Survey lists

Surveys can be re-used by adding them to a Survey list. NetSupport School provides a default list, NetSupport School.sul, into which questions and responses are automatically stored, but you can create custom lists if you want to categorise different types of question.

Create a Survey list

  1. Switch to Survey view, click the Survey icon on the toolbar.

  2. Choose {View}{Create New Survey List} from the Tutor Console drop-down menu.

    Or

    Click the New icon displayed at the bottom of the Survey pane.

  3. Enter a name for the file and click Save.

  4. Any new surveys you enter will be added to the list.

Load a Survey list

  1. In Survey view, choose {View}{Load Existing Survey List} from the Tutor Console drop-down menu.

    Or

    Click the Load icon displayed at the bottom of the Survey pane.

  2. Select the required list and click Open.

Using Survey lists

With the required Survey list loaded, you can enter new questions or use and manage previously stored questions and responses.

To add a new question to a Survey list

  1. In the Student Survey pane, enter the question and choose the required responses from the drop-down list or add new options if the defaults aren't appropriate.

  2. Send the survey to Students. The survey will automatically be stored in the current list.

    Or

    Rather than send the survey immediately, choose {View}{Add Survey to List} from the Tutor Console drop-down menu or click the Add icon displayed at the bottom of the Survey pane to store the question and responses for future use.

To use an existing survey

  1. In the Student Survey pane, click the Select/Add Question icon (white cross). The Select Survey dialog will appear.

  2. Select a question from the list and click OK.

  3. The question will be displayed in the Survey pane ready to be sent to Students.

Manage questions and responses

As well as enabling you to choose an existing survey, the Select Survey dialog can be used to add new questions/responses and edit questions/responses if the current examples are not appropriate.

  1. If the Survey list does not currently include the required question, enter the new question along with the responses in the fields provided and click Add.

    Or

    To edit an existing question, select it from the list, change the question and/or the responses and click Add.

    Note: If you change the question it will be added to the list in addition to the original. If you only change the responses, the original will be overwritten.

  2. To use the question in a survey, select it from the list and click OK.

  3. The question will be displayed in the Survey pane ready to be sent to Students.

Note: When you use customised responses in a survey they will be attached to that question only. If you want to make the responses available to other surveys they need to be added to the default drop-down list. Click Manage, the Manage Responses dialog will appear, enter the required responses and click Add.

See also:

Student Surveys