Survey

The Survey Tool is similar to Multiple Choice, in that it presents learners with a number of questions fir responses. However, unlike Multiple Choice there are no right or wrong answers - the system just collates all answers for analysis by the teacher in the monitoring area.
Question types include single response, multiple response and open text entry, and questions can be mandatory or optional.
For multiple choice questions, Learners can also be provided with the option of adding their own answer to a list.

Click here to view an animation on using the Survey activity.

View of the Survey Activity Basic Authoring tab.

The Basic Tab for the Survey Activity allows authors to specify a title for the activity, and give learners a set of instructions for completing the activity:

• Title: All Activities have a web page title which is presented at the top of the activity page when displayed in the Learning Environment. This is NOT the same title as the Title that can be set using the Properties Inspector.
• *Instructions:*All Activities have a text area that is presented beneath the title. This is where the main activity text to be displayed to learners is entered. The text can be formatted using the Rich-Text Editor. Image, Video, Audio and URL content can also be displayed in the Instructions area. Specifically for the Survey Activity, Authors should include information on the purpose of the survey, and how the data will be used.
• Specific Features: Survey Questions List
  • This list specifies the actual questions contained in the survey.
  • The links to create new questions are shown at the bottom of the page. To create a Single or Multiple choice question, click "Add question". To add a text response question, click "Add Free Text"
  • Use the Green Arrows to change the order in which Survey questions display.
  • Use the Yellow Pencil to edit an existing Survey question.
  • Select the Red Cross to remove a Survey question from the list.

View of the Survey Activity Advanced Authoring tab.

• Lock When Finished: This option is available on all Activities.
  • Enabling this option in Survey means that when Learners answer all the questions and select "Finish", they will be unable to revisit the activity and modify their answers. The Learners will still be able to view the activity and their responses by double-clicking the activity in the Learner Progress Bar.
  • If this option is disabled, Learners will be able to return to the activity and change their responses by selecting the activity from the Learner Progress Bar.

• Specific Feature: Show Survey on One Page
  • When enabled, this option forces all of the questions in the Survey list to display vertically stacked on the one page. Learners respond to the survey and are then shown a summary screen detailing their responses.
  • If disabled, each Survey question will appear on its own seperate page within the activity. After responding to the last survey question, Learners are shown a summary screen detailing all of their responses.

• Add Notebook... : This option is available on all Activities. Enabling this option creates a Notebook as part of the Activity, which Learner's can use to reflect on the activity just completed. The reflections are personal (ie: not shared with other learners).

Vea la pestaña de instrucciones. Esta pestaña presenta las mismas características para todas las actividades.

La pestaña de Instrucciones tiene las mismas características para todas las actividades LAMS.

Esta pestaña permite al instructor crear instrucciones sobre la actividad así como también subir archivos que puedan ser de utilidad a otros instructores y tutores en el uso de la misma. Por ejemplo, documentos de referencia, planillas de evaluación, etc). Estas instrucciones y archivos pueden ser accedidos desde la interfaz de monitoreo por todos los intructores y tutores.

Hay dos modos de intrucciones posibles: Intrucciones para le modo online o offline. El instructor puede escribir instrucciones para estos dos modos ya que es posible que por alguna razón se decida utilizar esta actividad en modo offline o online.

Estas instrucciones son de importancia si se pretende compartir secuancias de aprendizaje con otros instructores. Estas instrucciones pueden no solo aclarar de la manera que esta actividad debe ser utilizada con estudiantes, sino tambien proveer de información pedagógica sobre la actividad.

View of the Survey Monitoring Summary tab.

The Summary Tab for Survey allows Monitors to view and analyse the results of the Survey questions.

For each survey question, the monitor can choose to download either a Pie or Bar graph of the results.

Monitors can also download the results of the survey in a Spreadsheet format.

View of the Monitoring Instructions tab.

In the Authoring Environment, Authors can use the Instructions Space to attach support files for a specific activity, or leave comments for othe Monitors about how a given activity should be run.

These comments and files can be viewed from here - the Instructions Tab.