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Home > Services > Midterm Feedback > Use Blackboard to Get Immediate Midterm Student Feedback > The Survey Feature

The Survey Feature

Blackboard's Assessment features provide instructors with a form for building online assessments using different question types. These assessments provide immediate feedback and are automatically logged in the online gradebook. Blackboard offers two assessment options. Today we will be talking about the survey feature.

Surveys cannot give feedback to the user, they cannot be graded, nor will a name be associated with a submitted survey. The online gradebook will reflect that the survey has been taken and submitted by issuing a check mark next to the user's name.

Instructors cannot access any one particular student’s comments. Instead the results of the survey are compiled and the instructor accesses these results.

Question Types
Blackboard offers instructors seven different types of questions to use in creating an online assessment.

• Multiple Choice
  When an instructor creates a multiple-choice question, users indicate the correct answer by selecting a radio button. The number of possible answers must be between 4 and 20.
  
• True False
  When an instructor creates a true/false question, users indicate their answer by selecting the radio button that corresponds with either True or False. True/False answers are limited to the words True and False. Additional text is not permitted.
  
• Fill in the Blank
  Answers to Fill in the Blank questions are evaluated through an exact text match. Therefore, it is important to keep the answers simple and limited to as few words as possible.
  
  Blackboard provides the following advice to consider as you create Fill in the Blank questions:
  1. Provide answers that allow for common spelling errors (example: convenient and conveneint)
  2. Provide answers that allows for abbreviations or partial answers (example: Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Mr. B. Franklin, Franklin.)
  3. Create the question that indicates to students the best way to answer the question (example: ________ is pictured on the one hundred dollar bill. Avoid using nicknames or abbreviations in your answer.)
  4. Keep answers limited to one or two words to avoid mismatched answers due to extra spaces or order of answer terms. (Example: if the question is Ben’s favorite colors are _____ and the correct answer is Ben’s favorite colors are red and blue but the student types blue, red, the answer will be marked incorrect.)
• Multiple Answer
  Multiple Answer questions allow users to choose more than one answer to a question. All answers that are designated as correct by the instructor must be selected to gain points for the question.
  
• Matching
  Matching questions provide two columns for users to match appropriately. Each pair must be matched correctly to gain points for the question.
  
• Ordering
  Ordering questions require users to put answers in the correct order. The entire order must be properly ordered to gain points for the question.
  
• Short Answer/Essay
  When using the Short Answer/Essay question, users view a question or statement and are given the opportunity to type (or cut and paste) their answer into a text field. Sample essays can be added as feedback for user access after the exam. If sample essays are provided for an essay, users will see the answer upon submitting the assessment. Keep in mind that Short Answer/Essay questions must be graded manually.

Now that you have a little background information on the Blackboard feature you're going to use, you are ready to being building your survey.