Survey Examples

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 learners 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
    Survey Example Informal Poll

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
  • Written Response
  • Multi-Short Answer
    Survey Example Informal Evaluation

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
  • Written Response or Short Answer
    Survey Example Learning Styles

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
    Survey Example Learning Resources

Pose open-ended questions to determine areas of learner confusion

You can use Short and Written Response 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
    Survey Example Quiz