Desire2Learn 8.3
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
Sections help you organize your survey. You can divide the questions within a survey by their type (e.g., True/false questions could have their own section while multiple choice questions reside in a different section). Or, you can divide sections by their contextual topic.
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From the Course Home page, on the Navigation bar, click SURVEYS
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
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Click ADD/EDIT QUESTIONS
The [Survey] Layout pane appears. -
From the Create New: pull-down menu, select Section
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Click GO
The New Section pane appears.
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In the General section, in the Section Name text box, type a name for the section
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OPTIONAL: In the Message text box, type the desired section message
HINT: To create the message using the HTML Editor, click HTML EDITOR
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In the Display Options section, select your preferred options
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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.
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From the Course Home page, on the Navigation bar, click SURVEYS
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
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Click ADD/EDIT QUESTIONS
The [Survey] Layout pane appears. -
If your survey has sections, from the sections list, click the section in which you want the question to be created
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From the Create New: pull-down menu, select the type of question you want to create
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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.
Option Description 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 Text This is the question you are asking your student. It can be written in plain text or HTML. Image Specifying an image to be displayed for your students is optional.
EXAMPLE: An instructor might want to display a chart to be analyzed before answering a question.Question Feedback Creating question feedback (comments) is optional and can be written in either plain text or HTML. HINTS:
You can create some of these options with the the HTML Editor.
For a description of question types, refer to Quizzes & Surveys: Understanding Question Types.
See examples of each question: Multiple Choice | True or False | Long Answer | Short Answer | Fill in the Blanks | Multi-Select | Matching | Ordering
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To preview the question, click PREVIEW
To save the question, click SAVE
To save the question and create another of the same type, click SAVE AND NEW
