Survey Tool FAQ Overview About the Survey Tool Accessing the Survey Tool Creating and Editing Surveys
Question Types Creating Survey Questions Multiple Choice True or False Long Answer Short Answer Likert Questions Fill in the Blanks Multi-Select Matching Ordering Text Information Item Image Information Item			Statistics Viewing Survey Results Viewing Survey Reports Options Survey Restrictions Report Options Survey Layout/Questions Re-ordering Surveys Deleting Surveys Previewing a Survey

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About the Survey Tool

Similar to the Quizzes tool, but you cannot connect a Survey to the Grades tool and it has less question response tracking capabilities than Quizzes. If you need that kind of information you must use the Quiz tool. Simply name the Quiz as a Survey. The Survey tool allows you to create assessment items such as multiple-choice, true/false, arithmetic, fill-in-the-blank, multi-select, matching, ordering, and long and short answers. The Survey tool allows you to keep a record of the student's response or makes the survey anonymous.

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Accessing the Survey Tool 

From within your course, click on the Surveys link on your navigation bar.



You will be taken to the Manage Surveys page where the following options display:

The survey list displays the surveys that are currently available. 

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Creating and Editing Surveys

To create a new survey:

1. Select the Surveys link from your course NavBar.
2. Click the New icon to create a new Survey, or select the name of the Survey you wish to edit from the list.


The Properties tab displays by default when you create or edit a survey.

 



3. Type a Name for your survey.
4. If the give instant feedback box is checked, users will receive feedback immediately after answering a question.
5. Check the Anonymous option to hide user data in Survey results. The responses to Survey questions are available for all users, but the system will not report who made what response.
6. Enter a message to be displayed to participants in the Description field or in the Submission Message field by opening the Messages area.



7. Enter a message in the Footer Message field that will be shown to users at the end of the survey by opening the Page Footer area.



8. Click Save Survey.

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Creating Survey Questions

To create survey questions:

1. Select the Question Library icon on the Manage Surveys page and use the Create New drop down menu. Remember that D2L uses one Question Library for Quizzes, Surveys and Self Assessments. This allows you to quickly re-use questions for different purposes.

OR when editing a survey select the Layout/Questions tab and click Add /Edit Questions.

From the Question Library page select the type of question from the Create New dropdown menu and press GO.

From the  Add/Edit Questions area of an existing survey, select the type of question from the Create New dropdown menu and press GO to create a question or Import to import questions from the Question Library or a text file. Survey questions can be created offline using D2L's Text Format File.

If you have already created your questions offline using the template, and would like to populate your questions into the library then follow these steps, but keep in mind that you may need to tweak the text file if you created it without first looking at the D2L Sample File:

1. On the Manage Surveys page, click the Question Library icon or open a survey and choose the Survey Layout/Questions tab and then click Add/Edit Questions.
2. Click Import.



3. Choose from a Desire2Learn Text Format File from the Import Source drop down menu.
4. If you simply want to download the text file template to begin creating your questions, select the CSV Sample File link and Save the file on your computer.



5. To upload a question file you have completed, click Browse and select the file you want to upload to the question library. Click Open then click Save.

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Multiple Choice

1. Select Multipe Choice Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current survey click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Multiple Choice Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your Question Text in the text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it. 
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use the Add a File button or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or from your computer.



4. Use the drop-down list under Options to choose an enumeration style.
5. Choose a display Style to set how answer choices appear to students. We recommend Vertical.



6. Type in the question options (answer choices) in the text boxes. If you wish to add more options, click the Add Option button. You can put a number from 1-99 in the Add Option box to quickly add more  Option boxes. After you enter the number click Add Option.

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True or False

1. Select True or False Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current survey click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select True or False Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols.  See HTML Editor for help with it. 
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or  one from your computer.



4. Use the drop-down list under Options to choose an Enumeration style.
5. Choose a display Style. We recommend Vertical.

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Long Answer

1. Select Long Answer Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current survey click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Long Answer Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.



4. To set the size of the Input Box, select the number of rows and columns. We recommend large numbers to give students as much room as possible.
5. Text entered in the Initial Text box will be displayed to users in the text box before they type their answer.
6. Text entered in the Answer Key box will be displayed to instructors or other users that grade surveys in the Grade Survey area.

Allowing students to use the HTML Editor will give them spell check and several other features. Students can also copy and paste from Microsoft Word into the boxes so that they can use a spell checker they are more familiar with.

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Short Answer

1. Select Short Answer Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current survey click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Short Answer Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.



4. Choose the size of the input box by using the drop-down lists to the left of Blank #1 beside rows and columns.
5. Click the Add Answer icon if there is more than one correct answer.
6. Type the answer in the text field and choose the weight.



7. Continue adding all accepted answers and weights. For example, you may want to select 100 from the drop-down list beside the correct option. Associating an option with 100 simply means if a student were to choose that option, they would receive full points for that question. Each option box can have a different weight if you want to give partial credit.

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Likert Questions

Use this type of question if you would like your students to give feedback via a rating scale.

The different scales include:

• One to Five (1 - 5)
• One to Eight (1-8)
• Occurrence Scale (Never - Often)
• Agreement Scale (Strongly Disagree / Agree)
• Strong Disagree - Strongly Agree (5 options + N/A)
• Agreement Scale (5 options)

1. Select Likert Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current survey click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Likert Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter text in the Introductory Text box to explain the questions and/or intentions of the questions. Use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.



4. Select the rating Scale you would like to use for your questions.
5. Type questions in the boxes below Add Option. You can add as many questions as you would like.

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Fill In the Blanks

1. Select Fill in the Blanks Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current survey click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Fill in the Blanks Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. If you would like you can enter a Title.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.



4. Enter the question text in the Text box under the heading Question Text or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it. 
5. Choose your Blank size in the drop-down list.
6. Enter the answer text in the Blank #1 Answer field. 
7. Enter the continuation of the fill in the blank question under the second Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it. 



8. If you wish to add more text and blank options, click the Add Text or Add Blank headings.

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Multi-Select

Use Multi-Select Questions to have students identify several answers out of a list of possible answers. For example "Identify all of the prime numbers in the following list: 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15."

1. Select Multi-Select Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current survey click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Multi-Select Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.



4. Use the drop-down list to choose an Enumeration.
5. Choose a display Style. We recommend Vertical.
6. Check the box beside Randomize options, if you would like to randomize your answer options.

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Matching

1. Select Matching Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current survey click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Matching Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.



4. Type the question choices in the Choice text boxes. If you wish to add more choices, click Add Choice.



5. Type the matches in the Matches text boxes. If you wish to add more matches, increase the number in the box beside Add Match.
6. Use the drop-down list beside a Match to select the corresponding Choice number. This will create matched pairs and account for the  randomizing of answers.

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Ordering

1. Select Ordering  Question from the Create New dropdown menu in the Question Library or if you're editing a current survey click Layout/Questions, then Add/Edit Questions, and finally select Ordering Question form the Create New dropdown menu.
2. Enter your text in the Question Text box or use the HTML Editor to enter your text, graphics or mathematical symbols. See HTML Editor for help with it.
3. If you would like to use an image in the question, use Add a File or the HTML Editor in the question text to locate a course image in the course files, or one from your computer.



4. Choose a Grading format: equally weighted, all or nothing (students must have all the possible correct answers or else they receive no marks), or right minus wrong (the number of wrong answers chosen is subtracted from the number of right answers chosen to get an overall grade for the question).
5. Type in the question text in the text boxes under the Value heading. If you wish to add more questions, click Add Item.
6. Choose the correct order by using the drop-down lists under the Correct Order heading.

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Text Information Item

Use this feature to create a question consisting of text only. You can use it to provide supplementary information on a survey. For example, if you are basing several questions on a case study, instease of inserting the case study into each question, you can create a Text Information item in which your related questions will appear directly underneath the Text Information item.

 

Enter your information text in the Question Text box and click Save.

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Image Information Item

Use this feature to create a question consisting of an image only. You can use it to provide supplementary information on a survey. For example, if you have a diagram you would like to refer to in several of your survey questions, instead of inserting the diagram into each question, you can create and Image Information item in which all of your related questions will appear directly underneath the Image Information item.

 

1. Use the Add a File button to locate an image on your computer, in your course offering files, in your locker or in the group locker.
2. Enter a Caption to appear below the image.
3. Click Preview to preview the image.
4. Click Save, or Save & New to continue creating questions.

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Survey Restrictions

1. Choose the survey you would like to set restrictions for.
2. Click the Restrictions tab within the survey.



3. In the Availability section, you can set the survey status and when the survey starts and ends. Users can only see surveys that have been set to active.
4. Choose a Start Date using the drop down menu or by clicking on the Calendar icon. If you wish for your survey to have no specific start date do not check the box beside Has Start Date.
5. Choose an End Date using the drop down menu or by clicking on the Calendar icon. If you wish your survey to have no specific end date do not check the box beside Has End Date.



6. Add release conditions in the Additional Release Conditions area (if applicable, release conditions allow you to set requirements that students must meet before they can view the survey). Click Create and Attach to build a new condition for the course or Attach Existing if the condition has already been used somewhere else in the course such as Content or Discussions.



Example: You could create a release condition that requires students to view a specific content topic before they can view the survey or achieve a certain score on a previous grade Item. For more information see Conditional Release.

7. Choose a Response Type.



8. Click Save Survey.

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Report Options

Reports can be customized to meet all your needs to release the results of the data collected to any user Role (i.e. Students or Instructors). You can create multiple survey Reports.

 

1. Click Add Report
2. From within a survey, click the Reports Setup tab



3. Click Add Report.
4. Give the report a Report Name.
5. Choose a Report Type:
   • Show aggregate data: displays the data collected for multiple choice questions, true and false, multi-select, and matching question types
   • Show text responses: displays the data collected for long answers, short answers, and fill in the blank question types
   • Individual Attempts: displays responses with user's name.
   • Hide User Information: removes identifiable information.

   

6. Set your Release options. Here you can set when and to whom this survey will be released. Select Immediately or select a date from the drop down menu or Calendar icon. Check the users and/or roles that you want to release the report to.



7. Click Save Report.

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Survey Layout/Questions

The structure and layout of the survey is shown in the Layout/Questions tab.

1. From within a survey, click the Layout/Questions tab.



2. Use the Place..questions per page to insert page breaks between questions.



3. Click Add/Edit Questions to re-order specific questions, add or remove questions or sections from this survey.

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Re-Ordering Surveys

1. Click Surveys in the NavBar.
2. In the Manage Surveys page, click the Re-Order icon .
3. Select a survey name and click the up or down arrows to move the survey to the desired list position.



4. Repeat Step 3 for each survey name until you have achieved the desired order.
5. Click Save.

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Deleting Surveys

1. Click Surveys in the NavBar.
2. In the Manage Surveys page, click the Delete icon .
3. Check the box beside the survey you wish to Delete.
4. Click Delete Selected.
5. Click Survey List to return to the Manage Surveys page.

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Viewing Survey Reports

1. From the Manage Surveys page, click the applicable survey name.
2. Click on the  Reports icon from the choices at the top of the survey page.
3. To view a Report, click on the Report name (you must have already created one or more survey reports).
4. Check the From and/or To fields and enter the appropriate dates if you want to restrict your report to a certain time frame.
5. Click Generate Report.
6. The survey Report displays. Click the Print Report icon to print a copy of the results.
7. Click Go Back to return to the Manage Surveys page.

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Viewing Survey Results

1. From the Manage Surveys page, click the Results icon beside the applicable survey.
2. Based on how you have setup the Survey properties, you may see a list of all users or just the overall Survey results (if anonymous).
3. Click on an Individual Attempt or the Overall Survey Results icon
4. Click Survey List to return to the main survey page.

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Previewing a Survey

To preview a Survey:

1. From the Manage Surveys page, click the Preview icon beside a survey name. You are shown the survey questions as users would see them. It is always a good idea to preview a survey before releasing it to users.
2. ClickExit Preview to return to the Manage Surveys page.

When previewing a survey, you are NOT shown any introduction message that you have set up. Also, if you answer and save the questions, you will not return any results.

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