Setting Up a
Survey in Brightspace
Surveys on Brightspace are
very similar to the Quizzes tool in most ways. There are a couple of key
differences:
1.
Unlike Quizzes, Surveys can be made anonymous so the instructor
cannot see who submitted them.
2.
Surveys cannot be connected to Grades, meaning that they are
better suited to informal information gathering rather than classwork or
assignments.
To set up a survey in your
Brightspace course:
1. Click on the tab called Activities
& Assessments, then click on the Surveys option from the
drop-down menu.
2. Click the big blue New
Survey button to create your survey. In the new survey screen, give your survey
a name and select the options that apply to your survey. If you have questions
about the available options, click on the little question marks next to the
options for more information. Be sure to click on the Restrictions tab to set
up time and user restrictions. The Reports Setup tab will allow you to create a
report to see your results after the survey is over.
3. Next you will create the
survey questions. You can create new questions or reuse questions from a
previous quiz or survey.
4. To add
questions to the survey, do one of the following:
·
To add questions directly to the survey, click Add/Edit
Questions.
·
To share questions between Self Assessments, Quizzes, and Surveys
in the Question Library, click Save and Close to exit the survey. On the
Manage Surveys page, from the tool navigation, click Question Library.
5. In the Question
Library or the Add/Edit Questions area of the Surveys tool, click New
and select the question type or information item you want to create.
6. To return to
the Manage Surveys or Edit Survey page, click Done Editing
Questions.
7. If you've
created questions for your survey outside of the survey (for example, in the
Question Library), do the following:
· On the Manage Surveys page, click the survey name. Click Add/Edit
Questions > Import. To import questions from the Question
Library, from the Import Source drop-down list, select From an
Existing Collection. From the Source Collection drop-down list,
select Question Library. To display all questions available, select Collection
Root from the Source Section drop-down list. From the Source
Collection area, select the checkboxes of the questions you want to import
to your survey.
Inviting Students to take the Survey
Once your survey is complete, you will
need to let students know where to find it and when it will be available.
1. You can easily add Surveys to your
Content area while in the content area by clicking on Existing Activities and
then Surveys.
2. Then, you choose your Survey from
the list and Brightspace will create a link to your Survey in the Content area.
3. You can also add Surveys
to Announcements, Emails, or other text boxes within Brightspace using the
Quicklinks button from within any text box.
