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Survey questions

This article explains the different question types Online Surveys offers and how to add them.

Adding a question

To add a question, click the Add new item button on a page of your survey.

This will expand a menu with all of the available question types.

The Add new item menu

Question types

Question type Description
Choice Allows respondents to select one or several answers from a list using using radio buttons or checkboxes.
Dropdown Allows respondents to choose one answer from a dropdown list.
Grid Can be used to ask respondents whether they agree or disagree with a number of statements, or used to rank items in order of importance.
Rating 🆕 A closed-ended question type that lets respondents evaluate a statement on a visual scale of numbers, stars, or smilies.
Single line A free text question, which allows respondents to enter their answer into a text box that is restricted to one line of text.
Multi line A free text question which allows respondents to provide longer answers.
Date and Time Date and time questions allow you to ask a question that needs the respondent to provide a date and/or time as a response.

Editing questions

After adding a question, you can edit them at any time, but you should be careful making changes after you have launched and distributed your survey. See our Editing a launched survey article for guidance.

Below are the editing actions that can be taken for a question: