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Surveys

Pawtograder’s surveys feature allows you to provide feedback on courses, assignments, and instructors. Your responses help improve the learning experience for everyone.

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Accessing Surveys

Navigate to the Surveys tab in the main navigation menu to see all surveys assigned to your course. You’ll also see incomplete surveys highlighted on your dashboard.
If there is no Surveys tab, your instructor has turned the Surveys feature off for the course. A survey also stays hidden until its available date passes, and instructors can assign a survey to a subset of students rather than the whole course.
Surveys page showing available surveys with status and due dates

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Dashboard Survey Notifications

Your student dashboard displays a Surveys to complete banner listing every available survey you have not submitted yet. Each row shows:
  • Status badge: Overdue (red), In progress (yellow), or Pending (blue)
  • Due date: Relative text, such as “Due in 2 days” or “Was due 3 hours ago”
  • Action button: Take survey, or Continue if you have a saved draft
Overdue surveys are listed first to help you prioritize. Once you submit, the survey drops off this banner; find it again under Active Surveys further down the dashboard, or on the Surveys page.
Dashboard Surveys to complete banner with two rows, Week 1 Team Collaboration Survey due in 10 days and Course Experience Survey due in 18 days, each carrying a Pending badge and a Take survey button

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Survey Cards

Each survey card displays:
  • Survey title and description: What the survey is about
  • Due date and time: When your instructor asked you to complete it (shown in your course time zone)
  • Current status: Your progress on the survey (Not Started, In Progress, or Completed)
  • Submission timestamp: When you submitted (if completed)

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Survey Status Filters

Use the filter buttons at the top of the surveys page to find specific surveys:

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Understanding Survey Status

On the Surveys page, your progress on each survey is shown with a badge — Not Started, In Progress (red), or Completed — and the action button matches it: Start Survey, Continue Survey, or View Submission. The dashboard’s Active Surveys card uses a longer set with its own colors: Not started (blue), In progress (yellow), Submitted (editable) (green), and Submitted (locked) (gray), with buttons Start, Continue, Edit, and View. The banner above it uses a third set: Overdue (red), In progress (yellow), Pending (blue), with Take survey or Continue.
The same survey can be labelled three different ways depending on where you see it, and the colors differ too — a survey in progress shows red on the Surveys page and yellow on the dashboard. The status is the same either way; only the styling changes.

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Taking a Survey

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Starting a New Survey

  1. Find a survey with “Not Started” status
  2. Click the green Start Survey button
  3. Read each question carefully
  4. Complete all required questions (marked with a red asterisk *)
  5. Click Complete to submit your responses
An open, unanswered Course Experience Survey: two required questions marked with a red asterisk, each answered on a 1-to-5 scale with labelled endpoints, then two optional free-text comment boxes, and a Complete button at the bottom

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Continuing an In-Progress Survey

If the survey allows editing, your answers are saved as you go, so an unfinished survey is waiting for you where you left it. (If it does not allow editing, nothing is saved until you submit — see the note below.) To pick a draft back up:
  1. Find the survey with In Progress status
  2. Click Continue Survey
  3. Your earlier answers are already filled in, so you pick up where you left off
  4. Complete any remaining questions and click Complete to submit
You can also reach the same draft from your dashboard, where the survey appears in the Surveys to complete banner and the Active Surveys card with a Continue button.
If the survey allows editing, your answers are saved automatically as you answer questions, so you can close the browser and return later without losing your work. If it does not allow editing, nothing is saved until you click Complete — finish that survey in one sitting.

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Survey Due Dates

Each survey shows a due date set by your instructor. The due date is a soft deadline: after it passes the survey is flagged as overdue, but it still accepts responses. Late submissions are not blocked.
Your submission time is recorded and visible to your instructor, so submit by the due date whenever you can. A survey stops accepting responses only when your instructor closes it, which also removes it from your Surveys page.

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Editing Your Responses

Some surveys allow you to edit your responses after submission. When editing is enabled, you’ll see a green notification:
“You can edit your response since editing is allowed for this survey.”
To edit a completed survey:
  1. Click View Submission on the survey card
  2. Modify any of your responses
  3. Click Complete to save your changes
When editing is not allowed, you’ll see a yellow notification:
“This survey has been submitted and cannot be edited.”
Your original responses will be shown in read-only mode.
Not all surveys allow editing after submission. Check for the editing notification before assuming you can make changes later.

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Viewing Your Submissions

To review what you submitted:
  1. Find the survey with “Completed” status
  2. Click View Submission
  3. Your submitted answers will be displayed
If editing is allowed, you can modify your responses from this same page.

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Question Types

Surveys may include different types of questions:

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Tips for Completing Surveys

  • Read questions carefully: Make sure you understand what’s being asked
  • Answer honestly: Your genuine feedback helps improve the course
  • Complete required questions: Questions with a red asterisk (*) must be answered
  • Don’t wait until the last minute: Submit before the deadline to avoid issues
  • Check your responses: Review your answers before clicking Complete