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.

Surveys Tab

  1. Select Create New Survey.

Create New Survey button

  1. Choose Course Main Survey or Course Targeted.

Create New Survey: Selecting the Type

  1. Click Begin.
  2. Enter a name for your survey in the Title box.
  3. Click Save New.

Save New button

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

Question Types

  1. Click Save once all questions are completed.
     

How to Create Matrix Questions

  1. Click Matrix in the drop-down box.

Matrix selection

  1. Click +Add.

Add button

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

Response Options

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

Include Non-Numeric Option checkbox

  1. Mark the Reverse Code Response Options checkbox.

Reverse Code Response Options checkbox

  1. Mark the Required checkbox.

Required checkbox

  1. Click Save.

Save button
 

How to Create Write-In Questions

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

Write-in Selection

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

Response Box Selections

  1. Select Required.
  2. Click Save.

How to Create Single Selection Questions

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

Single Selection question type

  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.

Multiple Selection

  1. Click +Add.
  2. Enter your question in the Question Text box.
  3. Enter your response options in the Response Option box.
  4. 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.
  5. Select Required.
  6. Click Save.

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