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.