Students sometimes have questions or concerns about a class that they are reluctant to share publicly.
One of our faculty wanted to address this issue and provide a place for students to comment or ask questions anonymously. Canvas does not have a built-in option for doing this but you can easily do it by embedding an Office365 form into a page in Canvas.
Follow the steps below to add a comment form to your course. If you need assistance please contact the Teaching and Learning team at classes [at] emory [dot] edu or make an appointment with one of our team members at http://tlt-emory.libcal.com/appointments/
1. Login to Office365
![](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters-test-import/files/2019/09/login_to_office.png)
Learn more about the Office365 suite of apps.
2. Select Forms
![](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters-test-import/files/2019/09/click_forms.png)
3. Create new form
![](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters-test-import/files/2019/09/select_new_form.png)
4. Name your form
![](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters-test-import/files/2019/09/name_and_question.png)
5. Add a question prompt
![](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters-test-import/files/2019/09/Add_question.png)
6. Open the settings menu
![](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters-test-import/files/2019/09/settings.png)
7. Make your form anonymous
![](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters-test-import/files/2019/09/anonymize_submissions.png)
8. Open the share menu
![](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters-test-import/files/2019/09/share_button.png)
9. View the sharing options
![](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters-test-import/files/2019/09/link_and_embed_button.png)
10. Copy the embed code
![](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters-test-import/files/2019/09/Get_embed_code.png)
11. Create a page in Canvas and switch to HTML editor
![](https://i1.wp.com/scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters/files/2019/09/create_page.png?fit=1024%2C825&ssl=1)
12. Paste the embed code into HTML view in your page
![](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters-test-import/files/2019/09/paste_embed_code.png)
13. Your form is embedded
![](https://i2.wp.com/scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters/files/2019/09/Embedded_form.png?fit=1024%2C767&ssl=1)
14. Give it a try – submit a question or comment
![](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters-test-import/files/2019/09/submit_a_comment.png)
15. View comment submissions
![](https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/digitalmatters-test-import/files/2019/09/View_responses.png)