The Surveys tool can be used to solicit feedback or gather opinions and can even be configured for Likert scale ratings.
Survey questions do not have to have right or wrong answers, feedback cannot be provided for submissions, and they cannot be tied to Grades. Thus, Surveys are not for evaluation purposes and should not be used in place of quizzes.
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The Survey tool page
The Surveys tool is available in the Course Tools dropdown that is part of the default site navbar. It can also be found in Course Admin and added independently to a custom navbar.
Surveys can pull questions from the Question Library, which is shared with Quizzes and Self-Assessments.
Survey options
New Survey: Create a new survey from scratch.
Edit Categories: Create new or manage existing categories for the purpose of organizing surveys.
More Actions:
Copy: Duplicate an existing survey.
Reorder: Customize the order in which surveys are listed.
Make Visible to Users: Choose one or more surveys then use this button to make the selected surveys visible.
Hide from Users: Choose one or more surveys then use this button to make the selected surveys hidden.
Delete: Select one or more surveys then click delete to permanently remove them.
Use the Preview drop-down to view existing surveys either by availability or category.
Generating Reports
Instructors may find that they wish to download and share aggregate overall data from a survey. This can be done by first generating a report, and then downloading it as a PDF.
Setting up Report Generation
Select the drop-down arrow next to a survey and select “Edit” to open the survey editor.
Select the Reports Setup tab along the top tabs. Select the Add Report button.
Choose a name for the report, then Confirm that Summary Report, Show aggregate data, and Show text responses are selected.
Check that the report is set to release immediately (if results are already collected) or set the report to release after all data is collected.
Select to release the report to the Instructor. Click the Save button to finish.
Select Save and Close to close the survey editor.
Printing the Report
Select the drop-down arrow next to the survey and select “Reports”.
Select the report that you wish to generate.
Select the Generate HTML button. This will open a new page with the results information displayed.
Scroll through the data, and select Expand Responses under any of the written response questions.
Select the Print Report button in the top-right of the page, this will display a print preview where instructors can look over the results one more time before printing to PDF.
Distribute as a PDF where necessary.