Course evaluation software for training providers, bootcamps and academies
Asked is course evaluation software for training providers, bootcamps, academies and corporate learning teams. You send one link or QR code at the end of each cohort, learners answer by text, voice or video in about a minute, and AI groups what they said into themes with quotes per instructor and module, so you know what to fix before the next intake goes on sale.
Why course evaluations come back as a number and a shrug
The standard end of course form asks for five ratings and one comment box. Learners are tired, often on a phone, and most skip the box. You get a 4.4 out of 5 and four comments, one about the coffee.
The useful feedback is specific. Module three assumed Python knowledge nobody had been told about. The instructor on the Thursday group moved faster than the Tuesday group. The capstone brief arrived a day late. Learners say this easily out loud and badly in a text box.
- Show the QR code in the last session, not only in a follow up email.
- Ask four ratings and two open questions: what worked, what should change.
- Offer voice first. Thirty seconds of talking beats three typed lines.
- Send the follow up within 24 hours and one reminder on day three.
What Asked does for course evaluations
- A short survey with ratings for the course, instructor, materials and pace, plus open questions answered by voice, video or text on any phone.
- One link per cohort or per instructor, no app and no login for learners.
- Automatic transcripts for every recording, searchable across the whole cohort.
- Themes with sentiment and the exact quotes behind each, so you can see that 11 learners mentioned the same module problem.
- Separate surveys for learners and for instructors, read together or apart.
- Short video answers you can use as testimonials for the next intake, with permission asked in the survey.
- Export to CSV and PDF on every plan, plus webhooks on Business to push finished responses to your own systems.
Describe the course
Type what you want to learn, for example "how did the 12 week data analytics bootcamp feel for learners". Asked drafts a survey with four ratings and two open questions, and you edit it.
Share the link before the last session ends
Show the QR code on the final slide, post it in the cohort chat and email it the next morning. Learners answer from their seat or their sofa.
Learners answer in a minute
They tap their ratings and record a short voice note or type. No login, no app.
Read the themes and brief the next cohort
Open the summary to see the themes across the cohort with quotes. Take three changes into the syllabus, the instructor briefing and the sales page for the next intake.
Who buys course evaluation software
- Bootcamps and academies that sell seats and live on referrals and reviews from the last cohort.
- Corporate training and L&D teams who must show the results of a programme to the business.
- Independent trainers and consultants running workshops for several clients a year.
- Professional associations and continuing education providers reporting to a board or accreditor.
- Teams who also run staff check ins with pulse survey software or collect results from live sessions with event survey software.
Training companies that take on new corporate clients regularly can run a quick company check with a tool such as Clientvetter before signing, and the evaluation then tells you how the programme landed once it ran.
Ways to collect course feedback compared
| Approach | Paper forms | Form tool | Asked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reply rate | Fine in the room, lost afterwards | Low after the course ends, the moment has passed | Higher, a QR code and a 60 second voice answer in the last session |
| Open answers | Hand typed later, most never read | Typed, often skipped | Voice, video or text with transcripts |
| Reading 200 answers | Days | A spreadsheet to sort by hand | Automatic themes with quotes |
| Per instructor view | Manual | Manual filters | One survey link per instructor, compared side by side |
| Reusable material | None | Text quotes | Short video answers for testimonials, with consent |
| Best for | A single small workshop where you can read every form | A quick score | Providers running several cohorts a year with a reputation to protect |
For a one off ten person workshop paper is fine. The survey pays back when you must summarize hundreds of answers across instructors and cohorts.
Course evaluation software pricing
Learners who answer never count as seats, so you pay for the team that reads results. Starter is $49 a month or $24 billed yearly with 5 active surveys and 500 responses a month. Growth is $129 a month or $64 billed yearly with 25 surveys, 2,500 responses and 5 seats, enough for a bootcamp with several cohorts running at once. Business is $299 a month with 15 seats. See pricing for every plan.
FAQ
Course evaluation software collects structured feedback from learners about a course, instructor and materials, then summarizes it for the provider. Simple versions send a rating form. Asked also lets learners answer by voice or video and groups the open comments into themes with quotes.
Send it at the end of the last session, while learners are still in the room or on the call, with one reminder after two days. For courses longer than four weeks, add a short check at the midpoint so you can still change the pace for the current cohort.
Five to seven. One overall rating, one on the instructor, one on the materials, one on pace, plus two open questions on what worked and what to change. Voice answers to the open questions give more detail than a long list of rating scales.
Asked starts at $49 a month, or $24 a month billed yearly, with voice and video answers and AI themes on every plan. Pricing is per workspace and learners never count as seats. Growth at $129 a month includes 2,500 responses and 5 seats for providers running several cohorts.
Know what to change before the next intake
Describe your course and Asked drafts the survey, ready to share in the final session.