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Survey Notifications for Self Paced Courses In Canvas

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The following article describes the ability to integrate the Course Evaluations & Surveys survey notification into asynchronous Self Paced courses inside of Canvas.

This feature enables the Course Evaluations & Surveys survey notifications to fire at the Pages level inside of a Canvas course.

This ability can be used in conjunction with modules configured with prerequisites to develop an integrated evaluation inside of Canvas to fire the survey notification on a specific Page.

NOTE

Working in both Course Evaluations & Surveys and Canvas is required for the successful deployment of this functionality.

CONFIGURING THE SELF PACED SURVEY NOTIFICATION FOR CANVAS:

  1. In the Project, navigate to Properties (tab) > Student Survey Notification Settings > then Select Enable Student Survey Notification Settings > Save.
    The Student Survey Notification Settings section showing an option to enable project‑specific notification settings that override account‑level defaults for the LMS.
  2. After saving a new option will be available, go to Properties > Student Survey Notification Settings > Select Enable for Self Paced Courses
    The student survey notification settings panel showing options to control reminder behavior, including self‑paced course enablement and limits for 'Do It Later' or 'Come Back Later' actions.

    NOTE

    DO NOT select Show Do it Later button. Selecting this option will cause the survey notification to NOT fire at the Page level.

  3. Navigate to the Canvas Course to be enabled with Pages level survey notifications. Select Page to be enabled with the survey notification. Highlight and copy the portion of the URL seen below: ex. /courses/2388486/pages/module-survey?module_item_id=. The Canvas course page showing a published 'Module Survey' page under the Pages section, with navigation links, page status controls, and Previous and Next buttons displayed.

    NOTE

    The Self Paced Feature can only be enabled for one naming convention for the Page to be enabled with the survey notification. The Page can be named to a title of your choosing (ex. Module Survey, Course Evaluation) but the title must be reused for each intended instance for the survey notification.

  4. Project Project Properties Student Survey Notification Settings Self Paced Courses Identifier Paste highlighted portion of URL Save. The student survey notification settings panel showing options to control reminder behavior, with 'Enable for Self Paced Courses' selected and the self‑paced course identifier field containing a course page URL.
  5. Test feature Deploy Survey Login to Canvas Course as student, select survey enabled Page in Canvas Receive Survey Notification.
    The Canvas course page showing a modal prompt titled 'Please Complete Your Course Evaluations!' with explanatory text and a highlighted 'Go To Survey' button displayed over the Module Survey page.

EXAMPLE SELF PACED STUDENT WORK FLOW:

After following the steps above the feature will be enabled. The following is an example student work flow to illustrate how a user interacts with the Enable Self Paced Survey Notification inside of Canvas.

Note: This is only intended as a view into the workflow for the Course Evaluations & Surveys Pages survey notification, not as a guide for how to setup Canvas.

  1. Student accesses a course containing modules configured with prerequisites.
    The Canvas course Modules page showing the course navigation sidebar on the left and an expanded 'Module 1' section on the right with multiple module items listed.
  2. Student completes all components of module to open up access to Page tied to survey. Student selects Page enabled with survey notification.
    The Canvas course page showing a modal prompt titled 'Please Complete Your Course Evaluations!' with explanatory text and a highlighted 'Go To Survey' button displayed over the Module Survey page.
  3. Student is taken to survey Completes survey Submits survey. The student course evaluation page showing a confirmation modal for a self paced course with course details displayed and Cancel and Submit buttons visible over the survey response form.
  4. Student is taken to Course Evaluations & Surveys Dashboard inside of Canvas. The self paced course surveys page showing the Student Course Evaluations section with a completed self paced course survey listed, including institution name, survey availability dates, and completion timestamp.
  5. Student navigates back to course home Continues engagement with course material. The Canvas course Modules page showing an expanded module with completed lesson items, a knowledge check, and progress indicators confirming module completion status.
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