Indian Journal of Microbiology Research 2022;9(1):75–80 Content available at: https://www.ipinnovative.com/open-access-journals Indian Journal of Microbiology Research Journal homepage: https://www.ijmronline.org/ Original Research Article Feedback analysis of online classes and assessment during COVID 19 lockdown period from both students and teacher, department of Microbiology, Odisha Basanti Kumari Pathi 1 , Nirmala Poddar 1, *, Alpana Mishra 2 , Kumudini Panigrahi 1 , Dipti Pattnaik 1 , Jagadananda Jena 1 1 Dept. of Microbiology, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT Deemed to Be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India 2 Dept. of Preventive and Social Medicine, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India ARTICLE INFO Article history: Received 09-01-2022 Accepted 15-01-2022 Available online 11-04-2022 Keywords: Pandemic period Online class Online assessment MBBS BDS Nursing ABSTRACT Background: During this lockdown period, medical teachers conduct online classes using various Apps. The department of Microbiology wants to know the understanding of Microbiology from MBBS, BDS and nursing students. Also, the satisfaction and problem faced by faculty of Microbiology department. This is a questionnaire-based study. It was validated, and a pilot was conducted for modifications. The questionnaire was prepared in Google Forms. Three different questionnaires were prepared, two for students perception regarding online class and online assessment and the third one for the perception of faculty about online class and assessment. The opinions given were analysed, and feedback points were noted. The percentage level of satisfaction and usefulness was calculated with a 95% confidence interval. Result: 75% of faculties agree that it is helpful to students. Most of the time, students attendance was more than offline classroom teaching. Students and faculty were comfortable with the Google form used for assessment & preferred MCQ & SAQ. All faculty & students face network connectivity errors during class and assessment. Response of BDS and nursing students were better than MBBS students. Online assessment can be done one week after the online class. Conclusions: The students (MBBS, BDS & Nursing) and faculty of the Microbiology department perceived moderate satisfaction and usefulness with the ongoing online classes and assessment during this crisis period. MBBS students & faculty expressed the desire to resume regular physical classes, especially for practicals and clinics. Problems faced by teachers and students addressed to Institutional authority to improve the online teaching-learning programme. This is an Open Access (OA) journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. For reprints contact: reprint@ipinnovative.com 1. Introduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). 1 It was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province, and has since spread globally, resulting in an * Corresponding author. E-mail address: nirmala.poddar@kims.ac.in (N. Poddar). ongoing pandemic. 2,3 The virus is primarily spread between people during close contact, often via tiny droplets produced by coughing, sneezing, and talking. 4–6 Social distancing strategies aim to reduce contact of infected persons with large groups by closing schools and workplaces, restricting travel, and cancelling large public gatherings. 5 After implementing social distancing and stay-at-home orders, many regions have been able to sustain an effective transmission rate ("Rt") of less than one, meaning the https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijmr.2022.012 2394-546X/© 2022 Innovative Publication, All rights reserved. 75