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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

Help & support

Including a consent statement

…terms and conditions”. In the Add answer option box, type “Yes”. Click + Add another answer option. In the new Add answer option box, type “No”. Click on the arrow…

Who do I contact for help?

…survey contact. Alternatively, contact the Primary Contact of the online surveys account that the survey was run from. My new user activation link has expired. Have you already activated your…

Creating accessible surveys

Online surveys aims to follow the principles of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. However, accessibility is not just a technical issue. Creating an accessible online survey involves care in…

Sharing a survey with another user

…grant another online surveys user the ability to do so. We recommend that all online surveys users in an Organisation account add at least one other user to their survey…

Screening out certain respondents

…survey as none of the questions would apply to them. There are two options for screening out respondents: Screen respondents to a ‘Thank you’ message. Screen respondents straight to another…

Simple routing

…to a question. Test your routing. Trouble-shoot your routing. Adding routing to a question Start by setting up all the pages of your survey, including a final ‘Thank you’ page…

What is pre-population?

…analysis. If you allow your respondents to print a copy of their responses, pre-populated questions and the associated answers are always visible in the response printout, even if the questions…

Amending your user profile

…reset emails and other communications from online surveys. You may also wish to add or change your title, name and phone numbers as needed. To amend your user profile: On…