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Step-by-step guide
Create Questionnaire
- On your main From the course page, click on the gear icon and select Turn editing on. Editing icons and links will appear button (top right).
Locate the topic block where you will add the questionnaire activity. At the bottom-right of the Section, click, Add an activity or resource. The Add an activity or resource window will open.
In the Add an activity or resource window, select Questionnaire and then click Add. The 'Adding a new Questionnaire page' will open.
- In the Name field, enter a name for the questionnaire (Required).
- In the Description field, enter the text you want students to see at the top of the questionnaire. This text precedes the actual questions, which you will specify in a separate step after you finish adding the activity.
- Click the Timing heading to set start and end dates limiting when students may take the questionnaire.
Note: The Timing settings allow students to view results even after the end date, whereas the Restrict Access setting (see below) completely hides all parts of the activity from view.- Use Open Date: Allows you to set a date and time when students can start responding to the questionnaire. If disabled, the questionnaire becomes available for students to take immediately upon its creation.
- Use Close Date: Lets you select the date and time after which students cannot take the questionnaire. If disabled, the activity is available indefinitely.
- Click the Response options heading to customize the way student responses are handled:
Type determines the frequency with which students may respond:- respond many (default): Allows unlimited responses.
- respond once, daily, weekly, or monthly: Restricts how often a student may respond.
- fullname: Displays the full names of your students with each response.
- anonymous: Removes the student names from responses.
Note: When set to anonymous, instructors will not see names listed in the survey results, but CAN see whether a student has submitted a questionnaire by checking the Reports for the activity. The report will not identify a particular attempt except by a timestamp.
- Never (default): students cannot view the submitted responses.
- After answering the questionnaire: Students may view all submitted responses only after submitting their own response.
- After the questionnaire is closed: Students may view all submitted responses after the questionnaire's closing date/time (if set using the options in the Timing section above).
- Always: Students can view submitted responses at any time, even if they have not answered the questionnaire first.
- No (default): Requires students to complete the questionnaire in one sitting.
- Yes: Allows students to save answers, and return later to finish the questionnaire.
- No (default): Will not allow branching questions.
- Yes: Will allow your questionnaire to have branching questions.
- Auto number pages and questions (default): Both pages and questions will be automatically numbered.
- Auto number pages: Only pages (not questions) will be automatically numbered.
- Auto number questions: Only questions (not pages) will be automatically numbered.
- Do not number questions or pages: Neither pages nor questions will be automatically numbered.
- Click the Content options heading to view and adjust the settings:
- Select Create New to set up your questionnaire starting from a blank form and add questions one by one.
- If you previously created a questionnaire in this course that you wish to reuse, or use as a starting point, select it from the list under Copy existing.
- Select Use template if you have access to a questionnaire template and would like to use that template.
- Click Save and Return to Course. You will be returned to the main course page. The next step is to add questions to your questionnaire.
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