Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Blackboard Tip: Adding a Survey

By adding a survey, faculty can  gain feedback from students on any subject. Survey questions are anonymous, so students share exact feelings and give honest feedback. An example of a uses for surveys is seeking suggestions for course improvement. Following steps to add a survey


·         From the c Control Panel section, Click “Course Tools”, Click “Test, Surveys, and Pools.”


·         Click Surveys.


·         From within the survey manager page click “Build Survey“

·         Enter  survey Name,   Description, Instructions.  Click Submit

·         On the Survey Canvas page, mouse over Create Question and select a question for example “Multiple Choice”

·         enter the Question Text for your first survey question.


·         Enter the answers in the text box. Blackboard default answer selection is 4 you can, select the number of answers from the drop down menu or remove any answer choice by clicking the remove button near the choice .  



·         Click Submit  to add the question.


·         To edit any question mouse over the cheveron near the question and select edit



·         After adding all survey question click Ok.




·         To deploy your survey , click on the content area you want the survey to be available in for example surveys , select evaluation , create survey

·         Select Survey and click submit



·         Check yes near make the link availble and any desired setting


·         Click Submit



·         To check surveys statistics, click evalution – Grade Center- click the cheveron near the survey column and select Attempts Statistics, you can download the results by clicking download results.




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