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Online surveys  (formerly BOS)

Powerful, flexible online surveys

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Distributing your survey URL

…your survey to your respondents, both within online surveys and outside of online surveys. The survey distribution and sharing options within online surveys become available in the Survey launchpad once…

Setting answer options as non-applicable

…where the questions are contained within a grid. Setting an answer option as non-applicable means that the answer option will be excluded from the results analysis. The non-applicable answer option…

Including a consent statement

…the terms and conditions. You can use the screening functionality within online surveys to direct participants away from the survey if they state that they do not consent or that…

Creating a new survey

…create a new survey by importing the structure of an existing online surveys survey into your online surveys account. This method is normally used where you need to transfer a…

Adding a video or other media content

…own audits) regarding copyright infringement will be passed on to the institution holding the online surveys account. We reserve the right to temporarily disable a survey and/or user account while…

How do I reset my password?

…have not forgotten your password but you wish to change it, you can either: Use the Forgotten password link on the online surveys sign in screen; or Sign in to…

What is a "Token"?

…needing to enter a username/password combination. A personalised URL looks like this: https://accountname.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/surveyname?token=xxxxxxxx If you leave the token field blank when providing respondent data, online surveys will generate random, non-guessable…

Creating a customised URL using piping

…be used in your survey. Constructing the customised URL To construct the customised URL, the phrase RESPONSEID in the above URL is replaced with the [BOS_CORE_RECEIPT] token as follows: https://xxx.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/survey-name?x1=[BOS_CORE_RECEIPT]&xx…