SPOT

Available Online!

SPOT is an anonymous and effective tool given at the end of each term to help evaluate the quality of instruction and improve the university’s education standards.

SPOTs (Student Perception of Teaching forms) are to be completed online. Faculty no longer provide paper SPOTs in class at the end of the semester.  Please remember to complete the SPOTs for the classes in which you are enrolled. In order to complete the SPOT, please go to https://spot.fau.edu. Please note that some faculty may ask you to complete the SPOT in class using your smartphone or tablet.

Please keep in mind that SPOTs are an extremely effective tool to evaluate the quality of instruction.  Departments, schools, and colleges use individual instructor data and comments in annual evaluations, as well as for tenure and promotion.  SPOT results are presented to the faculty in summary form after the end of the semester. Individual SPOT responses are completely anonymous and remain anonymous. The faculty has no way of linking a SPOT to a particular student.

Spot Process

Step 1

Go to https://spot.fau.edu/

Step 2

Login with your FAU NetId

Step 3

Register

If you have any questions about the process, please contact the Office of Testing and Certification at spot@fau.edu

* Please note that some faculty may ask you to complete the SPOT in class using your smartphone.

  1. Open the email with the pdf attachment.
  2. Right-click on the pdf attachment and select '' Save As ''
  3. Save the pdf file on your pc. Note: Remember where you saved your pdf file. You will need to know the location in order to open it in Google Chrome.
  4. Open Google Chrome. If you do not have Google Chrome installed on your pc, you can get a copy at: https://www.google.com/chrome/
  5. Once the Google Chrome browser is displayed, press the '' Ctrl '' and the letter '' O ''. This will open up a new browser window listing all your documents on your pc.
  6. Navigate to the location where you saved your pdf file.
  7. Highlight the pdf document and click on '' Open '' at the bottom right or double-click on the pdf file. Your pdf document should now be displayed

Announcements

SPOT is an anonymous and effective tool given at the end of each term to help evaluate the quality of instruction and improve the university’s education standards.

If you did not receive any of your results, there is a high probability that your class was ineligible for a SPOT Report. Those individual faculty members with SPOT eligible classes can also access all of their past SPOT Results from our website: https://www.fau.edu/spot/. The SPOT Comments are not available on the SPOT website.

Below are the SPOT opening and closing dates for the 7 terms of Fall  2026. SPOT (Student Perception of Teaching) for Fall  2026 will be available online on different days at 12:01 a.m.  It depends on the academic period in which the class occurs. The deadline for completion is the last day at 11:59 p.m.

SPOT - FALL 2026 DATES

TERM OPEN DATE AT 12:01AM CLOSE DATE AT 11:59PM
Intersession

September 20 (Sunday)

September 24 (Thursday)
First 5-Weeks September 17 (Thursday) September 24 (Thursday)
First Half October 6 (Tuesday) October 15 (Thursday)
Second 5-Weeks October 22 (Thursday) October 29 (Thursday)
Third 5-Weeks December 3 (Thursday) December 10 (Thursday)
Full Term November 13 (Friday) December 3 (Thursday)
Second Half December 6 (Sunday) December 15 (Tuesday)

Due to unforeseen circumstances, as per the Provost, only SPOT comments were released for the Fall 2021 semester.  The SPOT Survey data is unavailable for Fall of 2021.