Building and Launching Courses: 3. Surveys

event April 9, 2025 inbox_text Building & Launching Courses

Surveys are valuable non-graded elements that you can add to your DigitalChalk courses to gather feedback from your students. They provide insights into student opinions, experiences, and preferences without affecting course grades. Here’s how to create and manage surveys in DigitalChalk:

Creating a Survey

To add a survey to your course:

1. Navigate to your course’s Elements page.

2. Click “Add Element” and select “Survey” from the list.

3. Enter a title for your survey and an optional description.

4. Choose whether the survey will be weighted into the grade or required. By default, surveys are unweighted.

5. Click “Save” to proceed to the survey settings page.

Configuring Survey Settings

On the survey settings page, you can establish your preferred options for the survey. These may include:

Forward only: Prevents students from going back to previous questions.
Allow changes: Lets students modify their answers before submission.
Shuffle questions: Randomizes the order of questions for each student.
Max Amount of Questions

After configuring your settings, click “Save” to move to the questions page.

Adding Questions

To add questions to your survey:

1. Click on the “Add Question” button.

2. Choose from various question types, such as multiple choice, text entry, or rating scales.

3. Enter your question prompt and configure answer options as needed.

4. Set additional options like making the question required or allowing multiple selections.

5. Click “Save” to add the question to your survey.

You can add as many questions and question types as you like to create a comprehensive survey.

Organizing Your Survey

The survey editor provides several tools to structure your survey effectively:

Start and end blocks: Add opening and closing comments to your survey.
Reordering: Use the drag-and-drop feature to change the order of questions.
Editing: Click the three dots (kebab menu) next to each question to edit, duplicate, preview, or delete it.

Activating Your Survey

Once you’ve finished creating and organizing your survey:

1. Return to the course elements page.

2. Find your survey in the list of elements.

3. Toggle the “Active” switch to make the survey available to students.

Remember, surveys are powerful tools for gathering valuable feedback from your students. Use them strategically throughout your courses to continuously improve your content and teaching methods.