> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.deandesk.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Surveys > Collect feedback from the students in a course you teach, adjust survey settings, and read the results. > [!NOTE] > > **School-level feature** — managed within your school portal at `yourschool.deandesk.com`.## Video walkthrough \ \[Download the video](/videos/tutorials/teaching-surveys.mp4) · Download English captions > [!NOTE] > > This walkthrough uses the real DeanDesk interface with the fictional Northstar Academy demo school and a calm, AI-generated English voice. Payments and outside services are not connected in the demo.The **Surveys** tab in the [course sidebar](/teaching/course-tour.md) is where you ask students for feedback, such as a unit check-in or an end-of-term reflection. Surveys aren't graded. As the course teacher, you build them here and see the results as students respond.## The survey listOpen **Surveys** in the course sidebar. Each survey appears as a card showing:- its title and description - how many questions it has - **Identified** or **Anonymous**, depending on whether responses carry students' names - **Multiple submissions**, when students can answer more than once - **Due:** with the due date, or **No due date****Teacher view**You see **Create Survey** at the top of the page. Each card has an **Analytics** tag, a **View Analytics** button, and an **Edit** button.**Student view**Each card shows the student's status: **Not submitted**, **Submitted**, or **Past due**. Students click **Take Survey** to answer, or **View Responses** to see what they've already submitted.## Create a surveyClick **Create Survey**. Enter a **Survey Title** and **Description**, an optional due date and time, and add your questions. Questions can be multiple choice, a rating scale, or a short answer. Click **Save Survey** to publish it to the course.The [Surveys guide](/lms/surveys.md#creating-a-survey) covers the question builder and each question type in detail.## Change survey settings**1. Open the survey**Click **Edit** on the survey's card, or on its analytics page.**2. Adjust the details and settings**Change the title, description, due date, or questions. Under **Survey Settings**, turn on **Keep Responses Anonymous** to hide students' names from the results, or **Allow multiple submissions** to let students answer more than once.**3. Save or cancel**Click **Update Survey** to save your changes, or **Cancel** to leave without saving.> [!NOTE] > > Students see an **Anonymous** label on anonymous surveys before they answer, so they know their name won't appear in the results.## Read the resultsClick **View Analytics** on a survey's card. Under **Survey Analytics**, the summary cards show:- **Submitted** — how many enrolled students have answered, out of the class total - **Missing** — how many haven't answered yet - **Submissions** — the total number of responses, including repeats - **Avg Attempts** — the average number of responses per student**Question Analytics** then shows a result for each question:- **Rating** questions show the **Latest average** and a chart of how the ratings spread out, plus a trend line once there are responses over time. - **Multiple choice** questions show a bar for each option. - **Short answer** questions list each written response with the student's name and the date.For surveys that aren't anonymous, **Respondent Analytics** lists each student with their attempts and, when they've answered more than once, how their answers changed. At the bottom, **Submissions** lists every response in full.Anonymous surveys show **Responses anonymous** and hide names throughout. Click **Back to Surveys** to return to the list.## Related- [Surveys](/lms/surveys.md) — the full guide to building surveys and question types - [Assignments](/teaching/assignments.md) — graded work for the course - [Course tour](/teaching/course-tour.md) — every tab in the course sidebar This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.