Emailing Survey Quiz Results

Here is the email content in a text pad.

Hi Poornima,

The e-mailed results are provided in raw text format in the body of an e-mail (raw text is the most flexible and universal format without the need for outside or unique applications to access the data such as Word, Excel, etc). The recipient can then copy and paste the comma-separated output provided in the e-mailed results into a text file and open with Excel. After importing into Excel, you can select a "Table" format and it will organize the data into columns for better analysis. A common work flow for importing the text into Excel is as follows: 

1. Open Notepad 

2. Copy and paste the text from the email into Notepad 

3. Choose File > Save As 

4. Change the file type to All Files 

5. Type in the filename and include the .csv extension to create the CSV file 

6. After saving the file as a .CSV file, open Excel 

7. Open the CSV file in Excel and the text will be appropriately formatted

Thanks Brian... I have done this for Graded quiz. Will the same method work for a Survey type quiz? I have an essay type question as well. But could not find those inputs in my csv file.

Hi Poornima,

Yes, it should work the same way for a survey quiz.  

Is the email option mentioned only available via the Artiiculate LMS or is this something that can be accomplished in another manner? We use a different LCMS and are only able to pull survey results for individuals one at a time which is very time consuming.

Hi Isadelle,

You can enable the email results feature through an option in the failed and passed results slides:

http://www.articulate.com/support/quizmaker09/?p=100

See the 'Allow user to email results to' section in the link above.

Would you have to 'Allow user to email results to' and set it to your email? I have the same issue Isadelle has. I would like to create a survey using Quizmaker, but I'm not sure how my LMS would pass me back the results/statistics of the survey.

If I understood it right from the previous posting, I would have to set up to allow users to email results and then I would get separate emails with results from each of the users to then have to combine all the files? I'm not sure if this would be realistic/practical if we have many users...

Thanks for any insight here!

Hi Luana,

If you publish your survey to LMS, it will send the data to your LMS.  However, it's up to your LMS to interpret and process the data.  

Thanks for the prompt response!! Do you know of any one that would have experience doing that with Learn.com/Taleo?

Is there a way to change the subject line in the email that is generated ? The current title reads Quiz Results: 

I would like it to read Quiz Results: Course Title.

Hi Alice,

This screencast should get you pointed in the right direction:

https://player.vimeo.com/video/140219568

Is there a way to have survey results tally and show on the screen?  I have a quiz with 20 questions. I would like the user to see a tally like this.

A= 2  ( two questions answer with A)

B=5

C=10

D=3

Is this possible?

Hi Alice, 

The only way to format the results that way would be to try something like this:

http://www.articulate.com/support/quizmaker09/kb/?p=1296

Is that helpful?

Hi Peter,

I am new to Articulate and I published a survey on our LMS with EMAIL SURVEY RESULTS option enabled.

However, when I click on EMAIL RESULTS at the end of survey, i receive an empty email. Can you please guide me through this error.

Thanks

Welcome to Heroes, Uns!

When you click the button to email your quiz results, you may find that nothing happens or possibly a blank email with no information is sent.

Quizmaker relies on client-side mail programs, such as Outlook, to send email results.  Tighter security restrictions in modern browsers, operating systems, anti-virus programs, and anti-spam programs can interfere with this process.  Also, some mail applications, such as Lotus Notes and Groupwise, do not allow JavaScripts or HTML submits, which means the email results feature will not work with these programs.

For reliable and secure tracking of quiz results across a majority of platforms, Articulate recommends implementing a SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, or AICC compliant Learning Management System or Articulate Online.  Feel free to test drive a 30 day free trial of Articulate Online.

As an unsupported workaround, you could also consider using a server-side process to email results.

See also:

• Playback > Blank email results when answer choice contains an apostrophe

Jumping into the conversation because I am unsure how to get our LMS to provide what I need. So, here is my question, if I create a quiz and publish it to my LMS. Is there a way the LMS can provide me information on how a person answered a question? What settings would I need to use when I publish?

Thanks,

Hi Rhona!

By default, Articulate sends all question data to the LMS. After that, it is up to your LMS to determine how to process and display the data that is being sent to it. Bear in mind that some LMSes may not be able to process the data the way that you are looking for. Have you had a chance to speak with your LMS team about what you're hoping to see?

Hi,

Is emailing non-graded survey results an option in Articulate Storyline? Client has not yet got the LMS up and running.

Hi Aneeta! Storyline does not have a built-in e-mail results feature.  Someone in the community may be able to assist you with a solution though.

Jumping into this discussion. If I am using Knowledge Builder as my LMS, do you know if I incorporate a survey or quiz into my elearning, if the results can be shared back into KB so that I can see how users answered the questions. Finally, after the users take the quiz or suvery will they also be marked complete as having taken the course?  Thanks

Hi Tonya,

I don't know as much about Knowledge Builder, but this is typically the case with most LMSs but you'll want to check with your LMS about what types of questions/answers you can display in a report, i.e., whether they answered correctly, if it's a text entry what they answered, etc. 

Hi Tonya!

This article describes the quiz data that Articulate Quizmaker '13 communicates to an LMS. 

I am not familiar with Knowledge Builder though and how they may interpret this data.