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Surveys

The Surveys tool solicits feedback from students regarding any aspect of the course. For example, it can be used as a method for delivering general course evaluations, mid-year reviews, or surveys associated with learning styles and preferences.

Create and Edit Surveys

Select More in the course navigation bar.
Select Surveys.
The Manage Surveys page will open. Select New Survey at the top of the page.
Enter a name for the survey.
(Optional) Select make results anonymous to hide student data in survey results. The responses to survey questions are available for all users, but the system will not report who made each response.

Note: If a survey is set to be anonymous, the setting cannot be changed later.

Select the Add/Edit Questions button to add questions.
Select New to see a dropdown menu of available question types, as well as the options for creating Sections to organize the Survey.

To organize the Survey by section, select Section in the New drop-down menu, provide a name for the section, then select Save.
To add questions to the Survey, select the applicable question type in the New dropdown menu, fill out all required fields for the question type selected, and select Save.

Select the Done Editing Questions button when finished.
(Optional) Select the Expand description/submission message link to enter text that will be displayed to students at the top of the survey or to enter text that will displayed as a message when students complete the survey. By default, the system displays "You have successfully submitted the survey" as a submission message.
Select Save.

Activate a Survey

By default, a survey will be hidden from users. To make the survey active and available to users, this setting will need to be changed.

Go to Surveys area.
Select the dropdown arrow next to the survey to be made active.
Select Make Visible to Users.
The page will refresh with the survey set as visible. To undo this, follow steps 1-2 and select Hide from Users.

Add Quiz Questions from the Question Library

All question types imported into surveys automatically omit point value and difficulty level indicators.

Select the name of the survey.
Select Add/Edit Questions.
Select Import.
A dropdown menu opens with the options "Upload a File," "Browse Question Library," and "Import from Learning Repository." Select Browse Question Library.
The questions from the Question Library will appear. Select the checkboxes next to the questions that need to be imported.
Select Add.

Add Survey-Specific Questions

All quiz question types are available in the Survey tool. (Likert question types are available through the Survey tool and Question Library only.) Likert questions measure subjective information such as personal opinions, knowledge, abilities, and attitudes.

Create Likert Surveys:

Select New.
Select Likert Question (LIK) from the drop-down list.
Enter instructions into the Introductory Text box.
Choose a scale for:

One to Five (1 - 5)
One to Eight (1 - 8)
One to Ten (1 -10)
Agreement Scale (Disagree - Agree)
Satisfaction Scale (Dissatisfied - Satisfied)
Frequency Scale (Never - Always)
Importance Scale (Unimportant - Important)
Opposition Scale (Oppose - Support)

Note: Optionally, include a N/A option to allow for a 'not-applicable' response.

In the Questions section, enter each item that needs to be rated. There must be at least one item to be rated.
More question boxes can be added by entering a number in the box next to Add Option and then selecting the Add Option link.
Select Save.

Control how Students can Navigate a Survey

Mark Questions in a Survey as Mandatory

If a question is marked as Mandatory, respondents cannot submit the survey until they have answered the question. Also, mandatory questions cannot be used in conjunction with the Prevent Moving Backwards setting or with branching questions, both of which are described below.

Select the name of the survey.
Select Edit Values.
Select the Mandatory checkbox.
Select Save and Close.

Prevent Moving Backward in a Survey

This setting cannot be used if the survey has any mandatory questions.

Select the name of the Survey.
Select the checkbox for "Prevent moving backwards through pages."
Select Save and Close.

Use Branching Questions

Branching allows the set up questions that will only display to students who provide certain answers. It can be used to ask follow-up questions when students enter a particular answer.

Note: If branching is activated, all questions will be presented to students one at a time. Enabling branching will erase any paging layout, will disable order shuffling, and will remove the 'mandatory' status questions.

Select the name of the Survey.
Select the Branching Wizard button.
A confirmation window will appear. Select Yes to continue.
The Branching Wizard window will open; it displays a list of the survey questions and their types, with corresponding answers. Create the question branches.
- In the Next field adjacent to an answer, enter the number of the question that the survey will jump to if that answer is chosen.
- Select the checkbox under the Ends Survey? column next to an answer to terminate the survey if that answer is chosen. If the Next field is blank and this checkbox is not selected, the survey will automatically go to the next question.
Select Save.

View Survey Results

Select the dropdown arrow next to the survey.
Select Statistics.
Opt to view either an individual student's response or the overall survey results if the survey was not set up as anonymous.
- To view an individual response, select the attempt under the student's name.
- To view an overview of all survey responses, select the View Overall Results button.