Qualtrics is a survey and quiz tool. UT Austin has its own Qualtrics instance that you can use for free.

This tool allows you to create a survey or quiz in Qualtrics and offer it to your students through Canvas as a graded activity. Grades can be either completion grades, or a grade calculated by Qualtrics.

If you already know how to set up a survey or quiz in Qualtrics, great! There's only a few additional steps to link it to Canvas; skip to the next item to find out how.

If you need help setting up a quiz in Qualtrics, Login to Qualtrics then click the 'Help' link in the upper right.

Also see 'How do I grade a Qualtrics survey?' to learn how to set up a survey for grading.

1. You can install this tool via the UT App Store.
2. After installing this tool in your course, you may then add it as a module item or an assignment in Canvas.

1. If you haven't already, install this tool into your course, as described above.
2. Open your course in Canvas.
3. Click on the 'Assignments' link on the left-hand side of the page.
4. Click the blue '+ Assignment' button in the upper-right of the page.
5. Under 'Submission Type', choose 'External Tool'.
6. When asked to find a URL, click the 'Find' button and select 'Qualtrics LTI'.
7. Fill out everything else as you would for any other Canvas assignment.
8. Open the assignment and follow the instructions you find there.

Also see 'How do I grade a Qualtrics survey?' to learn how to set up a survey for grading.

If you want a participation score (where every student gets 100%),

1. Edit your survey and click 'Survey Flow'.
2. Add a new 'End of Survey' element
3. Click 'Customize'
4. Select 'Redirect to a URL'.
5. For the URL, enter

   ${e://Field/return_url}?Score=100&MaxScore=100

If you want to calculate a grade in Qualtrics,*

1. Set up a Scoring category in Qualtrics and score your questions.
2. Edit your survey and click 'Survey Flow'.
3. Click 'Add a New Element Here'.
4. Choose an 'Embedded Data' element.
5. When asked for an 'Embedded Data Field Name', enter 'score' (no quotes).
6. Click 'Set a Value Now'.
7. Choose 'Insert Piped Text' > 'Scoring' and select your scoring category.
8. Still in the 'Survey Flow' screen, click add a new 'End of Survey' element.
9. Click 'Customize'.
10. Select 'Redirect to a URL'. For the URL, enter

    ${e://Field/return_url}?Score=${e://Field/score}&MaxScore=100

*The above assumes that a perfect score is 100 points. If your survey is different, change the '100' on the end of the URL to your maximum possible score.