How do I set up a survey widget and export the results?
The Survey Widget is a great tool for getting your students thoughts and opinions and collecting analytical data for your course.
Creating a Survey
Step 1
With your course in edit mode, click on core widgets in the top left and toggle to all widgets
Step 2
Scroll down until you find the Survey Widget. Click or drag it onto the page.
Step 3
Click Setup in order to begin formatting the survey widget
Step 4
Click where you'd like to type or edit and a menu will open up and allow you to change that section
Step 5
Some sections will include a line for "ID." Each section's ID must be unique.
Step 6
To remove a section, toggle it open and click on the x at the top right to delete it
Step 7
To add a section, scroll down to the bottom of the widget, choose which kind of section to add from the drop-down menu, and click add section
Step 8
When you're happy with your survey, click the orange Done button at the bottom to make sure all of your changes have been saved.
Step 9
Put your course in view mode to see what the survey will look like to students.
Exporting Survey Results
Step 1
In the left-hand navigation menu, go to Course Setup > Exports
Step 2
Click New Export
Step 3
Under What do you want to export? choose Surveys, then select the page the survey is on, and the class you'd like to export results for
Step 4
Under "data columns," tick or untick any extra data you'd like to be included with your survey results (Post ID cannot be unticked)
Note - The Export format is CSV.
Step 5
Make sure your settings are saved and then scroll back up to the top and choose back to export list
Step 6
Your newly created export should appear on this page now. Click run export to extract the results
Step 7
Once the export is done loading, click on download and the CSV file will download to your computer.
The results should look something like this in Excel: