Start off the course with an informal poll
An informal poll can ask about people's backgrounds, previous education, and interest in the course. You can choose to make the answers anonymous, or to share them so that students can see their classmates' responses. You can use a variety of question types for this fun poll, including:
- Short Answer
- Multi-Short Answer
- Multi-Select
- Multiple Choice
Collect informal course evaluations or mid-year reviews
You can use a combination of different question types for this that are found in a typical evaluation or review, including:
- Likert
- Long Answer
- Multi-Short Answer
Ask about people's learning styles and content delivery preferences
You can use a variety of different question types for learning style and delivery preference, including:
- Multiple Choice
- Multi-Select
- Long Answer or Short Answer
Determine which learning resources were most helpful to achieve learning objectives
You can use the following question types to determine the most helpful type of learning resources:
- Multi-Select
- Multiple Choice
- Ordering
- Likert
Pose open-ended questions to determine areas of student confusion
You can use Short and Long Answer question types for this scenario.
Set up a "choose-your-own adventure" game or quiz
You can introduce the course in a fun way or reinforce course messaging through this type of survey activity. You can use survey branching to do this, using the following question types:
- Multiple Choice
- True or False
