Linked Questions and Item Banks

There are two ways to create a survey with linked questions:

1. Create a shared copy of an existing survey
2. Add linked questions to a survey in Survey Builder.

 

Create a Shared Copy of an Existing Survey

1. Click on the Surveys tab.
2. Click Copy next to the desired Survey.
3. Give the new Survey a name.
4. Select Create a Shared Copy.
5. Click Copy.
6. You will now have a shared copy of the Survey with linked questions. Any edits made to a linked question will impact all past instances of the survey question on Surveys within past projects. However, within the shared copy you can delete deprecated questions (without deleting the survey question from the previous survey) as well as add new (unlinked) questions for future use.
   
   

Add Linked Questions to a Survey in Survey Builder

1. Click on the Surveys tab.
2. Click + Create New Survey (or if adding linked questions to an existing Survey, click the Edit icon next to the desired Survey).
3. Give the Survey a Title (and optional Description).
4. Click Save.
5. From the Select Question Type drop-down menu, select Linked Question.
6. In the Survey pull-down, select a Survey in which the desired question(s) appear.
7. Click Search (optional - filter the questions on the selected Survey by inputting Question Text.
8. Questions from the Survey will appear below.
9. Select All or select which questions to add to your Survey.
10. Click + Add Selected.
11. The selected questions will be added as linked questions on the Survey. Any edits made to a linked question will impact all past instances of the question on Surveys within past projects.
    
    

Verify Linked Questions

Once you have created a new Survey with linked questions or added linked questions to an existing Survey, you can verify that the question is linked and view all of the Surveys where that specific survey question appears.

1. Click on the Surveys tab.
2. Click Edit (pencil icon) next to the Survey.
3. On the linked survey questions, you will see a Link Icon to indicate that it is a Linked Question.
4. Click on the link icon to view all of the Surveys where that specific linked survey question appears.
   
   
   
   

Add Custom Placeholders

With the use of the Custom Placeholder in Item Bank questions, you can give instructors more control over the phrasing of the item bank questions they pull into Custom Question surveys. Use the Custom Placeholder to define where instructors can plug their own word choice into the question text of an item bank question. The Custom Placeholder functionality is available for Single Selection, Matrix, Numeric Selection, and Write-In question types, and can only be used within the question text.

1. From the Select Question Type drop-down menu, select Single Selection, Matrix, Numeric Selection, or Write-In question type.
2. Click + Add.
3. Enter the desired predefined Question Text and Response Options, as well as other settings.
4. Click on the Course Evaluations & Surveys Placeholders drop-down menu and select Custom Placeholder to define where instructors can enter their own word choice or phrase within the predefined question text.
5. Under Question Properties enable the question as Custom Text question
6. Click Save
7. When the Instructor adds the Item Bank question to their Custom Question survey, they can enter their own word choice or phrase in the custom text field and click Update Question Text.
8. The Instrcutor's word choice or phrase will carry through to their Custom Question survey to students and reporting features.