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My office is brainstorming a way to capture class attendance and have the students answer questions about class content. My supervisor shared that in past roles, they used Red Cap (?) to do something similar.

 

We have a class (divided into four sections) that occurs every Wednesday but only one section attends the class that week; they follow a cycle throughout the academic year. At the end of class, we would like for the students to fill out a Qualtrics survey that asks them what they learned in class today and how they plan to apply it. 

 

The next time they are in class, we want them to open the Qualtrics survey to view their answer to that previous question and tell us about their experience implementing what they learned. They should not be able to edit what they previously typed and should just view it.

 

Then, in the same survey, they should fill out the same question of what they learned in class today and how they plan to apply it before the next class. The cycle continues from here.

 

Is this possible? I am new to piping text on Qualtrics and have been trying to research guides but this is a very specific use that we are attempting. I also am not sure if this would entail multiple surveys, or one survey that is edited after the first class occurs? 

 

Thank you in advance. 

Yes, it is possible with one survey using a contact list, authenticator, and a workflow to update embedded data in the contact list.

You wouldn’t need to edit the survey after the first class. You would use survey logic to see if the ‘answer’ embedded field was non-blank and then display their answer from the previous class. If the answer is blank they would go straight to the question about what they learned in today’s class. 

Hi TomG, thank you for your response!

 

I am sure that your response is very helpful but I am a beginner at Qualtrics so I don’t know where to start. I will try to go through the tutorials and informational pages on the Qualtrics Support site. 

 

I do better with videos so I will try to search for those, but please share any valuable resources you think could be helpful to put me on the right path.

 

Thank you!

@TomG  This page has information on pulling the data into a second survey but I am having trouble finding any resource that describes what you shared of keeping it all in one survey. 

 

Can you provide more detail on how the survey flow should work?

@TomG  This page has information on pulling the data into a second survey but I am having trouble finding any resource that describes what you shared of keeping it all in one survey. 

 

Can you provide more detail on how the survey flow should work?

The flow would be something like:

Authenticator (Student Contact List)
  Embedded Data: answer (Value will be set from Panel or URL)
  Branch: If answer is empty
    Block 1 (Display answer from previous class)
  Block 2 (Question about today's class)

Authenticator options:

  • Check ‘Allow authenticating respondents to retake authenticated section’
  • Do NOT check ‘Reload any previously saved progress upon authentication’

You would add a workflow to the survey to update the embedded field ‘answer’ in the contact list with the answer to the question about today’s class. 

@TomG  Can you help identify what I am doing wrong?
I have two question blocks: 

Previous

  • Text / graphic: Q1: ${e://Field/Learned} 
  • Text entry Q2: Review your previous answer and tell us about your experience implementing what you learned.

Today

  • Text entry Q3: What did you learn today and how do you plan to apply it?

Survey flow starts with the authenticator which works.
Authenticator
Set Embedded Data: "Learned" = Value will be set from Panel or URL
Then branch if - If What did you learned today and how do you plan to apply it? Text Response is Empty

  • Show Block: Previous

Show Block: Today

For Workflow, I am stuck.

  1. Survey response - A response was created or updated for TEST - Pipe Attendance
  2. All of the following are true: Embedded data > Learned > isn't empty

Thank you in advance. Qualtrics support is suggesting this be in two longitudinal surveys but I am hoping to avoid having to create multiple surveys over time. 
 

I think your branch condition is wrong:

Instead of:

Then branch if - If What did you learned today and how do you plan to apply it? Text Response is Empty

I think it should be:

Then branch if - If What did you learned today and how do you plan to apply it? “Learned” is not empty

Is that the only thing? I changed that and when testing the survey, I can only fill out the What did you learned today and how do you plan to apply it? I don’t think I go the workflow correctly because I am not sure how to set it so that a new response updates the embedded data.

 

If possible, can I add you as a collaborator to assist?

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