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How do I get user response data out of Likert Survey responses?
I guess I'm not getting it but what is the purpose of the Likert survey type questions in SL? When I click "Submit" where is the data going? Does it only work with Articulate Online or another LMS?
I'd like to be able to have each selection set a value to a variable which could then be used to deliver custom content based on how the user replied to the survey. For example, they rated themselves low on a set of questions so I want SL to suggest they study a certain set of slides. Likewise if they rated themselves high they would be directed to skip a another set of slides.
I can do this with button sets and multiple variables without using either quiz or survey slides but it can be pretty tedious. I'm wondering how and why anyone would use the built in Likert Survey questions... i.e., how do I get the user data out of them so I can do something useful with it... Or is there another way?
I should mention that I want to have 3-4 "questions" on each slide so Jeanette's suggestion doesn't quite work for me.
Would something like this work? I did not use the built in likert quiz or radio buttons. I created the buttons using shapes and then added a bunch of variables and triggers to calculate a value when each button is clicked.
Once all questions have been answered I tally a score and then display the results associated with that score. I was thinking that you could add buttons or something on each result layer to redirect the learner to some additional information.
Note that I have this designed so that it sends all of the data to an html page when the user clicks the generate report button on the last page - I have not included the report file here since I don't think this is something you want to do.
Nancy, this is super. Thanks for sharing.
And out of curiosity, because I've wondered myself, what can the built-in Likert survey do? I've wondered about that ever since I first saw (and have used) Jeanette's model, since she chooses MC questions rather than the Likert.
Hi Rebecca, to be honest I don't really know what it can do. It is a survey type question so there is no evaluation and there is no way to consolidate responses from multiple users so not really sure what value it is as designed right now.
Tx. Interesting that it's there, but can't be used for eval purposes. I wonder if Articulate are planning to add value to it in the next release.
Thanks all for joining in the conversation. So it appears that the Likert Survey questions serve no real purpose. Anyone on the Articulate team care to chime in and let us know how (or even why) we should use them? What is the use case?
Hey guys,
Looks like we have this marked in our base as something to improve / fix. I'll ask for an update and post back here with any information I can share.
Thanks for the discussion
Brett, thanks for asking, since I for one was scratching my head. And nice to know I wasn't alone.
Peter, thanks for responding. Looking forward to hearing more on this.
Tx, all!
Thought I was going crazy for a while there so good to know I haven't lost all my marbles yet... And thanks Peter for the reply, we'll be looking forward to new info here.
Glad you guys are on it - it was doing my head in! The likert does seem to create some variables, but doesn't use them. For the time being it's make your own likert!
Hi all, just wanted to say thank-you for clarifying this for people like me who assume likert polls should return variables.
Thanks for offering an alternative, anyway.
Also to let Articulate know this is a major feature request!
Thanks
