Qualtrics LTI Tool

What is this?

Qualtrics is a survey and quiz tool.

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.

How do I create a Qualtrics survey?

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. Your institution may provide additional Qualtrics support.

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

How do I attach a Qualtrics survey to a course?

Your institution has made this tool available in your LMS or course-management system. You can add placements of this tool to your course there, and then link them to individual Qualtrics surveys.

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

How do I grade a Qualtrics survey?

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, all lowercase).
  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.