LMS survey questions that separate the platform from the course
Twelve questions for everyone with a login, with one that says whether to fix the platform or the course.
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- 5-pointagree scale
LMS survey questions: the 12 to send and 14 to swap in
An LMS survey asks the people who use a learning management system how well the platform itself works for them: finding a course, starting it, seeing what is due and signing in. These twelve questions take about four minutes, and you can create a survey online from them with your platform named in each one.
Who is answering
Two questions that place the person.
- Which of these describes how you use [LMS Name]?split every rating by this answer before you report it.
- How often do you open [LMS Name]?
Getting to the learning
Find a course, start it, see what is due.
- I can find the course I am looking for in [LMS Name] without asking anyone.a low score points at search, labels and structure.
- Starting a course in [LMS Name] takes a reasonable number of clicks.
- I can see how much of my assigned learning is still outstanding.a reporting fix, with nothing to change in the courses.
- What is the one thing about [LMS Name] you would change?the sentence you will quote in the ticket.
Whether it holds up
Speed, sign-in and devices. When the trouble reaches past this platform, the technology survey covers every tool your staff use.
- [LMS Name] responds quickly enough to keep up with me.
- Getting into [LMS Name] works first time.low scores go to whoever owns sign-in.
- I can do what I need to do in [LMS Name] on the device I have with me.
Platform or course, then the one to track
Question 10 sorts every complaint by owner.
- Think of the last time something in [LMS Name] frustrated you. What was it about?read this one first; it sorts every other answer.
- The courses I have taken in [LMS Name] were worth the time they took.the one rating of the material, to set beside question 10.
- [LMS Name] makes it easy to do the learning I am asked to do.the number to track from one run to the next.
Swap in: administrators and course authors
For the people who build and run the system, sent behind a second link. Choosing or replacing a platform is a separate job, and the software evaluation survey does it.
- I can get the report I am asked for out of [LMS Name] without exporting it somewhere else.
- Enrolling a group of people in [LMS Name] takes a reasonable amount of my time.
- When I upload new material, [LMS Name] behaves the way I expected.
- I can fix a permissions or access problem in [LMS Name] myself.
- What do you have to do outside [LMS Name] that you would rather do inside it?the answers name the integration to add next.
- Which part of running [LMS Name] takes the most of your time?
Swap in: a new rollout or a migration
For the first survey after a move.
- Compared with the system we used before, [LMS Name] is easier to get around.
- I was shown enough about [LMS Name] to start using it.low here with high scores above is a communication fix.
- Is there anything you could do in the old system that you cannot do now?
- Did anything you had already completed go missing when we moved?every yes is a record to check by hand.
Swap in: assigned or compliance learning
For a catalog where courses are assigned. To decide what to assign next, run a training needs assessment.
- I know why I have been assigned the courses in [LMS Name].
- I am given enough time in my working week to complete what is assigned to me.a scheduling conversation, where a reminder would change nothing.
- I can tell what happens if I do not finish something by its due date.
- What stops you finishing assigned courses on time?
Who answers, when to send it and what to read first
Give the same link to everyone with a login, including people who open the platform once a month, and post it outside the platform too so anyone who could not sign in can still answer. Say "twelve questions, four minutes" up front: in a web experiment, shorter stated lengths drew more starts and more completions.[3] No question asks for a name.
Read question 10 first: platform answers go to whoever configures the system, material answers to the course owners. Then split every rating by the role in question 1, and track question 12 as the share who agree.
LMS survey FAQ
What questions should an LMS survey ask?
Ask who is answering and how often they log in, then whether they can find a course, start it, see what is due, sign in first time and work on their own device. Close on one overall rating you track every run.
How do you tell an LMS problem from a course problem?
What is the difference between an LMS survey and a course evaluation?
An LMS survey rates the platform every course sits in, and each person answers it once. A course evaluation rates one course and how it was taught, so people answer one per course.
Can students answer an LMS survey?
Yes. Every item suits anyone with a login. To hear how students rate the school or college as a whole, send the student satisfaction survey.
Michael Hodge, survey methodology · Updated 2 October 2026 · How templates are reviewed
Sources (3)
- Moodle Docs. SCORM activity. docs.moodle.org
- 1EdTech Consortium. Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI). 1edtech.org
- Galesic, M. and Bosnjak, M. Effects of Questionnaire Length on Participation and Indicators of Response Quality in a Web Survey. Public Opinion Quarterly 73(2), 2009, pages 349 to 360. academic.oup.com
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