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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

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Why should I always pilot my survey?

…invitation emails? To allow for expert review Piloting your survey allows external experts who do not hold online surveys user accounts to test your survey and provide you with feedback….

Multiple choice (single answer) questions

These question types are easy to set up and are the most frequent type of question in online surveys. They allow respondents to pick just one answer from a list…

Introduction to routing

…you want to ask about online support instead. You put the routing question on page 3 (“Are you: a) based on campus, b) a distance learner?”). Then you set up…

Exporting and importing a survey structure

…back into online surveys. This page explains how to: Export a survey structure. Import a survey structure. To export your survey structure: On your Dashboard , locate your survey and…

Setting answer options as non-applicable

…completion. Online surveys cannot automatically apply the non-applicable setting to an answer option. You must apply the setting yourself by following the instructions below. To set an answer option as…

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….