Powerful, flexible online surveys
Posted: 27th March 2015
Online surveys is designed to maintain respondent anonymity and therefore it will not automatically capture any identifying information about your respondents. However, if you have: set up a respondent list using survey access control; and included a pre-populated question that captures the username, email or token information from your respondent list in your survey then online surveys will […]
Posted: 20th March 2015
The token field in the respondent list is used by online surveys to generate personalised URLs for survey respondents. A personalised URL allows a respondent to access a survey without 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 […]
Posted: 24th February 2015
A respondent list contains 14 fields. These are: Username (This is the only information that must be supplied to create a respondent list). Password. Email. Token. 10 fields, named x1-x10, which can contain pre-populated data as required by the survey author. These fields are explained in more detail below. Usernames: must be supplied by the survey author […]
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Survey access control allows you to control who can access and complete your survey. Survey access control is found in the Distribute section of your survey. Survey access control options There are three survey access control options. You can: 1. Choose not to enable survey access control (default) This is the default setting for all new online surveys […]
Posted: 20th February 2015
There are two reasons your respondents may see an “invalid link” or “E57” error message when trying to access your survey: 1. Incorrect pre-populated information If you are using pre-population parameters in your survey, this message usually means one or more of the following: The link your participant is using to access the survey has been split and some […]
Posted: 18th February 2015
The survey preview facility shows you exactly how the survey will look and behave when it is accessed at its public URL. This includes any access restrictions. If you have enabled survey access control – i.e. you have set up a survey password or a respondent list – the survey preview will ask you to enter the […]
Posted: 20th May 2014
A launched and open survey can be completed by anyone who knows the survey web address (public URL). You can restrict access to your survey with a password that your respondents have to enter before beginning the survey. Note: This basic protection means all your respondents will use the same password. It does not prevent […]
Posted: 16th May 2014
You can use Survey access control to restrict participation in your survey by: Setting up a survey password: only people who have the password can complete the survey. This basic protection does not prevent respondents from making multiple entries. Setting up a respondent list with unique credentials for each respondent. Respondents then access the survey […]