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WebCT Information for Instructors

Using Survey Tool for Student Evaluations

  • Creating a student evaluation survey is the same as creating a quiz except, you must select New Survey rather than New Quiz.
  • Like a quiz, you can either upload a properly formatted text file to the questions database, or create the questions from scratch within WebCT
  • The difference is that with surveys
    • The identity of who submitted the survey is anonymous
    • Students can only submit information once

To Create Evaluation and Upload Existing Text-based Evaluation File

Step 1, create the evaluation icon:

  • Click on the Control Panel
  • Click on Add Page or Tool
  • Under Evaluation and Activity Tools, Click Quizzes/Surveys
  • Under Add Quiz/Survey, fill out the form including an appropriate name and when complete, click Add

Step 2, add questions to the Questions Database:

  • Click on the newly created icon
  • Click Questions Database
  • Under Actions, Options: Question, click Import questions from file
  • Click Browse
  • In the new window that appears, click Browse again
  • Locate the file on your computer, and click Open
  • Select the file and click Add selected
  • Click Import
  • Click Continue

Step 3, create the evaluation:

  • Click on the link for Quizzes and Surveys
  • Under Actions, Options, select Create Survey
  • Give the evaluation an appropriate title, and click Create

Step 4, add questions from the database to the quiz:

  • Click on the title of your new evaluation
  • Under Actions, Options, click Add questions
  • Select the questions you wish to add, and click Add selected

Step 5, set the availability for the evaluation:

  • Under Actions, click Edit survey settings
  • When you are finished editing the quiz settings, click Update.  

Step 6, preview the evaluation:

  • Under Actions, Options, click Preview Survey
  • Return to the homepage, the new icon should appear and a link to the evaluation should be visible upon clicking the icon.

To Create Evaluation Questions Using Only WebCT

 Step 1, create the evaluation icon:

  • Click on the Control Panel
  • Click on Add Page or Tool
  • Under Evaluation and Activity Tools, Click Quizzes/Surveys
  • Under Add Quiz/Survey, fill out the form including an appropriate name and when complete, click Add

Step 2, create the evaluation:

  • Click on the link for Quizzes and Surveys
  • Under Actions, Options, select Create Survey
  • Give the evaluation an appropriate title, and click Create

Step 3, create the evaluation questions:

  • Click on the title of your new evaluation
  • Under Actions, Options, click Add questions
  • Under Create Question, click Create
    • Fill out the Create Question Template including a title, question, and answers
    • When you complete the Create Question Template, click Save
    • Repeat this process until you have created all the evaluation questions needed
  • Select the checkbox next to questions you wish to add, and click Add selected

Step 4, set the availability for the evaluation:

  • Under Actions, click Edit survey settings
  • When you are finished editing the quiz settings, click Update.  

Step 5, preview the evaluation:

  • Under Actions, Options, click Preview Survey
  • Return to the homepage, the new icon should appear and a link to the evaluation should be visible upon clicking the icon.

To Access Student Evaluations

  • In the Designer Options View, click on the icon you have created for the evaluation
  • Locate the title of your evaluation
  • To see who has and has not submitted the evaluation (responses not visible), click Submissions
  • To see the results of the evaluations, click Detail (this can be done by a third party to ensure anonymity)

If Icon or Evaluation not Visible to Students

  • Be sure that release date and time match for both the survey and it’s corresponding icon on the homepage.

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If you have problems or questions about uploading files into WebCT, contact Suzanne Sprouse(sprouses@winthrop.edu) 
 
WebCT Contact Information
Suzanne Sprouse, E-Learning & Project Coordinator
Distance Learning and AV Services | 803.323.2551 | sprouses@winthrop.edu
Last updated: 02/05/07