Define a survey's details

There are two main steps to setting up a survey:

The first step to setting up a survey is defining its details. These include a start and end date, and how many questions you want to appear on each page.

To define a survey's details:

  1. Go to the Page where you added the Survey widget.
  2. On the widget's title bar, click New. The following pop-up appears:
  1. Use the following table to fill in the fields:

Field

Description

Title

Type a title (appears in the widget's title bar).

Start date

Type or click Select Date icon.  to select the date you want this survey to appear in the widget.

Note: Be sure your start date is after the survey has been designed. Otherwise, participants will see an incomplete version.

End date

Type or click Select Date icon.  to select the last day you want this survey to appear in the widget.

Note: After this date has passed, the survey no longer appears in the widget's list of current surveys. Click the Filter drop-down at the top of the widget box to select All.

Number of questions per page

Type the number of questions you want to appear on each page. If you leave this field at 0, all of the questions will appear on the same page.

Present questions in a random order

Do one of the following:

  • Select this checkbox to have the system present the questions to users in a random order (each user will see the questions in a different order).
  • Leave this checkbox blank to have users see the questions in the order you define.

Description

Type a description of the survey. When users take the survey, they see this description on the first page.

Note: You can use all of the rich text editor tools at the top of the box, including hyperlinks, images, and videos.

  1. Click Save.