Getting Started with LimeSurvey

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1 Getting Started with LimeSurvey How to create a New Survey Use the Administration toolbar to create a new survey, access previously created surveys, get help, or log out. Any LimeSurvey has three integral elements: a survey title at least one group of questions at least one question To create a new survey click Create a Administration page Create a new survey/group/question Log out Survey button located on the Administration Toolbar Help at Survey settings and functions are organized in tabs. Here is a list of commonly used settings available through the tabulated menu: GENERAL TAB Base language - default language for the survey. Once saved, you cannot change it later

2 Title - brief descriptive name of the survey. This title will be displayed on every page of the survey Description - short description of the survey Welcome message - message that will display when a participant first logs into your survey End message - message that will display when a participant completes the survey PRESENTATION AND NAVIGATION TAB Survey format choose one of the following 3 options o Question by Question - one question per page o Group by Group - all questions in a group per page o All in one - all questions in one single page. This type of surveys do not have a "welcome" page or "submit" page - the welcome message and submit button all appear on the same page Show [<< Prev] button - if set to "No", users are unable to move to a previous page while completing the survey Show question index / allow jumping - if set to Yes an index will be displayed on the right side, allowing users to jump to any section in the survey Show "There are X questions in this survey" if set to Yes, the message will be displayed on the Welcome Screen PUBLICATION & ACCESS CONTROL Start date/time - set this to some date if you want your survey to start on a certain date. The survey will start on midnight of that day and only then will people be able to answer to it. To disable this just clear the date from the input field Expiry date/time - set this to some date if you want your survey to expire on a special date. This is the last date on which the survey script will let people participate. To disable this just clear the date from the input field Detailed explanation of other settings can be found at Click Save button on the Survey Toolbar. to save the settings. Survey settings can later be updated via Edit button Creating a Question Group Survey questions need to be organized in groups. You can choose to have all your questions in one group or separate questions into several groups. To create a new group: 1) Click the Add new group button on the Survey toolbar. 2) Give the new group a name and a short description (optional).

3 Creating Questions To create a new question Click Add new question button on the Question Group Toolbar. Here is a list of question settings: Question code unique identifier of the questions. Try to be consistent with your coding in this field. Planning makes your evaluation a lot easier at a later time. This field is normally not displayed to people taking the survey. The question Code must be unique across the same survey, must start with a letter, and only contain letters and numbers. If you ever tried to export your data to SPSS or R, you discovered that this code becomes the value label Question - the actual question being asked Help - an optional field useful if a question needs some explanation or you want to explain how it should be answered. When you put text in this field, a "Question Mark" icon appears on the survey entry screens with the help text right beside Question type - determines the type of response the survey allows. Hover the mouse over different question types to see an example of the question. Detailed descriptions of LimeSurvey question types are available at Mandatory? - this setting allows you to require users to answer the question, before they can move on to the next question. For ranking question this means all items have to be ranked

4 Click Add question button answer options button to save the question s set up. To add a list of answers click Edit on the Question Toolbar. Previewing and Activating Survey You can test your survey at any point by clicking "Test Survey" button on the Survey toolbar. This allows you to check how the survey looks before you actually initialize it. When testing a survey your responses will not be saved. You can choose to preview just one question or one question group by clicking Preview button the Question Group toolbar or the Question toolbar on After creating all questions you will need to activate the survey by clicking Activate button (small green triangle) located on the Survey toolbar. Once the survey is activated you can no longer add/delete groups and questions. You can choose to deactivate and active survey in which case results will be recorded in a different table. After confirming activation, LimeSurvey will provide a link where the new survey can be accessed.

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