What is the difference between archive and delete?

Archiving does not erase the survey data permanently from CATME. However, if you delete an activity, then all the data has been completely erased from the CATME systems. If you provided CATME data for research purposes, deleting the survey will clear out this data.

How do I delete an activity?

To delete an activity in CATME, the activity must first be archived. To archive an activity, select the activity from your Quick Summary page and then select the “Archive Activity” button located on the bottom right corner of the screen. Once you have archived the activity, scroll down on the “Activity Editor” page and select the “Delete” button to delete all the data from the survey permanently.

How can I allow other faculty to have access to the survey information?

Instructors can be delegated during the survey creation process. It can also be accessed by clicking the “Delegate Instructors” button on the Activity Editor page.

Select the instructor(s) you want to delegate from the list on the page and click the “Delegate” button.

Clicking the “Reset Delegation” button will reset all delegation information back to the default, which means only you will have access to the survey information.

To finish, click the “Next” button if you are currently creating a survey, or the “Finished” button if you’re editing a survey

For a multi-section survey, select each section and then delegate the faculty. Note that if you do not include your own name in a section, you will not have access to that specific section, although as the survey creator you will always have access to the “master” survey view.

For More information, watch our video on CATME Faculty Delegation.

How do I modify the survey start and end dates?

Click on the activity you want to edit. Then you can edit the start and end date fields on the left side of the “Activity Editor” page.

Note that you are allowed to adjust the survey start and end date even when the survey is currently “active”. For example, you may want to extend the survey end date to allow more students to complete the survey. If you extend the end date to reopen a survey that has ended, students who have not completed the survey will automatically receive a notice (via email) from the system that the survey has been re-opened. Similarly, they will receive the standard survey close warning 48 hours before the new end date is reached.

Why is CATME creating duplicate surveys?

An apparent duplicate survey is created when you have one class but use the section column. One apparent survey is the master survey for a class with multiple sections and there will also be one survey listed for each section. Unless you have more than one section in your class, DO NOT use the section column. When you delete the section column in your CSV file, only one survey will be created.

What is a multi-section survey?

Classes with multiple sections can use CATME in two main ways: either making a different class for each section, or creating one class and separating the activities into sections. This latter option is referred to as a multi-section survey.

Special functionalities available to “multi-section” surveys include:

  • Setting different survey start and end dates for each section
  • Modifying survey parameters for each section
  • Different faculty can be delegated for each section

Note that these can all be achieved by having separate classes for each section. Feel free to experiment with both multi-section and basic survey functionality and decide which makes the most sense for your particular application.

To create a multi-section survey, upload a student list that defines the special “Section” field. For more information on the file format, see the CSV File Format page.

If you created the survey with multiple sections, then you will see one entry for the survey as a whole, which allows you to administer all sections simultaneously; then one additional entry per section (indicated by the section name in parentheses), which allows you to administer each section as an individual unit.

How do I change the survey intro?

Click on the activity you want to edit, then click on the “Edit Activity Intro” button on the “Activity Editor” page.

You may modify the text box in the middle of this screen. The Preview Text button will update the bottom half of the screen and allow you to see how your text will appear to the students.

When you are satisfied with your changes, click the Save button in the upper-right corner. Save and Return will save your changes and return to the previous screen. Cancel returns to the previous screen without saving your changes.

Note that the text should be formatted using standard HTML. Common HTML formatting commands include:

  • Create paragraph breaks by putting a <P> tag at the end of the paragraph
  • To make the text Bold type <B>, to end bold type </B>
  • To make the text Italicized type <I>, to end italics type </I>
  • To Underline the text type a <U>, to end underline type </U>
  • To change the font color type <font color=”color”>, to end the font color type </font> (where color equals red, blue, purple, green, etc.)

You can make the text bold, italicized, underlined, and a different color by putting your commands next to each other (<B><I><U><font color=”green”>your text</font></U></I></B>). Don’t forget to end your formatting by placing the appropriate < / > for each format that you have added.

Can I reuse an old activity?

No, old CATME surveys cannot be used as new surveys. CATME needs the data from new surveys to get an accurate unique student count.