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Question Editor

 
The question editor allows you to add and edit many different types of question. The question editor is split into the following four areas
 
1 Question text The question text area allows you to add text, images and videos to your questions. You can format text using many different colors, fonts and styles.
2 Answers & Options

The answers and options page is where you insert the answer choices for each question.
Each question has multiple options to change the style, add comment areas and randomize the answer order.
3 Preview You can preview how your question will look.
4 Save & Exit This will save changes on the current tab.

Question Text

Question editor
 
The 'Question Text' screen allows you to enter your question. The editor allows you to upload images using the  button.
 
The editor has a built in spell checker, to access this click the ABC button.
 
You may also edit HTML here. If you are adding HTML please ensure that you do not add form elements or this will break your survey and result in errors.
 
Please see Uploading images for information on uploading images.
Please see Flash Video & MP3 for information on uploading videos and music.
 
Answers & Options
The options screen allows you to enter answers and configure how the question is displayed. Using the question selector you can chose from the following question types:
 
 

Answer Choices

Once you have selected a question type you will need to specify the answers.

Each of your answers needs to be put onto a separate line.

If you have a long answer that you would like to break over several lines then you will need to use a HTML line break tag.
The HTML line break tag:

 
For your convenience we have included predefined groups of answers and a spell checking facility. the predefined groups can be accessed by using the 'Predefined Groups' drop down menu.
 
The following questions require both 'Column Headings' and 'Row Headings', so you will need to enter both of these in the t
  • Matrix of Choices (Single Answer)
  • Matrix of Choices (Multiple Answers)
 

Require Answer

Each question has a required option which may be set. With the required option set the user must enter a response for this question before continuing to the next page or finishing the survey.

It is possible to specify a custom message which will be should if the validation fails.

Additional Comment Field

 

Question that do not have a text input field can have an additional comments field. The additional comments field gives the participant the option to enter text as an answer.

Randomize & Sort

To reduce any potential bias that may be introduced by the default order of the answers, each question has a the ability to have the answers randomized. There is also a sort function which is useful when you have a large list, for example a list of countries.

Extra functionality

 

 

Question type Additional functions Description
Multiple Choice (Single answer) Additional comment → Comment field is an answer If this option is selected then the comment is displayed as one of the radio choices.
 Multiple Choice (Multiple answers)  Limit number of responses Since the participant can select several answers it is possible to specify a maximum and minimum number that they must select.
 Drag and drop ranking  -  -
 Star Rating  -  -
 Single Text Box  -  -
 Matrix of Choices (Single Answer)  -  -
 Matrix of Choices (Multiple Answers)  -  -
 Multiple Text Boxes  -  -
 Pictures and Text  -  -
 Order list of items  - -


 

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