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Customising your survey’s URL

You will find your survey’s public link (the URL your respondents need to complete the survey) by going to the Launch tab in your survey’s Distribute area.

You can copy the link to your clipboard from this page.

You can also edit the short name of your survey, which will change your survey’s URL.

Your survey’s short name will always appear in your survey’s URL, whether you issue the survey’s public link or issue unique links via a respondent list. So it’s important to make sure you choose a good one.

Launch page

Understanding and changing survey's URL

Your survey’s URL is determined by two things: the account the survey is in and the short name you give the survey. 

All survey URLs follow this format:

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/[account name]/[survey short name]

Online surveys will automatically assign a survey short name when you create your survey, but you can change this if you want. Ideally, you would choose something brief but meaningful (remember: your respondents will see it). 

Survey short names can only contain lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, and must be 64 characters or less. They also need to be unique within the Online Surveys account that you are a user in.

As an example, if I was issuing a yearly student survey, I might choose “student-survey-2024” as my survey short name.

To change your survey short name:

  1. Go to the Launch tab in your survey’s Distribute area.
  2. Click into the textbox where your survey’s URL is displayed.
  3. Enter your new survey short name.
  4. Click away from the textbox to save.
 

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