Use this guide to choose the right question type and set it up in your survey. For survey creators.
Before you start
- Create a survey and open it in the builder. See Create a survey.
- The survey must be in Draft. In a published or archived survey, the Add New Question button is hidden.
Question types
InPoll offers these question types:
- Multiple Choice
- Checkboxes
- Dropdown
- Short Answer
- Paragraph
- Rating
- Slider
- Date Picker
- Section
Add a question of any type
- Open the survey in the builder and click the Questions tab.
- Click Add New Question.
- Click the question type button at the top right of the question editor. It shows Multiple Choice by default.
- Select the question type.
- Enter the question text.
- Set up the question as described for its type below.
- Click Done.
Question types in detail
Multiple Choice
A multiple choice question gives respondents several answer options. They select one option.
- Under the Basic tab, enter each choice in an Option box. Click Add Option to add more.
- Under Advanced Settings you can turn on Require an Answer to This Question, Hidden Question and Show Help Tip.
Checkboxes
A checkboxes question gives respondents several answer options. They select one or more options.
- Under the Basic tab, enter each checkbox choice in an Option box. Click Add Option to add more.
- Under Advanced Settings you can turn on Require an Answer to This Question, Hidden Question and Show Help Tip.
Dropdown
A dropdown question lets respondents choose one answer from a list in a dropdown menu. It works like a multiple choice question. The difference is that the choices sit inside a dropdown list instead of all showing at once.
- Under the Basic tab, enter each dropdown option in an Option box. Click Add Option to add more.
- Under Advanced Settings you can turn on Require an Answer to This Question, Hidden Question and Show Help Tip.
Short Answer and Paragraph
Short Answer collects a short text answer. Paragraph collects a longer text answer.
- Under Advanced Settings you can turn on Add Default Value, Add Max Length, Add Placeholder, Require an Answer to This Question, Hidden Question and Show Help Tip.
Rating
A rating question lets respondents evaluate a statement on a visual scale of stars, smileys, thumbs or hearts. Use the Color box to change the color of the icons.
Each icon in the scale has a weight, so a weighted average is calculated from the ratings.
- Scale: the number of icons on the scale. You can choose any number from 1 to 10. The default is 10.
- Shape: the icon on the scale. You can choose Star, Smiley, Thumb or Heart.
- Color: the color of the icons.
- Under Advanced Settings you can turn on Show Help Tip.
Thumb shape:
Smiley shape:
Heart shape:
Star shape:
Example of a rating question:
Slider
A slider question lets respondents pick a value from a continuous range by dragging a slider. The default range is 0 to 100.
- To change the top of the range, go to Advanced Settings and select Add Max Length. Then enter the value in the Set Max Length box.
- Under Advanced Settings you can also turn on Hidden Question and Show Help Tip.
Date Picker
Use a date picker question to collect a date from respondents. The date picker supports only the DD/MM/YYYY format.
- Under Advanced Settings you can turn on Hidden Question and Show Help Tip.
Section
A section is not a question. It separates one set of questions from another, so a survey with many questions is easier to follow. Respondents feel they are making progress as they reach each new page.
- Enter the section text in the question text box.
- To show sections as pages, open the Survey Settings tab. Under Pagination, select Add Pagination, then select By Section.