Feedback activity question types

Add page break

Adds a page break. All of the questions above the page break will appear on a separate page to those below it. There are no additional settings. Editing only allows you to delete the page break.

Captcha

Allows you to add a reCAPTCHA verification question to prevent bots from answering your survey. There are no settings to configure and this question will always be required. A Site Administrator must first first set up reCAPTCHA via the authentication settings. 

Information

This collects information from the system and does not allow the user answering to enter a value. You can configure the following settings:

• Question: The text you wish to appear in front of the information e.g. 'Course name'
• Label: Used to create dependencies
• Information type: Choose from Course (displays the current course name) or Course category (displays the current course category name) - useful if collecting answers from multiple courses 
• Dependence item: Choose the dependent item from the dropdown menu
• Dependence value: Enter the dependent value
• Position: The position this question will appear in the feedback activity

Label

Allows you to enter a section of text into the feedback activity. This could be made a dependency so that you only see it if you answer a question a certain way. As this is not a question that requires an answer it cannot be marked as required and will always appear, subject to any connected dependencies. You can configure the following options:

• Content: Enter the text to be displayed
• Dependence item: Choose the dependent item from the dropdown menu
• Dependence value: Enter the dependent value
• Position: The position this question will appear in the feedback activity

Longer text answer

Allows you to ask a question that prompts a long written answer. You can configure the following options:

• Required: Tick to make the question mandatory to answer 
• Question: Enter the question text
• Label: Used to create dependencies
• Width: Set the width of the answer box
• Number of lines: Sets the default height of the answer box, this does not control how many lines the answer can be
• Dependence item: Choose the dependent item from the dropdown menu
• Dependence value: Enter the dependent value
• Position: The position this question will appear in the feedback activity

Multiple choice

Create a question where respondents can choose from a list of options. You can configure the following settings for this question type:

• Required: Tick to make the question mandatory to answer 
• Question: Enter the question text
• Label: Used to create dependencies
• Multiple choice type: Choose from single answer, multiple answers, or single answer (dropdown list)
• Adjustment: Decide whether you want the options to be displayed in a horizontal or vertical line
• Hide the "Not selected" option: If set to No then there will be an option the user can select labelled Not selected 
• Do not analyse empty submits: Decide whether to include empty responses in multiple choice question analysis
• Multiple choice values: Enter all of the possible responses, using a new line for each one
• Dependence item: Choose the dependent item from the dropdown menu
• Dependence value: Enter the dependent value
• Position: The position this question will appear in the feedback activity

Multiple choice (rated)

Create a multiple choice question that allows respondents to answer with a rating. You can set the ratings to be either ascending or descending depending on the order you enter them into the Multiple choice values field. Use the format 0/text if you wish to use a text rating, e.g. 

0/Poor, 1/Okay, 2/Average, 3/Good, 4/Excellent

4/Excellent, 3/Good, 2/Average, 1/ Okay, 0/Poor

If you do not wish to use text in your ratings you could simply use numerical values e.g.

1/,2/,3/,4/,5/

Remember to add each new value on a new line, they are simply comma separated above to save space in this documentation. 

You may also configure these settings:

• Required: Tick to make the question mandatory to answer 
• Question: Enter the question text
• Label: Used to create dependencies
• Multiple choice type: Choose from single answer or single answer (dropdown list)
• Adjustment: Decide whether you want the options to be displayed in a horizontal or vertical line
• Hide the "Not selected" option: If set to No then there will be an option the user can select labelled Not selected 
• Do not analyse empty submits: Decide whether to include empty responses in multiple choice question analysis
• Multiple choice values: Enter all of the possible responses, by using the format 0/,1/,2/ etc. You can add text after the slash if you want e.g. 0/Poor,1/Okay,2/Average,3/Good,4/Excellent. You should use a new line for each option
• Dependence item: Choose the dependent item from the dropdown menu
• Dependence value: Enter the dependent value
• Position: The position this question will appear in the feedback activity

Numeric answer

You may also configure these settings:

• Required: Tick to make the question mandatory to answer 
• Question: Enter the question text
• Label: Used to create dependencies
• Range from:
• Range to:
• Dependence item: Choose the dependent item from the dropdown menu
• Dependence value: Enter the dependent value
• Position: The position this question will appear in the feedback activity

Short text answer

Allows you to pose a question that requires a short written answer. You can configure the following settings:

• Required: Tick to make the question mandatory to answer 
• Question: Enter the question text
• Label: Used to create dependencies
• Textfield width: How wide the text field for answers will be
• Maximum characters accepted: How many characters (including spaces) can be used in the answer
• Dependence item: Choose the dependent item from the dropdown menu
• Dependence value: Enter the dependent value
• Position: The position this question will appear in the feedback activity