How to Add Custom Survey Questions

You can add your own custom questions to the survey by using the Custom Fields section. These questions will not use the same format as the default questions and don’t display the Stars to respond with, instead adding a free text field for users to type their answers in, or a drop down menu with pre-entered answers you can set when creating the field. To add a question:

• in onCourse go to the Preferences window
• Scroll the left-hand panel to the bottom and click Custom Fields
• Hit the + button to add a new field and set the Record Type as 'Survey'

The beginning of creating a new Custom Field for a survey

• Name the field the question you wish to ask i.e. Rate the relevance of the provided course materials
• If you wish to have pre-prepared answers for students to choose from, enter these answers into the Default Value field and separate them with a semi-colon (;)
• The custom key you choose must be unique. Make the Custom Key something short and simple to reference later and enter it here.