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Start a new questionnaire (=survey)
Log in to Maptionnaire and go to Questionnaires. Click the New Questionnaire button to start a new draft.
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Add pages and content
Click Add page to add pages, and Add element to add different questions and other content (text, images, logos, gifs, video clips...).
To edit an element, click it in the draft and an edit window will appear on the right. Element settings are divided into tabs:
- Basic settings include the essentials.
- Extra settings include more advanced style settings and other options to customize the content of the questionnaire.
You can find further instructions on each setting by clicking the ? symbols.
Our tip is to keep individual pages short to avoid scrolling.
Need to include a long text? Make it available in a Pop-up window.
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Style your questionnaire form (Communicate only)
Go to Settings > Style to choose any of our default style templates or to add your own. When you create a style template, you can just select it from the drop-down when you create your next survey.
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Choose page backgrounds and layouts
Each page has a section called Map and layout, where you select the map or other type of background (images, color) for that page. Each page can have a different background.
We offer a free map library for you to use, but you can also bring your own or create new maps – and even layer images on top of a map. For more instructions, please see this article.
In the the layout selection (scroll down in the Map and layout menu) you can decide on the placement of the survey form on top of the background as well as its width. When the survey is viewed on a mobile device, the layout is automatically optimized to the screen.
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Test the questionnaire
When you want to share the questionnaire with someone outside your team for feedback, go to Publish. Select Publish for testing and click Publish to confirm.
Remember to also go to the analysis tool to view test data. You can still edit the survey (just remember to click Publish again to make the changes go live). Re-publishing to add changes won't affect the link or your survey quota. For more information, see this article.
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Add the final touches before launch
When you've finalized the content of the survey
- go to Translate to add any translations using the AI translation tool
- go to Settings and edit the public title, description and image. The title, description and image are shown in the preview when you paste the survey link to a social media channel. Leaving them blank can mean that a placeholder text is used instead.
- enter your organization's website in "Direct respondents to this page..." If left blank, respondents will be directed to maptionnaire.com upon completing the survey. It's a better idea to direct them to your organization/project website.
- decide if "Allow only one respondent per device+browser" should be on or off. This setting is on by default in all surveys as it helps prevent spam and allows respondents to return to the survey if they for example lose their internet connection in the middle of it. However, if you want people to be able to take survey multiple times, or know that a single device is used by multiple people to enter responses, you can turn it off. You can read more about this here
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Publish the final version
When you are sure that the questionnaire is ready, go to Publish to publish a final version. Choose Publish final version and click Publish final version to confirm. For more information, see this article
In this video a simple questionnaire with a mapping element is created:
For inspiration on questionnaire design, why not take a look at our demos and customer stories?