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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

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How can I share my survey/data with someone else?

…other user. Users in Organisation accounts can share their surveys and results with you using the Survey permissions functionality. Sharing surveys and results with people who are not online surveys…

Launching your survey

…are likely to use (for example, assistive technologies, mobile internet, less common browsers or IT systems). The best way to check these things is to thoroughly pilot your survey. Simple…

Piloting your survey

The best way to check a survey before its official launch is to pilot a full version of it. This ‘dry run’ of your survey allows you to test all…

Respondent anonymity and online surveys

Online surveys is designed to protect respondent anonymity. Online surveys does not use cookies for survey completion and external tracking software such as Google Analytics is not supported on online…

Free text questions

Free text questions are typically used to allow respondents to give information, such as their name or email address. They can also be used to ask for people’s opinions, or…

Multiple choice (single answer) questions

…can choose to use instead of the full question text if you export your results data. This alternative text will not be visible to respondents. This field is also used…

Date/time questions

…which you can choose to use instead of the full question text if you export your results data. This alternative text will not be visible to respondents. Pre-population parameter: Pre-populate…