Custom Questions for Administrators & Instructors

Overview

This guide explains how to create custom surveys and deploy them to specific projects and courses.

Creating New Custom Questions Surveys

From the top banner dropdown button of Custom Questions > Custom Questions Surveys, the user can click on the Create New Survey button, the user will land on this new page where they can add a title and description.

The Create Survey page showing a basic survey details form with title and description fields, a Save button at the bottom, and navigation controls in the header.

Once the user clicks Save, there will be an option to edit survey details along with an option to add a Question. They can either create a new question(s) or choose to select question(s) from an item bank or LO item bank.

The survey editor page showing survey details at the top and a question management section indicating no questions have been added, with an Add a Question menu displayed.

If the user chooses to create a new question, they can do so by using existing question type(s).

The Create New Question page showing a form to choose a question type with a dropdown selection and a Continue button displayed.

Selecting Item Banks/LO Item Banks to add question(s) will bring the user to this screen. They can choose to either select All Item Banks (selected by default) or choose a specific survey from the search filter and get questions for that particular item bank.

The Add from Item Banks page showing search filters for item banks, question type, and question text with options to search and add selected questions.

The user can select required questions and click on Add Selected Questions located at the top right corner to add the selected questions.

The Add from Item Banks page showing search filters at the top and a selectable survey question displayed below with response options and a checkbox to add the question.

Adding Custom Questions Surveys to Projects

Question Admins and Instructors with Custom Question access have access to Projects Home for their Custom Question Projects wherein they will see important dates corresponding to their project and the ability to add custom question surveys to the project.

After a Custom Question Survey has been created, clicking on the Project Name (either from the Custom Question Widget or Custom Question Projects page) will take the user to the Project Home page.

The Spring 2024 Course Evaluation project page showing project status, access dates, and a list of added surveys with an option to add a new survey.

Clicking on Add Survey button, the user will land on this new page where they can select a survey and then click on Next to choose the destination(s).

The Add Survey to Spring 2024 Course Evaluation page showing a split layout with survey selection and question limits on the left and existing project questions displayed on the right.

The user will then be able to choose which courses will receive the selected custom question survey. Custom Question Admins will be able to select hierarchy levels and/or individual courses. Instructors will be able to select individual courses. Additionally, the user can also view the selections made on the right side panel.

The Choose Destinations step showing course selection on the left with search and checkbox options, and selected hierarchy levels and courses summarized on the right panel.

Once the user clicks on Finish & Add, the survey and its destination(s) will be added to the project and will display on the Project Home. From here, the user can choose to add more surveys to the project.

The Spring 2024 Course Evaluation project page showing project details, open status, access dates, and a list of added surveys with an option to add a new survey.

If the user wishes to either preview the selected survey, adjust destinations or remove the survey, the user can click on the options menu corresponding to the survey and choose the appropriate action.

The Spring 2024 Course Evaluation project page showing project details on the left and a surveys panel on the right with an expanded actions menu displaying options to preview the survey, adjust destinations, or remove it from the project.

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