ONLINE QUESTIONNAIRE PLATFORM

INSTRUCTOR GUIDE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview of the instructor questionnaire platform ___________________________ 1
Knowledge Evaluation and Peer-to-Peer Evaluation __________________________ 2
Knowledge Evaluation Questionnaires ________________________________________________ 2
Peer-to-Peer Evaluation Questionnaires _______________________________________________ 3

Reviewing Pre-defined Questionnaires ____________________________________ 4

Creating your own questionnaires ________________________________________ 5
New questionnaire based on an existing one ___________________________________________ 5
New questionnaire ________________________________________________________________ 6

Activating a questionnaire for your course _________________________________ 8

Reports ______________________________________________________________ 9
Knowledge Evaluation Questionnaire Reports __________________________________________ 9
Peer-to-Peer Evaluation Questionnaire Reports _______________________________________10

TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1 StratX Peer-to-Peer evaluation questionnaire _______________________ 3
Figure 2 Reviewing a knowledge evaluation questionnaire ____________________ 4
Figure 3 Reviewing the answers to a question ______________________________ 4
Figure 4 Creating a new knowledge evaluation questionnaire __________________ 5
Figure 5 Modifying a question and its answers ______________________________ 6
Figure 6 Creating a new peer-to-peer evaluation questionnaire ________________ 6
Figure 7 Creating a new question (part 1) __________________________________ 7
Figure 8 Creating a new question (part 2) __________________________________ 7
Figure 9 Activating a questionnaire _______________________________________ 8
Figure 10 Sample Overall Scores report (Knowledge evaluation) _______________ 9
Figure 11 Sample Detailed Scores report (Knowledge evaluation) ______________ 9
Figure 12 Sample Excel exported file (Knowledge evaluation) _________________ 10
Figure 13 Sample Overall Scores report (Peer-to-peer evaluation) ____________ 10
Figure 14 Sample Detailed Scores report (Peer-to-peer evaluation) ___________ 11
Figure 15 Sample Excel exported file (Peer-to-peer evaluation) _______________ 11
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OVERVIEW OF THE INSTRUCTOR QUESTIONNAIRE

PLATFORM
The Online Questionnaire Platform is a tool where instructors can create
questionnaires to:

evaluate the participant knowledge in specific topics such as marketing or Blue

Ocean Strategy;

make sure that they have read and understood the pre-reading materials;

conduct peer-to-peer assessments.

This questionnaire platform is built into the StratX Simulations website and is very easy
to use, both for instructors and students.
It proposes pre-defined templates, but also offers to professors the ability to create
custom questionnaires. Participants have the option to start, stop and resume
questionnaires at any time.
Analyzing the results of each questionnaire is made simple with multiple reports to
view and export to Excel.

We hope you enjoy this exciting and helpful tool!

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KNOWLEDGE EVALUATION AND PEER-TO-PEER

EVALUATION
There are two types of questionnaires: Knowledge Evaluation and Peer-to-Peer
Evaluation.

A Knowledge Evaluation Questionnaire is a set of multiple-choice questions to

be answered by each participant. It is aimed at testing their knowledge in a
given topic.

A Peer-to-Peer Evaluation Questionnaire is a set of questions to examine the

capabilities and behavior of participants. Each participant is evaluated by
his/her teammates.

KNOWLEDGE EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRES

The Knowledge Evaluation Questionnaires is a set of multiple-choice questions to be
answered by each participant.
Evaluation of participant comprehension can be on the subject of your choice, i.e.:
Marketing or Blue Ocean Strategy theory, simulation pre-reading materials, etc
The following is a list of pre-defined Knowledge Evaluation questionnaires. Full
descriptions are available online when reviewing each questionnaire:
Markstrat questionnaires:

Understanding Marketing Mix

Understanding Strategic Marketing

Understanding Market Studies

Applying Marketing in Markstrat

Introduction 1

Introduction 2

Blue Ocean Strategy Simulation questionnaires:

Blue Ocean Strategy Theory

BOSS - Introduction to Round Red

Introduction to Round Blue-1 & Blue-2

Introduction to Round Blue-3

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PEER-TO-PEER EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRES

The Peer-to-Peer Evaluation Questionnaires is a set of questions to examine the
capabilities and behavior of team participants. Each participant is evaluated by his/her
teammates.
The fixed set of responses for peer-to-peer questions are: Poor, Fair, Average, Good
and Excellent.
StratX proposes the unique template shown below. We have tried to cover the most
important aspects of behavior and capabilities in only six questions.

Figure 1 StratX Peer-to-Peer evaluation questionnaire

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REVIEWING PRE-DEFINED QUESTIONNAIRES

To review a pre-defined questionnaire click on:
Creation > Select a simulation > Select a questionnaire
You can look at a pre-defined questionnaire or one that you created by selecting it
from the list. See below a sample Knowledge Evaluation questionnaire:

Figure 2 Reviewing a knowledge evaluation questionnaire

To review the answers, click on the question number.

Figure 3 Reviewing the answers to a question

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CREATING YOUR OWN QUESTIONNAIRES

There are two options for creating your own questionnaires; you can modify one of the
pre-defined questionnaires or create a brand new one.
If you choose to create a brand new questionnaire, be sure to put a good amount of
time aside for this because you must generate the questions as well as the correct
responses and a few incorrect ones.

NEW QUESTIONNAIRE BASED ON AN EXISTING ONE

To create a new questionnaire based on an existing one, click on:
Creation > Select a simulation > Select a questionnaire > New questionnaire based on
the selected one
Now you can enter the title, description and click on Save Questionnaire.

Figure 4 Creating a new knowledge evaluation questionnaire

You will see the list of questions that you can update and/or delete. To change a
question, click on the question number then click on Modify question.
You can modify the text of the question as well as its answers as shown in the screen
shot below. When you are done, click on Save your modifications.

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Figure 5 Modifying a question and its answers

NEW QUESTIONNAIRE
To create a brand new questionnaire, click on:
Creation > Select a simulation > Select a questionnaire > New questionnaire
Now you can enter the title and description, as well as the type (Knowledge or Peer-toPeer evaluation) of the new questionnaire. Click on Save Questionnaire.

Figure 6 Creating a new peer-to-peer evaluation questionnaire

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A new question is created by clicking Add question.

Figure 7 Creating a new question (part 1)

Type in your question as shown and click Save Question.

Figure 8 Creating a new question (part 2)

Once the question is saved you will be able to type in a few answers and choose the
correct one, as shown on Figure 5. Note that responses to peer-to-peer questions are
fixed.

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ACTIVATING A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR YOUR COURSE

Questionnaires must be activated within your course for participants to use them.
To activate a questionnaire, click on:
Activation > Select a course
Check the questionnaires you would like linked with that specific course and click on
Activate.
Click on Show Score if you want participants to view their score at the end the quiz.

Figure 9 Activating a questionnaire

Once the survey is activated, a link will appear on the students homepage once they
login to www.stratxsimulations.com. They will simply need to click this link to access
their questionnaires.

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REPORTS
The Online Questionnaire platform offers multiple reports and export options.

KNOWLEDGE EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE REPORTS

Overall scores
This report shows the overall tally for the class as well as each participant. It is broken
down by percentage and number of correct answers.

Figure 10 Sample Overall Scores report (Knowledge evaluation)

Detailed scores by question

This report shows a detailed view of each participants answer to each question.

Figure 11 Sample Detailed Scores report (Knowledge evaluation)

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Export to Excel
All reports may be exported to Excel.
Please note that we may receive a warning message when opening the file, depending
on the Excel version you use. Ignore the warning and the file should open fine.

Figure 12 Sample Excel exported file (Knowledge evaluation)

PEER-TO-PEER EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE REPORTS

Overall scores
This report shows a general view of the peer-to-peer responses for each participant
including their global average.

Figure 13 Sample Overall Scores report (Peer-to-peer evaluation)

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Detailed scores
This report focuses on a specific team member; it shows each question and each
participants response. This is a great way to evaluate team dynamics.

Figure 14 Sample Detailed Scores report (Peer-to-peer evaluation)

Export to Excel using CSV files

Please note that we may receive a warning message when opening the file, depending
on the Excel version you use. Ignore the warning and the file should open fine.

Figure 15 Sample Excel exported file (Peer-to-peer evaluation)

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