Creating a Survey

There are three ways to create a new survey:

  • Create a new survey from scratch.
  • Create a new survey by copying an existing survey.
  • Create a new survey by another using sharing a survey with you.
Dashboard overview

Creating a Survey from scratch

To create a survey from your Dashboard, select Create survey in the top right hand corner.

Once the Create Survey button has been selected, the Name your survey pop-up will appear. Here, enter the name of your survey and click create.

Note: This name is viewable to respondents. You can also have multiple surveys with the same name.

Naming a Survey

Copying a Survey

To copy a survey from your Dashboard, click three dots at the end of your dashboard row and select “Duplicate”. Then select “Confirm”. 

The duplicate survey will display in your dashboard, ready for you to edit including renaming the survey.

Naming a Survey

Creating Surveys End-to-end Process

Watch this short video to see how to create a survey in Online Surveys.

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