The enrolment questionnaire
Up to 5 questions of four types, optional or required, asked when students first open the course and locked once answered.
Editor → Settings → Onboarding
The questionnaire asks students a few questions the first time they open your course: what they already know, say, or what they hope to learn. It lives in Course Settings → Onboarding. Answers arrive in the Creator Dashboard under Questionnaires.
How to set one up
- 1.
Open Course Settings → Onboarding and turn on Enable Questionnaire.
- 2.
Turn on Required if students must answer before the course opens.
- 3.
Choose Add Question, pick its type and write it. Preview shows it as students will.
- 4.
Choose Save.
The question types
- Multiple Choice
- One answer from a list.
- Checkboxes
- Any number of answers from a list.
- Text Input
- A short written answer.
- Rating Scale
- 1 to 5 stars.
Rules and limits
- Up to 5 questions. Each needs its text, and a list question needs at least 2 options.
- Once anyone has answered, the questions are locked.
- An optional questionnaire is offered once and can be skipped; a required one keeps the course closed until it is answered.
- Turning it on, or making it required, after students joined asks each of them on their next visit.
- You, your collaborators and ACADA staff are never asked.
If something goes wrong
- "Maximum questions reached"
- Five is the most. Remove one to add another.
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