Desire2Learn 9.0

Creating Survey Questions

To help organize your survey's questions, you can create sections relating to each different survey topic. This document will help you create questions and understand what question styles are available to you.

Creating Survey Sections
Creating Survey Questions

Creating Survey Sections

Sections help you organize your survey. You can divide the questions within a survey by their contextual topic or by type (e.g., True/false, multiple choice).

From the Course Home page, on the Navigation bar, click SURVEY
The Manage Surveys pane appears.
From the Current Surveys section, click the name of the appropriate survey
The Edit Survey pane appears.
Select the Layout/Questions tab
Click ADD/EDIT QUESTIONS
From the Create New pull-down menu, select Section
Click GO
The New Section pane appears.
In the General section, in the Section Name text box, type a name for the section
OPTIONAL: In the Message text box, type the desired section message
In the Display Options section, select your preferred options
HINT: An option is selected if a checkmark appears before it.
Click SAVE
The new section is saved.

Creating Survey Questions

After creating the sections, you can create several different types of questions for your survey including true/false, multiple choice, and short answer. For more information, refer to Quizzes & Surveys: Understanding Question Types.

From the Course Home page, on the Navigation bar, click SURVEY
The Manage Surveys pane appears.
From the Current Surveys section, click the name of the appropriate survey
The Edit Survey pane appears.
Select the Layout/Questions tab
Click ADD/EDIT QUESTIONS
OPTIONAL: To place the new question in a section, click the section in which you want the question to be created
From the Create New pull-down menu, select the type of question you want to create
Click GO
The New [Question type] Question pane appears
Fill in the information as appropriate
NOTE: Options will vary depending on the type of survey question.

Title
Including a title for your question is optional, but may help in organizing your questions in the Question Library. The title of the question appears in the Question Library rather than the entire question text.

Question
This is the question you are asking your students.

Image
Adding an image is optional. An instructor might want to display a chart to be analyzed along with a survey question.

Question Feedback
Adding question feedback (comments) for students to see while they take the survey..
NOTE: Students will only be able to see the feedback if you select give instant feedback in the Properties tab. See Creating Surveys for more information.

To preview the question, click PREVIEW
To save the question, click SAVE
To save multiple copies of the question, click SAVE AND COPY
To save the question and create another of the same type, click SAVE AND NEW