In this article you can read what possible restrictions you can set up for your survey and how to set these up.

At Restrictions you can set up:

• when a survey becomes available (status and data);
• the maximum amount of allowed attempts;
• which students have special access to the survey (for instance additional time for a student with a visual impairment)

• Go to Course Tools in the navbar of your course.
• Click Course Admin.
• Select Surveys below the heading Assessment.
• Click Edit next to the survey (or create a new survey with New Survey).
• Click Restrictions (the second tab).

1. Tick Hide from Users if you want the survey to be invisible to students.

2. You can decide when the survey is visible to students (Has Start Date) as well as when you want it become invisible (Has End Date).

3. Tick Calendar if you want the survey to appear in the calendar on the specified date. 

4. Set how many times students are allowed to take the survey:

• Choose Unlimited if you want the students to be able to take the survey as many times as they like. Brightspace will save each attempt separately.
• Choose Single attempt that is editable if you want students to only be able to fill in the survey once, but want to give them access to it until the end date. Students can then save the survey before having completed it in full and finish it at another time.
• Choose Limited if you want the students to have a limited amount of attempts. Brightspace will save each attempt separately.

5. Special Access: Exceptions or group access
If required, it is possible to customise access to the survey for both individual students and specific groups. With Special Access (via the ‘Restrictions’ tab in the survey settings), you can deviate from the survey’s default settings. This allows you to set custom start and end dates for specific students or to make the survey available exclusively to a particular group. It is often used for students who need more time or who are able to take part at a later date.

There are two main options under ‘Type of Access’:

• Option 1: Allow selected users special access – The survey is visible to the whole class, but selected students are granted an exception (such as a different deadline or extra time).
• Option 2: Allow only users with special access to see this survey – The survey is completely hidden from the rest of the class. Only the students or groups you add here can view and complete the survey.
   

Tip: Add whole groups in one go 

When you click the ‘Add Users to Special Access’ button, you can search for students one by one or select a group of students straight away. (You can do this by changing the ‘View By’ setting above the list of names in the selection screen from ‘User’ to ‘Groups’.) Select a group of students straight away. In the selection screen, you can find students in two ways:

• Individual (User): Search for students by name.
• Groups/Sections: Select an entire group in one go. This is the quickest way to set up a survey for a specific seminar group."

6. Click Save and Close to return to the Survey homepage.

Please note: Special Access and Anonymity

Although surveys in Brightspace can be made anonymous, the ‘Special Access’ feature works by selecting specific users. Access is therefore linked to the student’s identity or group, even if the responses themselves are stored anonymously.