Create a Blackboard Survey
Creating a survey in Blackboard is similar to creating a test in Blackboard. The main difference is that a survey gives data on a group level and does not provide, nor connected to, a specific individual.
Survey results can be viewed or downloaded to a spreadsheet and the results are accessed from the Grade Center, although there are no points associated with the questions (grading options).
Create Survey
- Select Course Tools from the Control Panel
- Select Tests, Surveys and Pools
- Select Surveys
- Select Build Survey. Type in a name, description and instructions. Click Submit
The Survey Canvas page opens where you can add and edit questions, reorder questions, and review the survey before deploying it.\
- Select Create Question to view the list of available question types; select the question type to proceed
- Type in the Question Title and Text (depends on the type of question selected). Note that any option "starred" is required.
- Click Submit. Continue these steps to add additional questions.
Deploy the Survey
- Select the area where you want to place the survey (e.g., Assignments, Documents)
- Select (click) Create Assessment button near the top of the page; select Survey
- On the Add Survey page, select the survey name created above
- Click Submit
- Choose the options desired on the Survey Options page
- Open Survey in New Window Yes/No; Make available Yes/No; Add announcement Yes/No; Multiple Attempts; Force Completion; etc.
- Click Submit
Review Results
Results can be viewed from within Blackboard or downloaded to a spreadsheet
To view in Blackboard:
- From the Control Panel, select (click) Grade Center,Full Grade Center, select (click) the chevron to the right of the survey column name
- Select (click) on Attempts Statistics from the drop-down men
To download to a spreadsheet:
- From the Control Panel, select (click) Grade Center, Full Grade Center, select (click) the chevron to the right of the survey column name
- Select (click) on Download Results from the drop-down menu, the delimiter format does not need to be changed; however, select desired options for Format Of Results; Attempts to Download
- Select Click to download results
- Save the file