Forms can be used in a variety of situations to get feedback from your students. You can use a form to place students in a clinical experience or learn about student interests and opinions.
- The following question types are supported in a form:
- Essay question
- Likert question
- Multiple Choice question
- True/False question
- Text
- Local File
- File from Cloud Storage
Accessibility
Blackboard Surveys offers accessibility features that allows users to easily navigate and read the Blackboard Surveys web interface. The web interface supports screen readers for all available creator and viewer interfaces. The web interface also support keyboard access, allowing you to use the tab key to access all available functions. All sessions fully support adding and displaying captions. For additional information on Blackboard Surveys’ accessibility features, visit Blackboard Surveys’ Accessibility Conformance Report (WCAG Edition).
Watch a video on how to Create Forms.
Forms are created in the same way as other assessments. You can assign forms to an entire class or to a group.
- On the Course Content page, select the plus button anywhere it appears when you hover over the main content area. [view screenshot]
- Select Form.
- Select the plus button to add a question to the form.
- This opens the dropdown menu for question types. [view screenshot]
- The dropdown menu also has the following additional options:
- Add page break — Add breaks to make it easier for students to navigate the form.
- Add text/local file/file from Cloud Storage — Allow students to add extra content at the end of the form by toggling the option at the end of the form. Students can add text, images, and files.
- Reuse questions — Copy questions from existing Forms within the same course. To find a question, you can filter by keyword, source, and question type. You can edit a copied question once it's added to the form.
- Select the question type that you want and enter information into the various fields for the question.
- Select Save when you’ve completed creating the question.
- To edit or delete a question, select the More options menu above a question.
By default, forms are hidden from students. You must set the form to be visible to students before students will be able to access the form on their Course Content pages. A form must have questions before you can make it visible to students. You can also add release conditions to a form. [view screenshot]
On the right-hand side of the New Assignment page, under Assessment Settings , you can view the settings selected for your form. To choose and apply different settings, select the Settings button to open the settings panel.
You can adjust the due date, grade category, whether the form is graded or not, and how many attempts students have to complete the form. You can also choose to anonymize the results of responses to the form.
Go to the Submissions tab of the form to view all student submissions. [view screenshot]
Select a student’s name to see their responses in the grading view. [view screenshot]
Ungraded forms will not have grading options available. You can leave feedback for a student by selecting the large plus icon beside the student’s response.
You can also download all student responses as a CSV file by selecting the More options menu on the submissions page. Select Download all from the dropdown.
You can view more information about how students are interacting with the form through the Student Activity tab. [view screenshot]
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