Instructors: How to use Qualtrics LTI

Last updated: October 9, 2026

This article will teach you how to add and distribute surveys as a Canvas administrator, using the Personal surveys level.

Phases

Using Qualtrics LTI can be broken down into two main phases:

Phase 1: One-time setup
Phase 2: Distribution

During Phase 1, you will complete all the necessary one-time setup steps: adding the survey to Qualtrics LTI, creating a Survey configuration, and determining your preferred survey settings and embedded data fields. As the name of the phase implies, these steps only need to be completed once per Survey configuration.

During Phase 2, you will distribute the survey into Canvas assignment(s). You can repeat this phase as many times as you want to distribute the same survey, collecting more responses.

Phase 1: One-time setup

Tip: If the survey you want to distribute has already been added to Qualtrics LTI, you can skip Phase 1 and head directly to Phase 2!

1. Create and publish a survey in Qualtrics

First, head to Qualtrics and create a survey. Once you have built all the survey questions, publish the survey by clicking on the Publish button. If you ever go back to edit the survey, be sure to re-publish it so that the latest version is always shown to students in Qualtrics LTI.

For any questions on how to create Qualtrics surveys, we recommend referring to Qualtrics' support documentation.

Add the survey to Qualtrics LTI

Go to the Personal Surveys level

Head to Canvas and go to your Personal surveys level in Qualtrics LTI. To get there, click Account → Qualtrics LTI.

**Fig 1**. A screenshot showing how to access Qualtrics LTI Personal surveys level.

Note: The first time you access Qualtrics LTI Personal surveys, you will need to authorize the app and log in to your Qualtrics account. Once you have done that, you can start adding surveys to the LTI.

For more information, see 📄 Qualtrics LTI Levels: Institute, Department, Personal Surveys.

**Fig 2**. Shown is a screenshot of Qualtrics LTI at the Personal surveys level. Several surveys are already added to the LTI. Shown also is the **+ Add survey** button in the top right corner of the page.

Add the survey

You now need to add your Qualtrics survey to Qualtrics LTI, add one or more Survey configurations, and configure them. This includes choosing the anonymity and grading behaviour, as well as adding Embedded data fields.

You can find further instructions on how to add and configure the survey in our 📄 Surveys Guide.

Now that you have completed the one-time setup steps and have a Survey configuration ready to go, you can distribute the survey in Canvas by following the steps in Phase 2.

Phase 2: Distribution

Distribution method: Individual

With the Individual distribution method, you can distribute a survey into courses one at a time.

For information on how to distribute surveys individually, please consult our 📄 Individual Distributions Guide.

If you have questions about how to use Qualtrics LTI, please reach out to your Canvas root account admin.