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Surveys in Canvas allow instructors to collect student feedback or responses without grading for correctness. Surveys can optionally award participation points and are useful for course feedback, reflections, or check-ins.

Create a New Survey

  1. In your course, select Quizzes from the Course Navigation.

  2. Click + Quiz/Survey

Canvas quiz area with a button that reads + Quiz/Survey

       3. In the Quiz Type dropdown, select either graded or ungraded survey

dropdown in Canvas quiz that offers a quiz, a graded survey, or an ungraded survey

       4. Continue filling in the rest of the details for the survey (ex. points, anonymity, assign to)

       5. Click Build at the bottom to add questions or Save to come back to the survey

Bottom of the Canvas quiz settings with buttons to save, publish, and build

Add Survey Questions

  1. Once in the build area, select the blue + sign to add questions

Build area of a Canvas quiz the a blue + sign and a list of various quiz question types

        2. Choose the question type that best fits your survey, such as:

    • Multiple Choice

    • Multiple Answer

    • Fill in the Blank

    • Essay

    • True or False

        3. Enter the question text and response options or use an Item Bank (LINK) to add questions

Build area of quizzes with the button for item banks in focus

       4. Repeat these steps for each survey question.

       5. Quiz questions will save automatically

Publish Survey 

  1. Once you are ready for students to see and take the survey, don't forget to publish it 

List of quizzes with the green publish circle in focus

 

Important Notes

  • Survey responses can be viewed in SpeedGrader or from the survey results page.

  • Responses may also be downloaded for review or reporting.

  • Surveys will not evaluate correct or incorrect answers for essay questions 

  • Participation points are optional

  • Item Banks can be used to reuse survey questions across courses but do not use the Item Bank questions for repeated questions in the same quiz