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Tag: design

Pre-population – Constraints and considerations

Posted: 8th October 2015

There are restrictions on the way that pre-population parameters can be used in a survey, and there are also survey design aspects that you should consider when using pre-population parameters.  Some of these are listed below: Constraints Only certain question types can be used for pre-population Pre-population parameters can only be assigned to: Free text […]

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Previewing, printing and saving your survey as a PDF

Posted: 29th April 2014

There is a known issue with the Preview function. Visit our Known Issues page for more information. The survey preview allows you to see what your survey will look like, navigate through the survey like a respondent and answer questions without any data being saved. The survey preview also offers the option to print your […]

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Adding contact and copyright information

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Contact and copyright information is available to your survey respondents via links at the bottom of each survey page. The default contact message refers respondents to the survey author.  You can replace this with your own message and appropriate contact details.  Every survey must have a contact username associated with it, and this must be […]

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Creating accessible surveys

Posted: 20th June 2016

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 its design as well as in its technical delivery. A poorly designed survey may be inaccessible no matter how it is delivered. A well-designed survey […]

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Use the Theme builder to create your own survey theme

Posted: 2nd December 2018

Online Surveys comes with a set of standard themes to choose from, but you can create your own using the Theme builder. To use the Theme builder, go to the Design tab of your survey and click on Survey appearance in the left-hand menu. To create a new theme, click the Create new theme button. Using the Theme builder to […]

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