Surveys

Defaults and behaviour of the Surveys tool.

Access these settings under Administration > Configuration settings > Surveys. This category contains 12 settings, listed below with the title and comment shipped in the platform's settings fixtures (SettingsCurrentFixtures.php).

The variable name in code is shown in monospace. Use it when scripting via the API or when you need to change those settings at a global level by editing config/settings_override.yaml.

Settings

extend_rights_for_coach_on_survey

Extend rights for tutors on surveys

Enable this option to allow tutors to create and edit surveys

Default: true

hide_survey_edition

Prevent survey edition

Prevent editing surveys for all surveys listed here (by code). Use * to prevent edition of all surveys.

hide_survey_reporting_button

Hide survey reporting button

Allows admins to hide survey reporting button if surveys are used to survey teachers.

Default: false

show_pending_survey_in_menu

Show "Pending surveys" in menu

Display a menu item that lets users access their pending surveys.

Default: false

show_surveys_base_in_sessions

Display surveys from base course in all session courses

[inferred] Make surveys from the base course visible and available to learners in all related session courses.

Default: false

survey_additional_teacher_modify_actions

Add additional actions (as links) to survey lists for teachers

Add actions (usually connected to plugins) in the list of surveys. Use array syntax ['myplugin' => ['MyPlugin', 'urlGeneratorCallback']].

survey_allow_answered_question_edit

Allow teachers to edit survey questions after students answered

[inferred] Allow instructors to modify survey questions even after learners have submitted responses.

Default: false

survey_anonymous_show_answered

Allow teachers to see who answered in anonymous surveys

Allow teachers to see which learners have already answered an anonymous survey. This only appears once more than one user has answered, so it remains difficult to identify who answered what.

Default: false

survey_backwards_enable

Enable 'previous question' button in surveys

[inferred] Enable a "previous question" navigation button to allow learners to review earlier survey questions.

Default: false

survey_duplicate_order_by_name

Order by student name when using survey duplication feature

The survey duplication feature is oriented towards teachers and is meant to ask teachers to give their appreciation about each student in order. This option will order the questions by learner's lastname.

Default: true

survey_email_sender_noreply

Survey e-mail sender (no-reply)

Should survey invitations use the tutor e-mail address or the no-reply address defined in the main configuration section?

Default: coach (the "Course tutor email sender" choice — the stored value is unchanged from earlier Chamilo versions, but the option is labeled "tutor" in the interface)

survey_mark_question_as_required

Mark all survey questions as 'required' by default

[inferred] Automatically mark all newly created survey questions as required responses by default.

Default: false