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Adjust course survey via Canvas

Before the course survey is sent out, you as the course manager have the opportunity to add questions and adjust the dates for when the survey is sent out. On this page you will find guidance on how to find the survey in Canvas and make these adjustments.

New system for course evaluation and course analysis in use from study period 3 VT25

These pages describe the new system for course evaluation and course analysis that is being used from study period 3, spring semester 2025. It replaces the previous system, LEQ.

System support for automatically initiated action plans  will be operational starting at the end of study period 1, HT25. Functionality for course coordinators to add more authorized users to surveys has been requested by the supplier but we don't know when it will be in place.

Find the survey

You can find the survey by going to the course room in Canvas and clicking on "Course Evaluation" in the course menu. A pop-up window may appear asking you to authorize the feature to access your account. If so, click on "Authorize". After that, a view will appear where you can see your course evaluation, the survey’s status, and the dates it will be open. The default language of the survey is the teaching language of the course instance. 

In the survey view, the name of the course evaluation, the status, and the survey’s dates are displa

Adjust survey send date

If you click on your survey, you will be taken to a settings view where you can adjust the send date of the survey. By default, the survey is set to be sent out on the Monday after the course’s end date, but you can change this to up to 35 days earlier or up to 7 days later. To change the date, select a date in the date picker under "The survey opens". The closing date of the survey is locked to 11 days after your selected start date.

In the field for "The survey opens", you can select a date using a date picker.

Click "Save" to save your chosen date. Note: If you select today’s date, the survey will not be published immediately but during the next sync, which occurs overnight.

Review of text answers

If you activate the "Review of text answers" feature, a moderator from your school will review the free text responses that students write when they respond to the survey. The purpose of the review is to reduce discomfort for the teacher, not to change the student feedback. Moderation should therefore be limited to a minimum and only include text that can be perceived as inappropriate, irrelevant or offensive. The starting point is that the comments should be relevant to the development of the course. Please note that activating this means that it may take a few days before you can see the results after the survey has closed.

Add questions

To add questions, go to the "Content" tab in the survey. At the bottom of the common questions, there is a green "+" button. Click it to add a question. A box will then appear where you can choose which question type you want. You can add questions in the formats of Yes/No, radio buttons or free text. For free text, the type "Field" is a smaller text box, and "Memo" is a bigger text box. 

Box to pick question type

Once you add a question, it is automatically saved.

Note! Translate custom questions

The students can view the survey in both Swedish and English, so it is a good idea to translate the questions you create yourself. You can do this by clicking on the pen icon to the right of the question and then switching languages at the top of the editing box that appears. If you do not add a translation, the question will be displayed in the language in which you originally entered it.

Next to the question there is a button called "Advanced editing"
At the top of the advanced question editor, select the language in which you want to edit the questi

Do you have questions?

If you are experiencing technical issues, please contact it-support@kth.se .

If you have any questions about the course evaluation, course analysis, or KTH's quality assurance processes, please contact kvalitetssamordning@kth.se .