Curriculum Resources

This table compares the Moodle Questionnaire, Feedback and Choice tools' functionality.

	Questionnaire	Feedback	Choice
Best use	Gather data Conduct surveys Make choices	Gather data Conduct surveys Make choices	Quick polls to stimulate thinking about a topic, allow class to vote, gather opinions, check student understanding
Types of questions
Check boxes	Yes	Yes	No
Date box	Yes	No	No
Dropdown choices	Yes	Yes	No
Essay box	Yes	Yes	No
Numeric	Yes	Yes	No
Radio buttons	Yes	Yes	Yes
Scale - can customise in many ways	Yes	Limited functionality	No
Text box	Yes	Yes	No
Yes/no	Yes	No	No
You can also add:
Page breaks	Yes	Yes	No
Labels	Yes	Yes	No
Links, images etc. using the HTML Editor	Yes	No	No
Dependencies: Show an item depending on the value of another item (conditional branching)	Yes	Yes	No
Limits (how many students can select each particular choice)	No	No	Yes
Grading
Graded activity	Yes	No	No
Response options
Anonymous submissions	Yes	Yes	Yes
Students identified	Yes	Yes	Yes
Multiple submissions	Yes	Yes	Yes
Save/resume answers	Yes	No	No
Change answers	Yes	Yes	Yes
Students can view all (everyone’s) responses...
Never	Yes	Yes	Yes
After submitting their responses	Yes	Yes - summary only	Yes
After activity is closed	Yes	No	Yes
Always	Yes	N/A	Yes
Types of reports
Responses can be viewed filtered by everyone or selected group	Yes	No	Yes
Responses can be exported	Yes	Yes	Yes
View by response	Yes	Yes	Yes
View all responses	Yes	Yes	Yes
Content options
Create new from scratch	Yes	Yes	Yes
Copy existing and edit	Yes	Yes	Yes
Use public (create questions in one course and administer in multiple courses, collect and view all responses only in original course)	Yes	No	No

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