Surveys

The Surveys tool allows instructors to solicit user feedback regarding any aspect of your course. For example, surveys can be used as a method of collecting course evaluations, mid-year reviews, or researching participants' learning styles and content delivery preferences.

Setting up surveys is similar to setting up Quizzes in D2L, but surveys cannot be scored or connected to the D2L grade book.

Create Surveys

Step 1

Select the Surveys icon in Course Admin.

Step 2

Select the New Survey button.

Step 3

Enter a name for the survey in the Name field.

Step 4

Select the Add/Edit Questions button to add questions to the survey.

Step 5

Select one of the Save options at the bottom of the screen to save your changes. Moving to a different tab of the survey will also automatically save changes.

Step 6

To preview your survey, select the Actions Menu icon next to the name of the survey. Select Preview from the menu.

Step 7

You will need to make the survey available to students, either by adding the Surveys link to the course navbar or by adding the survey to Content through the Existing Activities button.

Edit Survey Questions and Pages

Step 1

Select on the name of the survey to open it.

Step 2

Select the Add/Edit Questions button.

Step 3

Select the New button to begin building questions for your survey or the Import button if you've already created the questions in your Question Library.

Step 4

Once you've added questions to your survey, you will have additional options for layout. To break the survey into several pages, type a number into the Questions per page field and select the Apply button.

Step 5

Select the Save button.

Edit Restrictions

Step 1

Select on the survey to open it.

Step 2

Select the Restrictions tab.

Step 3

Uncheck Hide from Students to make your quiz visible to students.

Step 4

Select the checkboxes for Has Due Date, Has Start Date, and/or Has End Date to add dates.

Step 5

Select the Date field to open a calendar and select a date.

Step 6

Select the Time field to open a menu from which to select a time.

Step 7

Select the checkbox for Display in Calendar if you would like the survey dates added to your course calendar.

Step 8

Use the Attempts Allowed menu to select how many times participants can take the survey: Unlimited, Single attempt that is editable, or Limited (set a specific number of attempts).

Step 9

Select one of the Save options at the bottom of the screen to save your changes.

Allow Special Access

Step 1

Select the survey to open it.

Step 2

Select the Restrictions tab.

Step 3

Select the button next to Allow selected users special access to this survey.

Step 4

Select the Add Users to Special Access button.

Step 5

In the date and time fields, either manually enter the desired special access date(s) and time(s) or select in those fields to activate the calendar and time drop-down menus.

Step 6

Select the participant(s) you want the special access to apply to by selecting the checkbox to the left of their name(s).

Step 7

Select the Add Special Access button to save your changes.

View Individual Attempts

Step 1

Open the quiz's Actions Menu and select Statistics.

Step 2

Select the Attempt # beneath a student's name to open their survey attempt.

Create Survey Reports

Step 1

While editing your survey, select the Reports Setup tab.

Step 2

Select the Add Report button.

Step 3

Enter a name in the Report Name field.

Step 4

Select the Report Type:

• Summary Report: Shows summary data of all responses
• Individual Attempts: Data is broken down by attempts

Step 5

Select an option under the Release subheading to determine when the report will become available.

Step 6

Under Release Report To, select which roles in the course you'd like to have access to the report. If you do not select any roles, the report will not be available to anyone in the course, including instructors.

Step 7

Select the Save button to save the report.

Step 8a

To run a report, select the Actions Menu icon next to your survey and select Reports.

Step 8b

Select the name of the report you'd like to run.

Step 8c

If you want to generate a report that can be opened in a spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel, select Generate CSV Report. If you would rather view the report in the browser, select Generate HTML Report. Once run, the HTML Report will allow you to print the report or export it to a CSV file.

Manage Existing Surveys

Step 1

Navigate to Surveys from Course Admin.

Step 2

Select the More Actions button.

Step 3

Choose the appropriate option from the More Actions menu.

Step 4

Select the Save or Yes buttons to make changes.

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