Online surveys can be used to collect information from students in an anonymous manner. The online Grade Center will reflect that the survey has been taken and submitted by a student by issuing a check mark in the survey column.
It is a good practice to compose the survey offline before creating it within your course site. Typically, surveys are created in Microsoft Word and then cut and pasted into the online format.
- Log into your course site.
- Click the Control Panel.
- Click on the area (i.e. Course Documents) in which
you want the survey to appear.
- On the right side of your window, choose Survey from
the dropdown menu next to “Select” and click the GO button.
- Click the Create button.
- Type a name, description, and instructions
for the survey.
- Click the Submit button.
- Click Creation Settings, determine your settings,
click the Submit button, and click OK.
- You are now ready to start adding questions to your survey. There
are a variety of question types available within the Survey Canvas.
From the dropdown menu in the upper-left corner of your window, select
the type of question you wish to add, and click the GO button.
- Enter your question, and click Submit.
- Repeat steps 9 & 10 until all questions have been added.
- When the last question has been added, scroll to the bottom of the page
and click OK.
- You will return to the Add Survey window. Click on the name
of the survey you just created, and click Submit.
- A Survey Added confirmation message will appear. Click OK.
- Click Modify the Survey options.
- Under the Survey Availability section, click Yes to
make the link to the survey available.
You may also choose to have the system automatically generate an announcement informing students of the survey availability.
You may also choose to allow students to take the survey more than once.
It is not recommended that you choose the Force Completion option or set a time limit.
You may choose to set a date range during which the survey will be available. If you use these options, be sure to inform your students of the availability of the survey. If you choose NOT to use these options, be sure the boxes are left unchecked.
- Under the Self-assessment Options section, you may choose whether or
not you want the score to be included in grade calculations.
- Under the Test Feedback section, you may choose to have the following
items display: the status of the survey (i.e. completed) and submitted
responses.
- Under the Survey Presentation section, you may choose to have all questions
display at once or one at a time. If you choose to display questions one
at a time, you may also choose to limit backtracking to questions that
have already been answered. Another option you have is to randomize the
questions. This displays the questions in a different order for
different users.
- When you have made your selections, click the Submit
button. Your online survey has been created successfully.
- Click the Control Panel.
- Click Grade Center.
- Click on the dropdown arrow to the right of the name of the survey in the column for which
you want to see the results, and click Attempts Statistics.
- Under the Item Options section, click on Assessment Attempt
Details.
Note: Because surveys are anonymous, you will not be able to see the names of the respondents nor individual responses.