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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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  • About 4 minto complete
  • 26in the question bank
  • 5-pointagree scale
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Question 1 of 12 Who is answering
Which of these describes how you use [LMS Name]?
I take courses in it
I build or upload the courses
I administer it for other people
I manage people who take courses in it
Question 2 of 12 Who is answering
How often do you open [LMS Name]?
Most working days
A few times a month
Only when something is assigned to me
I have opened it once or twice
Question 3 of 12 Getting to the learning
I can find the course I am looking for in [LMS Name] without asking anyone.
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Question 4 of 12 Getting to the learning
Starting a course in [LMS Name] takes a reasonable number of clicks.
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Question 5 of 12 Getting to the learning
I can see how much of my assigned learning is still outstanding.
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Question 6 of 12 In your words
What is the one thing about [LMS Name] you would change?
Question 7 of 12 Whether it holds up
[LMS Name] responds quickly enough to keep up with me.
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Question 8 of 12 Whether it holds up
Getting into [LMS Name] works first time.
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Question 9 of 12 Whether it holds up
I can do what I need to do in [LMS Name] on the device I have with me.
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Strongly disagreeStrongly agree
Question 10 of 12 Platform or material
Think of the last time something in [LMS Name] frustrated you. What was it about?
The platform: finding it, opening it or getting through it
The material: what was actually in the course
Both at once
Nothing has frustrated me
Question 11 of 12 Platform or material
The courses I have taken in [LMS Name] were worth the time they took.
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Question 12 of 12 The one to trend
[LMS Name] makes it easy to do the learning I am asked to do.
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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.

Plain text, one question per line, with the answer scale.

Who is answering

Two questions that place the person.

  1. Which of these describes how you use [LMS Name]?Choose one, required: I take courses in it; I build or upload the courses; I administer it for other people; I manage people who take courses in itsplit every rating by this answer before you report it.
  2. How often do you open [LMS Name]?Choose one, required: Most working days; a few times a month; only when something is assigned to me; I have opened it once or twice

Getting to the learning

Find a course, start it, see what is due.

  1. I can find the course I am looking for in [LMS Name] without asking anyone.5-point agree, requireda low score points at search, labels and structure.
  2. Starting a course in [LMS Name] takes a reasonable number of clicks.5-point agree, required
  3. I can see how much of my assigned learning is still outstanding.5-point agree, requireda reporting fix, with nothing to change in the courses.
  4. What is the one thing about [LMS Name] you would change?Open text, optionalthe 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.

  1. [LMS Name] responds quickly enough to keep up with me.5-point agree, required
  2. Getting into [LMS Name] works first time.5-point agree, requiredlow scores go to whoever owns sign-in.
  3. I can do what I need to do in [LMS Name] on the device I have with me.5-point agree, required

Platform or course, then the one to track

Question 10 sorts every complaint by owner.

  1. Think of the last time something in [LMS Name] frustrated you. What was it about?Choose one, required: The platform: finding it, opening it or getting through it; the material: what was actually in the course; both at once; nothing has frustrated meread this one first; it sorts every other answer.
  2. The courses I have taken in [LMS Name] were worth the time they took.5-point agree, requiredthe one rating of the material, to set beside question 10.
  3. [LMS Name] makes it easy to do the learning I am asked to do.5-point agree, requiredthe 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.

  1. I can get the report I am asked for out of [LMS Name] without exporting it somewhere else.5-point agree
  2. Enrolling a group of people in [LMS Name] takes a reasonable amount of my time.5-point agree
  3. When I upload new material, [LMS Name] behaves the way I expected.5-point agree
  4. I can fix a permissions or access problem in [LMS Name] myself.5-point agree
  5. What do you have to do outside [LMS Name] that you would rather do inside it?Open textthe answers name the integration to add next.
  6. Which part of running [LMS Name] takes the most of your time?Choose one: list the jobs you suspect, plus other

Swap in: a new rollout or a migration

For the first survey after a move.

  1. Compared with the system we used before, [LMS Name] is easier to get around.5-point agree
  2. I was shown enough about [LMS Name] to start using it.5-point agreelow here with high scores above is a communication fix.
  3. Is there anything you could do in the old system that you cannot do now?Open text
  4. Did anything you had already completed go missing when we moved?Choose one: yes; no; I am not sureevery 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.

  1. I know why I have been assigned the courses in [LMS Name].5-point agree
  2. I am given enough time in my working week to complete what is assigned to me.5-point agreea scheduling conversation, where a reminder would change nothing.
  3. I can tell what happens if I do not finish something by its due date.5-point agree
  4. What stops you finishing assigned courses on time?Choose one, with an open other

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.

Answer bars flowing along a single track to a junction that routes them into two separate destinations, an application window on one branch and a stack of content cards on the other
Question 10 is the junction: platform answers go one way, course answers the other.

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?

Ask the person who hit it, which is what question 10 does. Course packages are built elsewhere and uploaded into the platform,[1] and LTI content can sit on another provider's system,[2] so one low score can have two owners.

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)
  1. Moodle Docs. SCORM activity. docs.moodle.org
  2. 1EdTech Consortium. Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI). 1edtech.org
  3. 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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Twelve questions, about four minutes, and every complaint lands with the person who can fix it.

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