External Web Application Combining Individual Surveys Conducted in the Moodle-LMS

The Moodle Learning Management System (LMS), which is widely used, provides very useful opportunities for students and teachers thanks to the use of internet technologies and its supports integrated into the educational formation and is preferred by educational institutions. In this study, a method for pre-assessment of the survey by combining the results of the single-question surveys conducted in the Moodle LMS is suggested. For this study, the Computer Programming 1 course was designed as a blended course using the Moodle LMS. During the semester, course notes were shared, announcements, online exams, homework and survey applications were conducted. What makes this study different is that although the Moodle LMS supports a plugin-based structure in which a new idea can be applied as a plugin, for situations when it is not possible, it is not allowed or there are technical deficiencies, a new solution is offered. Accordingly, the application was designed as a page with PHP code on another website. Web pages that contain single-question survey answers are saved as HTML and uploaded to this external page designed. On this page designed, each student's answers to the questions of each survey are combined in an excel table and exported. Thus, without touching the Moodle system, a general picture of the survey questions is presented to the teacher. In this way, the instructor will acquire a fundamental point of view before conducting a detailed evaluation of the surveys. After this stage, surveys can be analysed in detail or new survey questions can be designed when needed