Fosters Personalized Learning
- Streamlines accreditation processes
- Connects Assessment to Teaching and Learning
3. How can AEFIS benefit my institution?
AEFIS is a systems implementation of assessment best practices, integrated as a comprehensive knowledge management platform that allows institutions to:
- Enhance curriculum development and streamline the accreditation process
- Help fulfill the mission of the academic organization with less stress
- Enable reporting, transparency and accountability
- Eliminate challenges for switching to a culture of assessment
- Make “Closing the Loop” possible and manageable
4. What is an Instructional Decision Support System–IDSS?
Instructional Decision Support SystemTM (IDSSTM) is the web-based system that gathers information to help instructors make educational decisions based on student data to improve instructional practices.
5. How does AEFIS promote student centered learning?
As per the National Academy of Engineering’s 14 Grand Challenges, AEFIS focuses on the improvement of student learning on a personalized and individual basis by delivering real-time performance and assessment information to help instructors make decisions that best benefit students.
[Click to learn more about the 14 Grand Challenges]
6. What is the AEFIS Partner Program?
The AEFIS 3.0 Partner Program is an exclusive opportunity to work closely with the AEFIS Team and institutional partners to innovate the best assessment solutions available. AEFIS supports Partner Program Participants with expert consulting on assessment practices. These collaborations result in case studies to document both institutional successes and the effectiveness of the AEFIS Solution Platform.
7. How do I get started?
Click here to learn more about or to apply to for the AEFIS Partner Program. Or Click here to learn more about AEFIS and request a personalized demo.



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