Surveys in ICON

In this section:

What is Possible with ICON’s Survey Tool?
Available Question Types
Creating Questions in ICON
Importing Questions from a Text File
Importing Survey Questions Created in Respondus Basic
Importing Questions from WebCT
Importing Questions from Blackboard
Creating Surveys

What is Possible with ICON’s Surveys Tool?

With ICON’s Surveys tool, you can:

Create survey questions, choosing from eleven different types, including a Likert question with built-in opinion scales.
Include images and links in your quiz questions.
Display text or an image for use with multiple questions.
Import questions from another ICON course, a text file, and Respondus Basic or other survey creation software.
Specify when and for how long a survey will be available.
Make surveys anonymous (optional).
Customize limited reports on survey results for students, teachers, or ICON administrators.

Try out a survey as a student or other respondent and view any reports you may have set up for that survey.

24 April 2007

Available Question Types:

Likert - Available with Surveys Tool only - Can include multiple questions, each linked to same opinion scale.
Multiple Choice - Answers can be randomized.
True/False
Long Answer - Must be graded manually.
Short Answer - ICON does a character-by-character comparison with acceptable answers.
Arithmetic - For each variable you enter, numbers are selected randomly from within your specified range.
Significant Figures - Similar to Arithmetic questions type, but allows students to enter their answers in scientific notation format. The questions are then graded based on what students entered as their significant digits.
Fill in the Blank – Can include multiple blanks, inserted at any point in the sentence.
Multi-Select – Students choose more than one answer.
Matching
Ordering

Note: All question types include a built-in html editor, which offers various formatting options. It also allows you to insert images or add links to content files, to other areas of your ICON course, and to external websites.

1 February 2007

Creating Questions in ICON

ICON’s creators recommend that you create all your questions from within the Question Library and then import them into the quiz, survey, or self-assessment. This approach allows you to re-use the same questions in multiple assessements and/or to randomize questions in your assessments.

When creating quiz questions, you can use ICON's built-in html editor to add images or add links content files, to other areas of your ICON course, or to external urls.

To create a question from within the Question Library:

Click Quizzes (or Surveys or Self Assessments ) in the NavBar at top. (Note: The Surveys and Self Assessment tools are not included in the default template NavBar. For instructions on how to add these links, see Changing the NavBar and Course Homepage.)
Click Question Library.
Select the question type from the Create New droplist and click Go.
If you wish to enter text or a graphic to be displayed before several related questions, select Text Information Item or Image Information Item.
Choose one of the following questions types and continue with the instructions for that type.

Likert (available only with the Survey tool) - Can include multiple questions, each linked to same opinion scale.
Multiple Choice - Answer choices can be randomized.
True or False
Long Answer - Must be graded manually.
Short Answer - ICON compares student answers with those entered beforehand by instructor. Can include multiple answer boxes, with a specific answer required for each box.
Multi-Short Answer - Like Short Answer, except a variety of answers may be acceptable in all the answer boxes provided by the instructor (e.g., the question "Name three state capitals." would allow any one of 51 possibilities in each of three answer boxes).
Arithmetic - For each variable you enter, numbers are selected randomly from within your specified range.
Significant Figures Question - Similar to Arithmetic questions type, but allows students to enter their answers in scientific notation format. The questions are then graded based on what students entered as their significant digits.
Fill in the Blanks - Can include multiple blanks, inserted at any point in the sentence.
Multi-Select Question - Students choose more than one answer.
Matching
Ordering

Likert (Available Only with Survey and Self-Assessment tools)

The popular Likert item, widely used for surveys, can include multiple questions, each linked to the same opinion scale. There are seven built-in opinion scales to choose from, along with an optional N/A response.

You can use a Likert item alone or with other item types, including other Likert questions (when the same survey calls for different scales).

To create a Likert question:

In the Survey tool Question Library, choose Likert Question (LIK) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
Type the introductory text that will proceed the statement(s) you want students to evaluate. Notice the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

To include an image in your introductory text, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager, or click Upload Image to upload one from your computer.
Select the opinion scale, keeping in mind it will be applied to all statements you include in this Likert question.
By default, Icon gives you two spaces for adding statements. Enter a statement in the Questions textbox. Students will evaluate that statement by selecting one of the options included in the applied scale.
Click Add item to enter additional statements.
Click the Remove trash icon for any option textbox you don’t need (if you don’t, ICON will insist that you enter text before you can save the Likert question).
To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Multiple Choice

In the Question Library, select Multiple Choice Question (MC) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
Type your question; notice the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
Choose the Enumeration (none, letters, numbers) and Style (layout for answer alternatives).
To order the answer choices differently on each student’s test, click the Randomize options box (optional).
Type your answer options in the textboxes; notice the optional html editor and spell checker icons.
Select or type weight for each answer option (e.g., 100% for the best choice; 80% for a nearly correct answers, 0 for incorrect responses).
Click Add option to enter additional answer choices.
Click the Remove trash icon for any option textbox you don’t need (if you don’t, ICON will insist that you enter text before you can save the question).
To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

True or False

In the Question Library, select True or False Question (T/F) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
Choose the desired Enumeration (none, letters, numbers) and Style (layout for answer alternatives).
Select the weights for the True and False answer options (e.g., 100% for the correct response, 0 for the incorrect response).
To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Long Answer

From the Question Library, select Long Answer Question (LA) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

Select the number of rows and columns for the answer input box.
To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
In the Initial Text textbox, enter any text that precedes the student’s answer.
In the Answer Key box, enter a model answer (for graders only; students can’t see this. To make a model answer visible to students you, would need to enter it as feedback.)
To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Short Answer

In the Question Library, select Short Answer Question (SA) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

Select the number of rows and columns for the answer input box.
In the add answer textboxes, enter the pool of answers you will accept in any one of the Input boxes. If you need more answer textboxes, enter the number you want to add and click Add Answer. ICON will compare the student’s entries with the pool of acceptable answers you provide in the answer boxes. If you want ICON to look for capitalization, select case sensitive; if not, select case insensitive. Alternatively, you can enter a regular expression—programming that tells ICON to allow different spellings, etc., for an answer alternative (for help creating a regular expression, email icon-support@uiowa.edu).
Enter or select a weight (percentage awarded) for each acceptable answer alternative (e.g., the preferred answer may earn 100% while the second-best may earn 80%.)
Click the Remove trash icon for any answer textbox you don’t need (if you don’t, ICON will insist that you enter text before you can save the question).
To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
Enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
To enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Multi-Short Answer

Example: With this question type, you could create a question such as "Name three state capitals" and create three input boxes and 51 possible answers; students could enter any one of the answers in any input box. (The Multi-Short Answer question differs from the Short Answer question in that the latter also allows for multiple answers but requires a specfic answer for each box.)

In the Question Library, select Multi-Short Answer Question (MSA) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
Type your question in the Question text box. You can also use the optional html editor () or spell checker () or click In HTML and enter your own html.

Select the number of input boxes and their size (number of rows and columns).
In the add answer textboxes, enter the pool of answers you will accept in any one of the Input boxes. If you need more answer textboxes, enter the number you want to add and click Add Answer. ICON will compare the student’s entries with the pool of acceptable answers you provide in the answer boxes. If you want ICON to look for capitalization, select case sensitive; if not, select case insensitive. Alternatively, you can enter a regular expression, programming that tells ICON to allow different spellings, etc., for an answer alternative (for help creating a regular expression, email icon-support@uiowa.edu).
Click the Remove trash icon for any answer textbox you don’t need (if you don’t, ICON will insist that you enter text before you can save the question).
To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Arithmetic

In the Question Library, select Arithmetic Question (2 + 2) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
Enter the number of points the question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker (). Surround variables with curly braces. For example: “ 2 trains are traveling away from each other at {x} miles per hour and {y} miles per hour respectively. How far apart are they in 15 minutes?”

In the Variables section, enter the variable name, minimum value, maximum value, decimal places, and steps. For each variable you enter, numbers are selected randomly from within your maximum and minimum range at in increments you specify in the Steps textbox. For example, if the minimum is 100, the maximum is 200, and the step is five, the pool of available variables would include 105, 110, 115, etc.).
Click the Remove trash icon for any variable textboxes you don’t need (if you don’t, ICON will insist that you enter text before you can save the question).
Enter your formula, e.g., ({x}+{y})/4. Notice that all variables are enclosed in curly braces. Click the question mark to view some supported functions. Try out your formula by clicking the Test button.
In the Answer Precision field, enter the number of decimal places the answer must be accurate to.
Enter a tolerance value (in units or percent, e.g., answer can be off by 5% or 5 units).
Enter the Unit the answer must be written in (optional, e.g., mph).
Select case sensitive if your answer is case sensitive.
In the Worth box, choose a value to award for entering the correct unit (also optional).
To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Significant Figures Question

In the Question Library, select Significant Figures (x10) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
Enter the number of points the question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker (). Enclose variables in curly braces, e.g., “ 2 trains are traveling away from each other at {x} miles per hour and {y} miles per hour respectively. How far apart are they in 15 minutes?”
In the Variables section, define the variables you used in your question. Enter the variable name (e.g., “x”), minimum and maximum values (type the exponent in the box to the upper right of “x10”), and steps (increments ICON will use when randomly selecting values). For each variable you enter, numbers are selected randomly from within your maximum and minimum range at in increments you specify in the Steps textbox. For example, if the minimum is 100, the maximum is 200, and the step is 5, ICON might randomly select 105, 110, 115, etc., up to 200).

Click the Remove trash icon for any variable textboxes you don’t need (if you don’t, ICON will insist that you enter text before you can save the question).
Enter your formula, and try it out by clicking the Test button.
Enter a tolerance value (in units or percent, e.g., student answer can be off by 5% or 5 units).
Select the number of significant figures in the student’s answer (that is, the number of digits students should enter in the non-exponent field). If you want to assign a portion of points for the correct significant figure and the remaining portion for the correct unit (e.g., 70% for the correct figure and 30% for the correct unit), choose a percentage value from the dropdown list.
Enter the Unit the answer must be written in (e.g., mph; this is optional). Select case sensitive if your answer is case sensitive. In the Worth box, choose a value to award for entering the correct unit (also optional).
To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Fill in the Blanks

In the Question Library, select Fill in the Blanks Question (FIB) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
In the first Text: box, enter the text that precedes the answer.
Enter or select the blank size.
In the Answer box, enter the correct answer. (ICON will make a character-by-character comparison).
Enter the weight the answer is worth (weights do not need to total 100) .
If more than one answer variation is acceptable (e.g., boxer and pugilist), click Add Answer and enter the variation. (If that answer is second-best, you may wish to assign a lesser weight, e.g., 80%.)
Click the Remove trash icon to get rid of the second Text: box (if you don’t remove an unused textbox, ICON will insist that you enter some text when you try to save the question).
In the second Text: box, enter the text, if any, that follows your answer(s).
To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Multi-Select Question

Important Note: If your multi-select question includes more incorrect answer alternatives than correct ones, students may receive some undeserved points when they fail to select all the correct alternatives. This is a bug.

In the Question Library, select Multi-Select Question (M-S) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
Choose the Enumeration (none, letters, numbers) and Style (layout for answer alternatives).
To allocate points, choose from the following:
- All or Nothing - To earn points, students must select all the right answers and none of the wrong answers.
- Right Minus Wrong - Students are penalized for not selecting a right answer as well as for selecting a wrong answer. The system multiplies the number of points possible by the percentage of correct responses.
- Right Answers. Students receive credit for not selecting wrong answers, but they are not penalized for selecting wrong answers (this is a bug). For example, if a multiple select question has two correct answers and two wrong ones, the student who chooses one correct answer and nothing else receives credit for selecting the correct answer plus credit for not selecting the two wrong answers, therefore earning 75% of the points allotted to that question. The only time students won't get credit for not selecting wrong answers is if they don't select anything at all.
To order the answer choices differently on each student’s test, click the Randomize options box (optional).
Type your answer options in the textboxes; notice the optional html editor and spell checker icons. Click the Correct box next to each right answer.
Select the weight for each answer option (e.g., 100% for the best choice; 80% for a nearly correct answers, 0 for incorrect responses).
To enter additional answer choices, type a number in the Add Option box and click Add Option. As noted above, due to a bug in ICON, if your question includes more incorrect answer alternatives than correct ones, students may receive some undeserved points when they fail to select all the correct alternatives.
Click the Remove trash icon for any option textbox you don’t need (if you don’t remove unused textboxes, ICON will insist that you “enter some text” before you can save the question).
Click Add Feedback to provide feedback for individual answer options. Feedback is optional unless you are using this question in a self assessment. Since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive.
To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Matching

In the Question Library, select Matching Question (MAT) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
To allocate points, choose All or Nothing , Right Minus Wrong (the system divides the total number of points possible by the number of correct answers), or Right Answer (students receive credit for right answers while wrong answers are ignored).
Enter the choices and matches and then use the droplist beside each match to select the correct choice number.
To add more choices, type the number needed in the Add Choice textbox and then click Add Choice. Do the same for an equal number of additional matches.
Click remove for any Choice or Match textbox you don’t need (if you don’t remove unused textboxes, ICON will insist that you “enter some text” before you can save the question).
To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

Ordering

In the Question Library, select Ordering Question (ORD) from the Create New droplist and click Go.
Enter a title (if you don’t, ICON will use the first 20 characters of your question).
Enter number of points question is worth (required) and a difficulty level (optional; for use when choosing question sets or analyzing results).
Type your question, using the optional html editor () or spell checker ().

To include an image in your question, click Insert an Image. Then click Course Image to choose one from your File Manager or Upload Image to upload one from your desktop.
To allocate points, choose All or Nothing, Right Minus Wrong (the system divides the total number of points possible by the number of correct answers), or Right Answer (students receive credit for right answers while wrong answers are ignored).
Enter the items to be ordered. To add more items, type the number needed in the Add Item textbox and then click Add Item.
For each item, select the correct order from the dropdown list. The items will be randomized in the quiz or survey.
Click the Remove trash icon for any items you don’t need (if you don’t remove unused textboxes, ICON will insist that you “enter some text” before you can save the question).
To enter a question hint (optional), click Expand question hint.
Enter question feedback (optional, unless you are using this question in a self assessment; since Icon does not mark self assessment questions as right or wrong, the text you enter here is the only feedback students will receive).
Click Preview to view your question. Then click Go Back.
Click Save (or click Save and Copy to create another question with your entries or Save and New to create another question of this type.)

6 December 2007

Importing Survey Questions from a Text File

You can create questions offline using ICON’s question formatting template and then upload your questions into ICON.

To download ICON’s question formatting template:

Click Surveys in the navbar.
Click Question Library.
Click Import.
Select From a Desire2Learn Text Format File from the droplist.
Click CSV Sample File to download this template.
Open this file from within Microsoft Excel.

To upload a completed question file:

Click Surveys in the navbar.
Click Question Library.
Click Import.
Select From a Desire2Learn Text Format File from the droplist.
Click Browse, select your completed question .csv file and click Open.
Click Save.

25 November 2005

Importing Survey Questions Created in Respondus Basic

First you’ll create your questions in Respondus:

Open Respondus and select QTI Personality from the Current Personality droplist.
Create and save your Respondus file.

Now you’ll import your file into ICON:

Open your ICON course and click Content in the navbar.
From the menu at right, select Import Course.
Browse your desktop for the zip file and open it. The filename will appear in the ICON textbox. Click Next.
When the preprocessing is complete, click Next again.
Select the applicable materials and import options and click Next.
When the import is complete, click Next again.
You will see Import Notes about survey questions that require your attention; you may wish to print this page for later reference.
Click Return.

Finally, you’ll go into ICON’s Surveys, or Question Library areas and see your imported data.

Click Surveys or Surveys in the navbar. Imported evaluations will be listed.
From within the Surveys or Surveys area, click Question Library to see the imported questions there.

25 November 2005

Moving Quizzes & Surveys from WebCT to ICON

You can download WebCT quizzes, surveys, and question database to your desktop and then upload them into ICON. If your questions contain images, you will need to reconnect the images with the questions (from within ICON). If you have many questions with images, you may wish to ask Academic Technologies to convert your course to ICON for you.

Moving Quiz Questions from WebCT to ICON

(If your questions have images, also see Re-Linking Quiz Images, below.)

You’ll begin exporting the quizzes, surveys, and the Question Database from WebCT’s Quiz/Survey area to WebCT’s File Manager:

Open your WebCT course and click Control Panel (top left).
Click Manage Course and then click Export Content.
Under Select Courses to Export, select Quizzes, Surveys, and Question Database and click Continue.
WebCT will zip all your questions into one file, export this file to the File Manager, and confirm the export. Take special note of the last sentence in the confirmation, which is highlighted in blue: The package filename is xxxxxxxxxxxx.zip This is the zip file that contains all your quizzes, surveys, and Question Database. You may wish to jot down the last few numbers.

Now you’ll go to WebCT’s File Manager and download this file to your desktop:

Click Control Panel (top left) and then click Manage Files.
Click to place a checkmark in the box next to the zip file you just created.
From the menu at right, click Download. Then click Download again.
Select Save to disk and click OK.

Next, you’ll upload the zip file to ICON’s Content area (a first stop before it goes to ICON’s Quiz area).

Open your ICON course and click Content in the NavBar.
From the menu at right, select Import Course.
Browse your desktop for the zip file and Open it. The filename will appear in the ICON textbox. Click Next.
Continue clicking Next until Import Notes is displayed. The Import Notes report on quiz questions that require your attention; you may wish to print this page for later reference.

Finally, you’ll go into ICON’s Quizzes, Surveys, and/or Question Library and view your imported data.

Click Quizzes or Surveys in the NavBar. Imported evaluations will be listed.
From within the Quizzes or Surveys area, click Question Library to see the imported questions there.
If your questions contain images, follow the instructions under Re-Linking the Quiz Images inside ICON, below.

Re-Linking the Quiz Images inside ICON

If your questions contain images, they will appear in your ICON File Manager, and you will need to reconnect them to your quiz questions.

You can reconnect questions and images in the Question Library or from within the Quizzes or Surveys areas. Let’s edit a question in the Question Library and then apply the edit to the copy of the question in a quiz:

Click Quizzes in the NavBar.
Click Question Library.
Click on the imported quiz folder to open it.
Click the Edit icon to the right of the question title.
Under Image:, click Find.
Select the desired image in the popup window. The filename will appear in the Image: textbox.
Click Save.
Under Question in Use, you will see a list of all locations that contain this question. Make sure all these locations are selected and click Save.
You are returned to the Question Library. Click Preview to view your question.
Repeat this re-linking process for all questions that include images.

1 February 2006

Moving Quizzes, Surveys & Question Pools from Blackboard

Moving Quizzes & Surveys from Blackboard to ICON

You can download Blackboard quizzes, surveys, and question database to your desktop and then upload them into ICON. If your questions contain images, you will need to reconnect the images with the questions (from within ICON). If you have many questions with images, you may wish to ask Academic Technologies to convert your course to ICON for you.

You’ll begin by exporting the quizzes, surveys, and question pools to your desktop:

Open your Blackboard course and click Control Panel (bottom left).
Click Export Course (bottom left).
Under Select Course Materials, select Tests, Surveys, and Pools and click Submit.
Blackboard will zip all your questions into one file; save this file to your desktop/

Next, you’ll upload the zip file to ICON’s Content area (a first stop before it goes to ICON’s Quiz area).

Open your ICON course and click Content in the NavBar.
From the menu at right, select Import Course.
Browse your desktop for the zip file and click Open. The filename will appear in the ICON textbox. Click Next.
Continue clicking Next until Import Notes is displayed. The Import Notes report on quiz questions that require your attention; you may wish to print this page for later reference.

Finally, you’ll go into ICON’s Quizzes, Surveys, and/or Question Library and view your imported data.

Click Quizzes or Surveys in the NavBar. Imported evaluations will be listed.
From within the Quizzes or Surveys area, click Question Library to see the imported questions there.
If your questions contain images, check to see if they linked properly. If not, follow the instructions under Re-Linking the Quiz Images inside ICON, below.

Re-Linking the Quiz Images inside ICON

If your questions contain images, they will appear in your ICON File Manager, and you will need to reconnect them to your quiz questions.

You can reconnect questions and images in the Question Library or from within the Quizzes or Surveys areas. To illustrate, here's how to edit a question in the Question Library and then apply the edit to the copy of the question in a quiz:

Click Quizzes in the NavBar.
Click Question Library.
Click on the imported quiz folder to open it.
Click the Edit icon to the right of the question title.
Under Image:, click Find.
Select the desired image in the popup window. The filename will appear in the Image: textbox. Click Save.
Under Question in Use, you will see a list of all locations that contain this question. Make sure all these locations are selected and click Save.
You are returned to the Question Library. Click Preview to view your question.
Repeat this re-linking process for all questions that include images.

Downloading Student Quiz/Survey Results

You can download a csv file with the question text and results for Multiple Choice or True/False questions.

Open your Blackboard course and click Control Panel.
Click Gradebook.
Click the quiz or survey title (column heading).
Click Download Results.
Click Submit.
Select Save to disk and click OK.
Open the file in Excel.

If you choose Assessment Attempt Details instead of Download Results in step 4 above, you can see what percent of students chose each answer alternative. You could print this frame or copy and paste it into a Word document.

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Creating Surveys

Note: The Surveys tool is not included in the default template NavBar. For instructions on how to add this link, see Changing the NavBar and Course Homepage.

An ICON survey includes:

Copies of—not links to—questions in your Question Library.
Survey properties—description, headers and footers, anonymity setting, etc.
Restrictions on availability (can be overridden for makeup tests, students with special needs, etc.) ICON’s creators recommend that you create your questions in your Question Library and then copy them into a survey.

Adding a New Survey

Assuming your questions have been created and are stored in your Question Library:

Click Surveys in the navbar. Note: The Surveys tool is not included in the default template NavBar. For instructions on how to add this link, see Changing the NavBar and Course Homepage.
Click New Survey.
On the Properties panel, enter the survey name.
Click Save Survey.

Now you’re ready to enter additional survey settings, which you can access by clicking the different tabs. You can add all the settings now or Edit the survey later and add them then.

Adding a Description, Footer, Submission Message

Click the survey’s Properties tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Surveys in the Navbar and then click the survey name).
To give users feedback immediately each time they answer a question, select give instant feedback. (You must have already provided the feedback when you created the question.)
In the Description textbox, enter a message to display at the top of the survey (optional).
In the Footer Message textbox, enter a message to be displayed at the end of the survey (optional).
In the Submission Message textbox, enter a message to be displayed when the respondent submits the survey (optional).
Click Save Survey.

Making the Survey Anonymous

To make results available without revealing names:

Click the Properties tab within a survey (if you don’t see this tab, click Surveys in the Navbar and then click the survey name).
Click make result anonymous.
Click Save Survey.

Setting Survey Availability Dates and Times

Click the Restrictions tab within a survey (if you don’t see this tab, click Surveys in the Navbar and then click the survey name).
To make the survey available now, select Active from the Status droplist. Alternatively, enter start and/or end dates.
To allow students to take the survey an unlimited number of times until the survey period is over, select Unlimited.
To allow students to save their responses and keep working on the survey until the survey period is over, click Editable.
To limit the number of times a survey can be taken within the survey period, select Limited to and enter a number.
Click Save Survey.

Restricting Access Based on Group Membership or Completion of an Online Task

Note: If you plan to restrict survey access based on group membership and you haven’t yet defined the group, Save your survey and create the group now using the Manage Groups tool. Afterward, you can Edit your survey and set up restrictions. (For instructions on creating a group in ICON, see Managing Groups under Classlist.)

To set survey restrictions:

Click the survey Restrictions tab within a survey (if you don’t see this tab, click Surveys in the Navbar and then click the survey name).
Click Add New under Additional Release Conditions.
In the Create New Conditions popup window, select the prerequisite group membership or task from the dropdown lists.
Click Save Survey.

Important Note: If you enter more than one selective release condition for a survey, students will need to satisfy each of the conditions (not just one) in order to access that quiz.

Customizing Survey Reports

You can customize reports to include selected statistics. Reports can be tailored for students, instructors, or your ICON administrator. They can also be printed. Multiple reports can be created for a single survey, and reports can be created even after students have taken the survey.

Click the survey’s Reports Setup tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Surveys in the navbar and then click the survey name).
Click Add Report.
Enter a report name.
Select Summary Report or Individual Attempts and then select any desired subsets of these.

For Summary Report, you have the following options:

Show aggregate data: displays data for objective questions.
Show text responses: displays data for long answers, short answers, and fill-in-the-blank questions.
Show signed comments: for long answer questions, shows student names where students have given permission.
Show unsigned comments: for long answer questions, shows comments by, but omits names of, students who have not given permission to use their names (where do students supply permission??).

Individual Attempts gives you the option to Hide user information (first and last names of respondents).

Select the release date for the report.
Select one or more groups (or subgroups) that will have access to the report.

Administrator
Instructors (Instructor, TA)
Students

Click Save Report (top right).

Adding Questions to the Survey

ICON’s creators recommend that you create the questions from within the Questions Library and then add them to a survey (See Creating Questions in ICON.) The following instructions assume that your questions are already in the Questions Library:

Click on the Layout/Questions tab (if you don’t see this tab, click Surveys in the navbar and then click the survey name).
Click Add/Edit Questions.
Click the Import icon.
From the Source Collection dropdown list, select Question Library.
From the Source Section dropdown list, select Collection Root (to display all Library sections and questions) or select a specific section.
Check the questions you want to include and click Save.

Previewing a Survey

You can respond to questions, submit the survey, and view any results reports you have set up.

Click Surveys in the navbar.
Click the Preview icon beside the survey name.

Viewing Survey Reports

In order to view a report, you must have already created it on the Reports Setup panel. You can set up multiple reports for a survey, even after the survey period is over (see Customizing Reports on Survey Responses).

Click Surveys in the navbar.
Click the survey name.
Click Survey Reports (top).
Click the report name.
To limit reporting to attempts submitted in a specified time period, check From and/or To and select date(s) from the droplist.
Click Generate Report.
To print the results, click Print Report.

Viewing Survey Results

Click Surveys
Click the Results icon beside the survey name.
Click the report name. If the survey was anonymous, you will see the overall results. If not, you will see a list of users
To limit reporting to attempts submitted in a specified time period, check From and/or To and select date(s) from the droplist.
To see what percent of the class chose each answer alternative, click the Overall Survey Results icon (bottom right).
To view an individual’s responses to all survey items, click the attempt number for that student.

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Surveys in ICON

In this section:

What is Possible with ICON’s Surveys Tool?

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Available Question Types:

1 February 2007

Creating Questions in ICON

Likert (Available Only with Survey and Self-Assessment tools)

Multiple Choice

True or False

Long Answer

Short Answer

Multi-Short Answer

Arithmetic

Significant Figures Question

Fill in the Blanks

Multi-Select Question

Matching

Ordering

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Importing Survey Questions from a Text File

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Importing Survey Questions Created in Respondus Basic

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Moving Quizzes & Surveys from WebCT to ICON

Moving Quiz Questions from WebCT to ICON

Re-Linking the Quiz Images inside ICON

1 February 2006

Moving Quizzes, Surveys & Question Pools from Blackboard

Moving Quizzes & Surveys from Blackboard to ICON

Re-Linking the Quiz Images inside ICON

Downloading Student Quiz/Survey Results

7 March 2006

Creating Surveys

Adding a New Survey

Adding a Description, Footer, Submission Message

Making the Survey Anonymous

Setting Survey Availability Dates and Times

Restricting Access Based on Group Membership or Completion of an Online Task

Customizing Survey Reports

Adding Questions to the Survey

Previewing a Survey

Viewing Survey Reports

Viewing Survey Results

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