Pulse surveys are often completed anonymously, but if there is a need to identify students so that their responses can be sent to appropriate people, for example, tutee information to tutors, or an individual’s welfare concerns to the senior tutor, the surveys can be set up to capture identifying information. It is important to inform students how their responses will be used and who will have access to the information. 

Anonymous surveys can be created in ICT-supported tools: Blackboard, Qualtrics, Microsoft Forms and Mentimeter. Mentimeter is designed to be used in real-time with visualisations of responses shared with participants, but the participant link can also be distributed or embedded elsewhere, e.g. in a Blackboard course, for asynchronous participation.

A non-anonymous survey can be created in a Blackboard course and made available to students in the course content. Non-anonymous survey data downloaded from Blackboard must be stored in a secure location, such as OneDrive for Business or SharePoint. Any sensitive information should be encrypted for storing or sharing.

Over half of students report that they do not get enough opportunity to provide feedback on their courses. Pulse surveys are a quick and simple tool to facilitate dialogue between students and teachers.

For help, please contact your Faculty Ed Tech Team or ICT.

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