Creating a Moodle Questionnaire

Contents
Adding the New Questionnaire
Creating New Content
Copying Content from an Existing Questionnaire

Adding the New Questionnaire

1. Open your course homepage.
2. Expand the Activity menu in the section you want
to add the questionnaire within and select
Questionnaire.

3. Enter a Name and Summary for your new

questionnaire.

4. Open/Close Date: Set the date window for when

users can complete the questionnaire. You can
leave the boxes unchecked if you want the
questionnaire to be continually available.

5. Type: Select the preferred response option.

6. Respondent Type: Select Fullname to identify the

respondent. Or, select Anonymous.
7. Respondent Eligibility: Select who is to have
access to respond to this questionnaire; All users
enrolled in the course, Only Students enrolled in
the course or Only Teachers enrolled in the
course.

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 8. View Responses: Select for Teachers Only or
Teachers and Students.

9. Questionnaire Type: Select Private, Public or

Template.
a. Private - belongs only to the course it is
defined in.
b. Public - can be shared among courses.
Only the author can edit it.
c. Template - can be copied and edited.
This type of questionnaire cannot be used
directly, but its content can be copied into
a new questionnaire and edited.

10. Save/Resume Answers: Select Yes to allow the

user to save a partially completed questionnaire
and return at a later time to complete. Select No
to force completion.

11. Define New Content: Select Create New or select

to copy an existing questionnaire.

12. Click the Continue button.

Creating New Content

13. If you selected to create a new questionnaire in
step 11 above:
a. Enter the General settings for the new
questionnaire (Name, Title, Subtitle,
Additional Info, Confirmation Page, Email
and Theme).

To use a webpage as a confirmation

page, you will need to create a webpage that
displays the desired confirmation text and
graphics. Then upload this webpage to your
course Files folder. Right-click on the confirmation
page (in your Files folder) and select to Copy
Shortcut. You can now paste this shortcut (URL)
into the questionnaire Confirmation page URL
field.

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 b. Click the Edit Questions button.
c. The first new question field will appear.
Complete the following to general settings
for the new question field.
i. Field Name
ii. Type
iii. New Field Length
iv. Precision
v. Required
Type Length Precision

Yes/No n/a n/a

Text length max length
Field Length and Precision will vary Essay columns rows
Radio n/a n/a
(or not be an option) depending on the field Type Checkboxes min # max # (not
selected. See the table to identify how to enter implemented
yet)
length and precision for each type. Dropdown n/a n/a
Rate 1..N Use "N/A"
Date n/a n/a
Numeric length precision
d. Enter the question into the Text box.

e. Enter all possible answers into the answer

fields below (one answer per field). Leave
the answer fields that you do not want to
use blank. Click the Add another answer
line button if you need to enter more than
10 possible answers.

f. Click the New Field button to create

another question.
g. When you have completed all questions,
click the Save & Return button.

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Copying Content from an Existing Questionnaire
14. If you selected to copy an existing questionnaire in
step 11 above:
a. Edit the general settings as/if desired
(Name, Title, Subtitle, Additional Info,
Confirmation Page, Email and Theme).

b. Click the Edit Questions button to open

the questions for editing.
c. Click the Reorder Questions button if you
want to reorder the questions.
d. Click the Preview button to view changes.
e. Click the Save & Return button to save
changes.