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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

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Why should I always pilot my survey?

…running a pilot will allow you to confirm that your survey has been set up with the appropriate safeguards. You can, for example, check that you have put effective processes…

Why is my survey only open for 30 days?

When you create a new survey, online surveys assigns default opening and closing dates for the survey. The default opening date is the day that you created the survey, and…

What is a page break?

A page break splits an online surveys page into two pages. Page breaks can only be inserted between two existing items on a page (e.g. between two questions or between…

Accessing benchmarking reports

…by the institution managing the survey or the online surveys team when the benchmarking reports are available. To access a benchmarking report: Locate your benchmarking survey and click Analyse. On…

Deleting respondents from a respondent list

…be retrieved once they have been deleted. Even if you add a deleted respondent back in with exactly the same details, online surveys will treat this as a new respondent….