SurveyMethods allows you to automatically send a copy of survey responses to respondents when they complete your survey. To enable this feature, first navigate to the Survey Settings for the survey you want to enable this feature on: Under Communication Options, click on Send Copy of Survey Response to Respondents: At the top of the […]
Category: Survey Settings
View or Export Open-Ended Responses (e.g. Comments)
If your survey has open-ended questions, such as one-line comment bars, comment boxes, or “if other, please specify”, you may want to view all of those in one place or export them to PDF or Word to distribute. There are several different ways to do this, depending on the report you wish to use: See […]
Display a (Text) Message in Your Survey
SurveyMethods allows you to choose from over 20 different question types for your survey. Sometimes you simply want to insert text in your survey, such as to provide instructions or additional information to respondents. To do so, you can use the Message Display question type. From the survey design interface, click Insert New Question where […]
Add an Image or Photo to Your Survey
SurveyMethods allows you to choose from over 20 different question types for your survey. The Image question type makes it easy for you to embed an image into your survey so you can provide information to respondents or get feedback on the image. You can insert an image by using the Image question type when […]
Customize Survey Button, Instruction, and Help Texts
If you want to customize any of the button, instruction or help texts on your surveys in SurveyMethods, you can do so with SurveyMethods’ Language Packs feature. The built-in language packs allow you to change the language but you can also create custom language packs allowing you to customize the English (or any other language) […]
Trigger Your Surveys Remotely via Email
Note: This is a legacy feature that is no longer updated with the latest SurveyMethods features. Email remote activation has been replaced by remote launch via API. More information about remote launch by API, including a complete tutorial with screenshots, can be found here. We also integrate with many CRM, ERP and Helpdesk applications through […]
Manually Close Survey or Reopen Previously Launched Survey
You can toggle the status of your survey between Closed and Live by using the link in the Status column of the My Surveys page: Note that Closed surveys can only be taken Live if they have previously been launched at least once. Any Live survey can be toggled to Closed but you will be […]
Using SurveyMethods.com as the “From” Email Domain
If the “From” email address you have entered has its domain name as “surveymethods.com,” your emails will not be prevented from going out. However, if your invitees need to reach out to you by replying to the email, the reply will bounce because it is addressed to a non-existent email address. The domain name is […]
Why is the Domain in Your “From” Email Substituted?
To improve the delivery rates of emails you send out using SurveyMethods and to minimize the chances of them being marked as spam, we automatically substitute the domain name in the “From” email address you enter unless you are using Custom SMTP or enter an email with surveymethods.com as the domain. If you do not […]
Sending Reminders for Your Survey
If you’ve launched your survey using email deployment, you can send reminders to respondents who have not responded or partially completed the survey. You can manually send reminders or you can schedule automatic reminders to go out on a certain date and time. We’ll cover both methods below. Sending Manual Reminders To send a manual […]