How to Create a New Survey in Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys

This article will show you how to create new surveys in Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys and how each type of the most common survey questions function.

Step-by-Step Guide

How to Create a New Survey in Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys

1. Go to Surveys & Projects and click Surveys.

2. Select Create New Survey.

3. Choose Course Main Survey or Course Targeted.

4. Click Begin.
5. Enter a name for your survey in the Title box.
6. Click Save New.

7. Select your question type under the Select Question Type drop-down box.

8. Click Save once all questions are completed.
    

How to Create Matrix Questions

1. Click Matrix in the drop-down box.

2. Click +Add.

3. Enter the desired Question Text.
   1. Note: This is usually the matrix type, e.g. “Questions about the Instructor” or “Questions about the Course”.
4. Enter your questions under Item Choices, making sure to create a different line for each question.
5. Enter Strongly Disagree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, and Strongly Disagree under Response Options.

6. Mark the Include Non-Numeric Option checkbox, if desired, and enter your option (e.g. N/A or No Comment).

7. Mark the Reverse Code Response Options checkbox.

8. Mark the Required checkbox.

9. Click Save.

How to Create Write-In Questions

1. Choose Write-In in the drop-down box.

2. Click +Add.
3. Enter your question in the Question Text box.
4. Choose either Small Response Box, Medium Response Box, or Large Response Box under Question Properties.

5. Select Required.
6. Click Save.

How to Create Single Selection Questions

1. Choose Single Selection in the drop-down box.

1. Click +Add.
2. Enter your question in the Question Text box.
3. Enter your response options in the Response Option box.
4. Mark the Include Non-Numeric Option checkbox, if desired, and enter your option (e.g. N/A or No Comment).
5. If your questions imply a value of the professor or course (i.e. 5 is positive and 1 is negative feedback), mark the Reverse Code Response Options checkbox. Otherwise, it is not necessary to select this option.
6. For questions that should not reflect a rating for the professor or course and therefore should not be calculated into the average, mark the Do not calculate a mean and standard deviation for this question checkbox.​​​
7. Select Required.
8. Click Save.

How to Create Multiple Selection Questions:

1. Choose Multiple Selection in the drop-down box.

2. Click +Add.
3. Enter your question in the Question Text box.
4. Enter your response options in the Response Option box.
5. If your questions imply a value of the professor or course (i.e. 5 is positive and 1 is negative feedback), mark the Reverse Code Response Options checkbox. Otherwise, it is not necessary to select this option.
6. Select Required.
7. Click Save.

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