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1. Survey LimeSurvey Demonstration Survey 1D 92792 peop rze asd Question groups Please choos QO Boi St N Genera Presentation amp navigation List survey publicly Allow public registration Start date time Expiry date time Set cookie to prevent repeated participation Use CAPTCHA for Use HTML format for token emails Edit survey settings Publication amp access control Notification amp data management Tokens Resources by ee 5 Lastly click the form s Save button at the bottom of the form as pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 34 below Your survey s expiration date will be set to the date you have selected If the date is a date from the past the survey will be immediately closed to further responses Tip you can re open an expired survey by following the above steps and selecting a date in the future Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 71 Figure 4 34 The location of the Save button to save your survey s expiration date information LimeSurve Administration Logged in as ccsdemo Ch GE x Surveys LimeSurvey Demonstration Surv w 1 Wi OG i Survey LimeSurvey Demonstration Survey 1D 92792 reAWArRreara B Question groups Please choose _s f G i oy aag wy A en Kad D Edit survey settings General Presentation amp navigation Publication amp access contr
2. ssssssssesssrrrssrressrrrresrrrrssrrresrrererreresene 14 CONCEPT 1 The elements that make up a question in the LimeSurvey system csscccessseeeeeeeeees 14 CONCEPT 2 The four components that make up a survey in the LimeSurvey SyStem ssseeeerserere 19 PNAS N E a E a E E EE EEEE 23 A How to create a first SUVEY censicsccksonsacessaeebaevensesnebessadseneasunneteatedsnwanteanoeuseahsiowsmnenneesetehsdexsateensaeneeasornters 28 The seven steps tocreate a SUVE Y einc basicocaceuasuniey naranoodseanienay baucoaaneetpieeanten 28 Step L Create a New SUV CY ecserin EEE ET EEEE EEEE 29 Step 2 Create Question GroupsS ccccsccseccseccseccseecseccecceesaeeceeceeeceessessseusceussessceusceuseesscesecesseeseenaes 36 Step 3 Create Questions ss ssessessessessessessessesserseeseesersresersersresersresrrsresrrsrreressrereorroreoseeseoeseeseeseeseeseee 40 Step4 Test and then Activate Your SUVE ricis EE 53 EP AMOUNCE YOU UIV V eer E E E E O 60 Step 6 View and optionally export your survey response data ccccecccesesccesececesceceeeeceeceeeneeeeenses 64 Step 7 Close your survey after its completion essssssssesesrenssrreresrrrssrreressrressrereserressreresrrresrrereserresene 67 SLOE O a E E E E EE AA E E OTT E O E E cays 73 6 Give s your T cdback saisis e dnapfncaairded oeaduopticceoudee eeadoestnceendasbendeetceantceee 73 Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start
3. y teats or in Array ty coiir Select LimeSurvey question tite Isq csv Aray due scak Alash Question Convert resource links So s upiecd reon ge Language sevice TIP Most question types have additional options that govern their appearance and or behaviour For example for the List and Multiple Choice question types you can specify that the answer choices should be randomized rather than presented in the same order each time the question is displayed to a respondent Randomizing the display order of the answer choices for a question helps to remove bias To see the additional options for the question type you have selected click the Show advanced settings link that appears near the bottom of the form The link is pointed to by red arrow 1 in Figure 4 13 below The form s associated Save button is also visible in the figure Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 45 Figure 4 13 Click the Show advanced settings link to see additional options for the question type you have selected The form s Save button Ensure Click this link you click this ATSP ses to see Question group Demographics w button to save Option Other yes No additional Mandatory yes No options for the your Position At end x question config U ratio ns fo j Show advanced e the question OF import a question Select LimeSurvey question file
4. Note that every question in your survey must have a unique code e g gender age etc By default the code is not displayed in your survey but it will be used as the variable name if you export your data to statistical software such as SPSS Please ensure you use only one word names for your codes and ensure the code starts with a letter and contains only letters numbers and underscores For best results try to use codes that convey the meaning of the yy U question such as gender age etc For comprehensive information on question types and associated settings refer to the relevant LimeSurvey documentation Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 43 Figure 4 11 The question details form that appears under the Group toolbar The form s associated Save button is not shown but is at the bottom of the form As with all LimeSurvey forms after completing this form you need to click the form s Save button to save your configurations for the question Question group Demographics ID 1898 Via Questions Please choose STA malts Add a new question English Base language Each question must Code ji have a unique code Question ia 33 E Source B Z U Tet ox Hi S232 2 B E Enter the text of your question here Help 03 E Sore B Z U i 2 3 E Enter any additional help text you wish
5. Isq csv Browse Convert resource links 7 Import question 4 After entering your question details ensure you click the Save button at the bottom of the form to add the question to your survey The location of the Save button is pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 14 below Once you click the Save button you ll see the Question toolbar appear as the fourth toolbar in your display You can see the Question toolbar in Figure 4 15 below Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 46 Figure 4 14 The location of the Save button on the question details form After completing the form don t forget to click the Save button to save your specifications Hep 2 E Souce B Z ic ii an in I hiiji hhli Il Fs fal RE Question type Long free text v Question group Demographics Mandatory yes No Validation Show advanced settings Save OF import a question ion file Isq csv a invert resource links 7 Import question Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 47 Congratulations maybe You might not need to do anything further in terms of creating this question unless your question is one of the LimeSurvey types that requires you to supply answer choices and or subquestions The remaining steps below will need to be followed however if you are creating a question that requires these addi
6. The seven steps to create a survey There are seven steps to creating a basic survey in the LimeSurvey system Each of the seven steps is explained next in this guide Step 1 Create a new survey and enter general details about it i e Create the Survey Container as illustrated in Figure 2 3 The general details may be thought of as the survey s metadata e g your survey s title welcome text description text activation date expiration date template for the colour scheme and images access mode public or restricted to members of a panel the web page to be loaded after the respondent submits their responses etc Step 2 Create at least one Question group to contain your questions A Question group in LimeSurvey is a container to hold questions and is also known as a block or a page in other online survey tools All questions in LimeSurvey must belong to a Question group You can place related questions in their own Question groups to help organize your survey if desired In your survey s metadata you can specify that your survey should be presented one question at a time or Question group by Question group Step 3 Create questions and any associated answer options and subquestions After you have completed Step 3 you will have the pieces shown in Figure 2 3 Step 4 Test and then activate your survey Step 5 Announce your survey to intended respondents Step 6 View and optionally ex
7. a opening doors through technology www uoguelph ca ccs LimeSurvey oy Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 1 Table of Contents Contents TAINS ON CONTON a E E E E E 2 AOC O e EA E EE A EA ac neg EA T TE nee iraaneteeeNas 3 1 About Your LimeSurvey Account ccccccceeesssssssssssnnaceceeeeeceesesssssesesssensaaaaaeeeeeeesesesessessensaaaaaaaas 6 LLHowaolgetalimeSurvey ACCOUNE eerie e A i 6 LA How dolloe MO EV SU serieren 6 1 3 How do I change my LimeSurvey ACCOUNT S password sessssssseesssreresrreeesreresrrereseeresrrersseereserresseeee 8 1 4 Where is my survey data stored ivcscrccssdeccantectdeavnheeiiacdenlenewnsivainedeubstenerdanceudealniecsiivteertaeh dacaiasenctioss 10 1 5 How long is my survey data kept esssssseesssssesssrrrssrrrrssrrressreroserressrerosrrreserereserressreresreresererererresene 10 1 6 How can I get an overview of all my account s surveys in LimeSurvey sssesseeesesreresrrererrrresen 10 1 7 How can colleagues on my research team work on the survey s development with me 11 1 8 Where can lget help with LimeSurvey 2 secssanccdcorcindsosnaavdanancd teesananesdsnnessbanonaasiaveoodtandooanactcossanmanenaancds 12 1 9 What are the known issues with LimeSurvey s sesssssssesssreresrrresrreessrrrsssreresrrressreresrrreserereserresene 13 2 Two major concepts about surveys in the LimeSurvey SYSTEM
8. Guelph_cornerstone Base language English Additional languages End URL Congratulations You have now created a survey with 1 Basic metadata such as its Title You will see your survey listed in the list accessible via the drop down arrow on the Administration toolbar see Figure 1 7 2 Atleast one Question Group You will see your Question group s listed in the list accessible via the drop down arrow on the Survey toolbar pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 8 3 Atleast one Question selected from the list of available question types in LimeSurvey and configured via the form shown in Figures 4 11 through 4 16 You will see your question s listed in the list accessible via the drop down arrow on the Question group toolbar as pointed to by red arrow 1 in Figure 4 17 and 4 The survey has been activated Once you have activated your survey respondents can access the survey and any responses they submit will be saved in the survey s response table Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 62 5 The survey has been announced to your potential respondents by letting them know its URL pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 27 The next step step 6 of 7 in creating your survey is to view and optionally export your responses TIP if your survey is in closed access mode i e you are using a panel or list of people authorized to complete your survey tokens
9. The survey Wiki Home software itself is self quiding for the respondents who are participating This manual is thus ae ibaa focused at how to install the application administer the installation and support survey g creators administrators and report generation users alike List Pages Orphan Pages l esa dbox g To get an overview of the vast range of question types look at Question types Multiple Print eas aa There has been a big ramp up in development the last few years leading to many new features and changes Make sure to upgrade to the latest version to make use of the capabilities highlighted here ONLINE USERS Look to the far right for the main chapters to the manual Start with the chapter appropriate for y top of each page dab through the many sections of each chapter Otherwise scroll dowr 45 online users here and go directly to the topic you are interested in Still having trouble finding what you want Don t forget the general search box our General FAL discussion forums g Remember that LimeSurvey g is an open source free software application See something missil documentation is a Wiki that can be edited by you or anyone else Or donate to help support ti difference Complete table of contents installation Upgrading from a previous version Using ComfortUpdate Transferring an installation Installation FAQ Installation security hints Administering Limesurvey Global settings Manage users Mana
10. full name and password associated with your LimeSurvey account Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 9 Figure 1 5 Information you can change about your account is displayed Ensure you click the Save button after making changes to update your account Administration Logged in as ccsdemo k D AAD sme Editing user Username Email Full name Password ccsdemo petermc uogueiph ca CCS Demonstration Account eeeeeeeecerer Save 1 4 Where is my survey data stored Your survey data is stored in the CCS data centre at the University of Guelph The data centre is a secure facility with access restricted to authorized personnel only All traffic between your web browser and the LimeSurvey web server is SSL encrypted Similarly all traffic between your survey respondents web browsers and the LimeSurvey web server is also SSL encrypted CCS strictly adheres to the University of Guelph s policies governing the privacy and protection of personal information 1 5 How long is my survey data kept Survey data is stored for two years To keep your data beyond this time period you can export your responses to Excel SPSS etc 1 6 How can I get an overview of all my account s surveys in LimeSurvey Click the List surveys icon on the Administration toolbar the icon is pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 1 6 below A summary of all your account s surveys will be displ
11. LimeSurvey system CONCEPT 2 The four components that make up a survey in the LimeSurvey system One of these components is the actual questions but there are three other components as well CONCEPT 1 The elements that make up a question in the LimeSurvey system Questions form the core of an online survey since it is the questions that gather the information you need from your respondents The example survey illustrates that there are numerous question types in LimeSurvey such as the e List Radio question type that is used to let the respondent select one choice from a list of choices Question 1 in the example survey is a List Radio question type e Multiple Choice question type that is used to let a respondent make more than one choice from a list This question type is often used for asking check all that apply types of questions Question 2 in the example survey is a Multiple Choice question type e Ranking question type that is used to let a respondent rank a series of choices in their personal order of preference Question 3 in the example survey is a Ranking question type e the Array question type that presents a series of sub questions to the respondent all the sub questions have the same answer choices Question 4 in the example survey is an Array question type e The Text Display question type that doesn t actually ask a question instead it is used to present information
12. NOT anonymous It is presented group by group Participants can save partially finished surveys Regenerate question codes Straight By group Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 58 To learn more about activating your survey refer to the relevant LimeSurvey documentation Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 59 Step 5 Announce Your Survey The simplest way to announce your survey to intended respondents is to send them a link to it via email or by placing the link to your survey within a prominent web page Key point Your survey must first be activated for respondents to be able to access it To determine the URL of your active survey 1 Choose your survey from the drop down list on the Administration toolbar as pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 25 below Figure 4 25 Click the drop down arrow on the Administration toolbar to list your surveys and select the survey you wish to work with Administration Logged in as ccsdemo kp QS Surveys Please choose PA ey j Like it Di Version 1 91 Build 10315 LimeSi On the resulting Survey toolbar that appears check that the survey is active The large green arrow on the left of the Survey toolbar pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 26 below indicates that the survey is active Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Qui
13. a LimeSurvey account please send email to drchelp uoguelph cal There is no charge for a LimeSurvey account for members of the University of uelph Humber community You will receive your account via an emi from the LimeSurvey system e LimeSurv 12 How to access LimeSurvey Once you have a LimeSurvey account you can login to LimeSurvey here User Guides to help you use LimeSurvey Clicking the login to LimeSurvey here link on the above web page will bring you to the LimeSurvey login page shown in Figure 1 2 below Enter your LimeSurvey Username and Password and then click the Login button pointed to by red arrow 1 in Figure 1 2 below Note the area pointed to by red arrow 2 in Figure 1 2 This area is used to display current Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 7 information about the service Figure 1 2 The LimeSurvey login page y P uoguelph ca https dev2 surveys ccs uoguelph ca limeSurvey admin a ic J Soogie LimeSurve You have to login first Username Password Language Default July 12 2011 LimeSurvey has been upgraded to the latest release Please click here for details 1 3 How do I change my LimeSurvey account s password After you login to LimeSurvey you can change your password by following these three steps 1 When you login to LimeSurvey you are presented with the Administration toolbar as shown in Figure 1 3 below To chang
14. groups Demographics r PA b 4 al z dl al E Questions gender What is your gender w i He PA we Question What is your gender ID 23324 2 Click this icon to add A FAS F answer options for your POB Code gender Optional question question Question What is your gender Help Type List radio Warning You need to add answer options to this questior Mandatory No Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 48 Figure 4 16 below illustrates the form that appears when you click the Add answer options icon Recall that forms always appear beneath the lowest toolbar and have an associated Save button In the Answer option area of the form enter the text for the answer choice What you enter here is what the respondent will see as a possible answer they can select In the code area of the form enter a unique code for this answer option Ensure you give each desired answer you want to present to your respondents a unique code and appropriate text To add additional answer options i e additional choices your respondent can choose from click the Add new answer button pointed to by red arrow 1 in Figure 4 16 below Repeat the process as often as necessary until you have added all the answer options you wish the respondent to be able to choose from When you have added all the answer options for the question click the Save changes button red arrow 2 in Figure 4 16 below
15. pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 19 below Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 53 Figure 4 19 The location of your web browser s address pane It s this URL that you can provide colleagues to enable them to test your survey z LimeSurvey Mozilla Firefox a File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help Te A Most Visited LimeSurvey Administration A in as ccsdemo OE a Survey LimeSurvey Demonstration Survey ID 499 12 Lene aN E x Find CSA 4 Next t Previous ia a a Match case Done a ae wer Ti Tera When you are satisfied with the appearance and behaviour of your survey the next step is to activate it Note that once you have activated your survey you cannot change many aspects of its metadata nor can you add or delete groups questions answer options or subquestions However you can change some metadata such as the survey s title expiration date and template and you can also change the text of questions and the text of answer options and subquestions 2 Activate your survey by clicking on the small green arrow Activate this survey icon as pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 20 Figure 4 20 The location of the Activate this survey icon on the Survey toolbar Administration Logged in as ccsdemo D Surveys My first survey m O Survey My first survey ID 886
16. to additional information you may already know about the respondent if you are using panels LimeSurvey also has tools so you can move the questions around within a group and between groups Please consult the Drill Down Documents on the CCS LimeSurvey webpage here for more information The URL of the webpage is htto www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurve Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 22 3 Navigating within LimeSurvey Your respondents only see the finished product of all your work and they navigate your survey by clicking its Previous Next Save Submit etc buttons However in your role as the survey s administrator you will be using various LimeSurvey tools to create edit and maintain your survey These tools are introduced in this section of this Quick Start Guide 1 Toolset 1 Toolbars tooltips icons and drop down lists When you first login to LimeSurvey you will be presented with the Administration toolbar as outlined with the red recatangle in Figure 3 1 below Note that LimeSurvey toolbars contain various icons displayed from left to right across the toolbar The toolbar s name is always displayed in its top left corner On any toolbar place you mouse over any icon and a tooltip will be displayed that summarizes the action of that specific icon In Figure 3 1 the Administration toolbar is outlined with a red rectangle An icon on the
17. to the relevant LimeSurvey documentation Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 65 For more information on exporting your results to another application refer to the relevant LimeSurvey documentation Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 66 Step 7 Close your survey after its completion After the period for collecting responses has passed you can close your survey by changing its expiration date to a date in the past Once your survey is closed you can still access your survey to review results but respondents will not be able to take your survey Caution Ensure you close your survey by following the procedure below rather than by deactivating it When you deactivate your survey you will not have access to any associated responses Your survey s expiration date is part of its metadata To change your survey s expiration date 1 Position your mouse over the Survey properties icon on the Survey toolbar and select the General settings choice from the resulting sub menu In Figure 4 30 below the Survey properties icon is pointed to by red arrow 1 and the General settings choice on the resulting sub menu is pointed to by red arrow 2 Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 67 Figure 4 30 Accessing the General Settings for you survey 4 LimeSurvey pa Administration Loc in
18. toolbar is pointed to by red arrow 1 The resulting tooltip displayed when you mouse over the icon is pointed to by red arrow 2 As well as containing icons many toolbars contain drop down lists of choices you can make selections from These drop down lists are always on the toolbar s right side Red arrow 3 in Figure 3 1 points to an example drop down list On the Administration toolbar the drop down list contains the list of surveys associated with your account You can select the survey you wish to work with by clicking on its name in the list that appears when you click the drop down arrow Figure 3 1 The Administration toolbar This is the only toolbar displayed when you login to LimeSurvey Subsequent toolbars appear as you work with LimeSurvey s features LimeSurve Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 23 As you work with LimeSurvey additional toolbars frequently appear as illustrated in Figure 3 2 below The toolbars cascade one beneath another down the web page Remember that each toolbar s name is displayed in its upper left corner In Figure 3 2 below four toolbars are shown the Administration Survey Question group and Question toolbars The location of the toolbar s names is outlined with red rectangles in Figure 3 2 Figure 3 2 Additional toolbars frequently appear and they are presented i e cascade one beneath the other down the page This figure shows four tool
19. 87 aon RAAB Ques group Demographics 1D 1898 y Am aiel 4 Questions gender What is your gender w A Cc 4m a aj Question groups Demographics we ee PA L 3 When you begin the process of activating your survey you will receive a warning screen about changes to your survey that will no longer be possible while your survey is active The Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 54 screen you will see is illustrated in Figure 4 21 below After reviewing this information click the Activate survey button to activate your survey Figure 4 21 The screen of warning messages displayed when you activate your survey After reviewing the warning messages click the Activate survey button Administration Legged in as cadem T S86 aa A o Surwey My first survey it teae7 eeseprRreaara se Question groups tease choose ai Ox Activate survey 88687 War READ THIS CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING You shoulc only achwate a survey whan you are absohitely certan that your survey setup is finshed and will not need changing Note the warning Once a suryey ts actvated you can no longar a 2 l message advising e Add or delete groups Add or delete questions what you can and e Acad change ther codes cannot do once Edit your questions code title test and advanced options you activate your Echt your group names or Gescriptors Add remove of et answer ophons Surve
20. Clicking the Save changes button will not change the display it merely saves your answer options you can add more answer options or you can click one of the icons on the toolbars to proceed to other tasks Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 49 Figure 4 16 The form that allows you to add answer options for questions You only add answer options to a question for LimeSurvey question types such as List or Multiple Choice These types of questions are where your respondent selects an answer from a pre defined list of choices The text that you supply for each Answer option is what is presented to the respondent when the question is displayed Administration Logged in as ccsdemo k Surveys My first survey Py OQ Survey My first survey ID 88687 W G a R B f amp A DE Question groups Demographics Si Ao a a at Question group Demographics ID 1898 y E amp J La ol al Questions gender What is your gender w i De PY 5 ve uw Question What is your gender 1D 23324 ToyX Edit answer options English Base language Code Answer option Actions M y 4 tape a F a Save changes aaa 2 Predefined label sets Quick add Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 50 6 You can preview your question by clicking the Preview this question icon on the Question toolbar as illustrated in F
21. Guide Version 2 0 2 Introduction LimeSurvey is a web application that enables members of the University of Guelph Guelph Humber community to create manage and deploy basic online surveys You can see an example LimeSurvey survey here The URL is https surveys ccs uoguelph ca limeSurvey index php sid 49912 amp lang en Various sections of this guide will reference the above example survey Accordingly you may wish to take a few minutes to view the survey before proceeding The example survey illustrates some of LimeSurvey s various question types and the LimeSurvey concepts of a Randomizing the order of answer choices Randomizing the order that the answer choices are displayed to your survey s respondents helps to remove bias in choose your answer s from the list below type questions b Piping using the answer to a preceding question in the current question s text c The Exclusive answer choice option for a question when this exclusive answer choice is selected all other choices are deselected until your respondent deselects this answer choice d Conditional display of questions based on the respondent s answers to preceding questions e Including multi media in your survey in this case a YouTube video and an audio file To hear the audio file in the example survey you will require Adobe s Quick Time plugin With LimeSurvey e You can create deploy and manage your survey via t
22. al languages End URL Number of questions groups O Survey currently No a _ gt tints Survey cannot be activated yet Hints about your 1 meed to adc question groups Eron menila nE a pas survey are shown it i presented group by group in red Participants can save partially finished surveys Regenerate queston coges raint TIP You can review and edit your survey s metadata anytime by clicking on the Survey properties icon on the Survey toolbar The Survey properties icon is pointed to by red arrow 1 in Figure 4 5 Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 34 Congratulations You have now completed Step 1 of the seven steps involved in creating a survey To this point you have created a survey with 1 Basic metadata such as its Title From now on you will see your survey listed in the list of surveys accessible via the drop down arrow on the Administration toolbar see Figure 1 7 Your survey will be identified in the list by its Title At this point we now have the survey s overall container in place the red rectangle in Figure 2 3 The next step step 2 of our 7 steps is to create at least one Question Group in your survey Recall that every survey must have at least one Question Group To learn more about creating and importing surveys refer to the relevant section of the LimeSurvey User Guide Computing and Communication
23. ample survey 4 Responses The responses you receive to your survey are stored in an external database system LimeSurvey provides some basic tools you can use to review your responses within LimeSurvey as well as tools you can use to export your responses for analysis in other systems such as SPSS or Microsoft Excel Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 20 Figure 2 3 Illustrating the four main components of a survey in the LimeSurvey system 1 the Survey Container 2 Question Groups 3 Questions and 4 the external database that holds the responses 2 Question Group Questioni 1 Survey Container 2 Question Group 4 External 2 Question Database Group holding the responses Quesion6 Question 7 Question 8 Order of display to your respondents Question 9 3 Question Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 21 When a respondent accesses your survey LimeSurvey will present the questions in the order shown by the green arrow in Figure 2 3 i e It will start with the first question in the first Question Group and proceed linearly through to the last question in the last question group You can assign conditions to questions to provide control over whether a question will or will not be shown depending on the respondent s answers to earlier questions in the survey and
24. are used and emails can be sent out to intended respondents through LimeSurvey s token capabilities The invitation email message sent to potential respondents in your panel contains a unique link to your survey for each respondent CCS has also provided a LimeSurvey Drill Down document on tokens How to work with Panels in LimeSurvey The document is available on the CCS LimeSurvey web page here http www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurve To learn more about tokens refer to the relevant LimeSurvey documentation Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 63 Step 6 View and optionally export your survey response data You can browse your survey responses with basic tools included in LimeSurvey and obtain basic frequency counts of responses to your survey s questions You can also export your response data to Excel SPSS etc for backup purposes before deactivating a survey and for more indepth reporting and analysis than is possible with LimeSurvey s tools To obtain basic statistics and frequency counts of responses to your survey s questions with LimeSurvey s tools please follow these steps 1 On the Survey toolbar mouse over the Responses icon From the submenu that appears choose Responses and statistics Refer to Figure 4 28 for the location of these items Figure 4 28 The location of the Responses icon on the Survey toolbar pointed to b
25. as ccsdemo orc Surveys LimeSurvey Demonstration Surv w ey Survey properties Survey LimeSurvey Bn ration Survey ID 92792 gt amp Ti g Survey H S 27928lang en Descript Welco l just a short survey to illustrate a few of LimeSurvey s Administra Soo PPN termc uoguelph ca Start date ti pace Expiry date tii Template Gueipn_correrstorie Base language English Additional _ languages End URL https surveys ccs uoquelph ca limeSurvey index php sid 67688 amp lang en Number of questions groups Survey currently Vises active 11 2 Survey table name lime_survey_92792 Hints Answers to this survey are anonymized It is presented question by question A question index will be shown participants will be able to jump between viewed questions Dacmancoarc wll ha data ctamnad 2 Onthe resulting page select the Publication amp access control tab pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 31 below Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 68 Figure 4 31 The Publication amp access control tab LimeSurve Administration Logged in as ccsdemo CA GN E eY Surveys LimeSurvey Demonstration Surv w SE b Survey LimeSurvey Demonstration Survey ID 92792 STR Bk B Question groups Please choose m ra ia 0 x pas Edit survey settings General Presentation amp navigation Publication amp a
26. ascading toolbars are replaced with just one toolbar you can click the Return to survey administration icon on the singly displayed toolbar to return to the previous cascading toolbar display The Return to survey administration icon looks like a house and is pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 3 4 below Figure 3 4 You can click the Return to survey administration icon to return to a previous multiple toolbar display Browse responses A First Survey Dbnae C668 AYE Response summary Click this icon to return tO punresponses 1 the previous multiple ee responses 0 n Total responses 1 toolbar display i 4 Toolset 4 Logging out When you have finished working with LimeSurvey you logout by clicking the Logout icon on the Administration toolbar The icon is pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 3 5 below Clicking this Logout icon ensures your session completes properly and that no one else can access your survey information from your web browser session Figure 3 5 The location of the Logout icon on the Administration toolbar Please ensure you logout after completing your LimeSurvey session Administration Logged in as ccsdemo Survey A First Survey ID 81853 p re SQ D fa A The Logout icon Gmi FA iJi aed Question groups Please choose SA i Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 27 4 How to create a first survey
27. ath the Administration toolbar The fields associated with the various tabs are where you enter the details i e your survey s metadata about your survey such as the welcome message users see on your survey s opening page You can edit these metadata details later right up to the point where your survey is deployed and some metadata components can be changed even when your survey is active Click on each tab to enter review or edit its associated metadata information Be sure to click each form s Save button to save your metadata If you are not importing a survey you can ignore the Import tab When creating a survey you only need enter its Title as a starting point You will find the Title fieldo the form displayed when you click the General tab You can return to the survey s metadata to make modifications to the various other metadata components later if desired Figure 4 2 illustrates the metadata contents on the General tab CCS has prepared a LimeSurvey Drill Down Guide that provides more information about what the metadata settings on the other tabs are for The document is available on the CCS LimeSurvey web page here The URL for the web page is htto www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurve TIP remember that in LimeSurvey you specify specific content by completing the form fields that appear beneath the lowest toolbar Ensure you click the form s associated Save button to save your specific
28. ations The form s Save button is always located at the bottom of the form Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 30 Figure 4 2 The tabs containing your survey s metadata Click each tab to review and edit the associated metadata about your survey In this figure we re seeing the form associated with the General tab Administration Logged im as ccademo General Presentation amp navigation Publication amp access control Notification amp data manegement Tokens impuri Copy Base language English Title The survey s metadata is organized on tabs TIP The tabs may appear on one line across your screen depending on your monitor s resolution and your screen size 3 When you have finished reviewing entering editing your survey s metadata information be sure to click the Save button at the bottom of the form page pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 3 below The only metadata information you must enter is the survey s title and language which you specify via the form associated with the General tab The General tab is the active tab in Figure 4 2 above On the General tab any text you enter in the Description field will appear at the top of each page of your survey Any text you enter in the Welcome message field will appear on the opening page only The Welcome message field is often used to provide your respondents with an overview of your survey Computin
29. ayed as illustrated in Figure 1 7 below Note that clicking on a survey s name in the list will let you access that survey for editing reviewing responses etc You can also access a survey by selecting it from the drop down list pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 1 7 Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 10 Figure 1 6 The location of the List surveys icon on the Administration toolbar LimeSurve ai ns Surveys Please choose ii P OQ Like it Donate to List surveys Version 1 91 Build 10494 LimeSurve Figure 1 7 The display summarizing all your account s surveys Clicking on any survey s name will let you access it for editing reviewing responses etc You can also access a survey by selecting it from the drop down list pointed to by the red arrow in this Figure LimeSurve Administration Logged in as cc edemo f HOG Responses ns Response Dole Pull Partial Total ii aia Anonymired ed Owner Access sS siti 1 7 How can colleagues on my research team work on the survey s development with me As the survey owner i e the survey administrator in LimeSurvey terminology you can assign various rights to the survey to colleagues who also have LimeSurvey accounts in the University of Guelph LimeSurvey system For example you can grant a colleague editing rights to your Computing and Communications Services CCS Lim
30. bars their names are circled in red eA Aoa First Survey 10081853 a Question groups his is my growp 1 1025 idl Questions Question How are you feeling today 1D 13742 A 6 aek Code Hi Question Hc Help Type Lst Mandatory No The name of a toolbar helps indicate what you use its icons and drop down lists for For example e Administration toolbar use this toolbar s icons and drop down lists to manage your LimeSurvey account create a new Survey access an existing survey copy an existing survey and logout of the LimeSurvey system when you have finished your session e Survey toolbar once you ve created a new survey or selected the existing survey of interest from the Administration toolbar the icons and drop down lists on this toolbar let you access your survey s responses if you ve selected an existing survey on the Administration toolbar or if you re working on creating a survey create modify your survey s metadata create modify question groups create modify a panel for your survey etc Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 24 Normally you would only be interested in the toolbars beneath the Survey toolbar if you are working on creating a new Survey or editing an existing survey In fact only if you indicate via the choices you make via the icons and drop down lists on the Administration and Survey toolbar
31. blication amp access control Notification amp data management Tokens Import Copy Select survey structure file Iss csv Convert resource links and y INSERTANS fields Import survey 4 When the survey has been created the Survey toolbar will appear beneath the Administration toolbar remember that toolbars cascade down the page appearing one beneath the other as required As illustrated in Figure 4 5 below look for hints on the area of the web page beneath the Survey toolbar In LimeSurvey hints are always displayed in red text in the form area beneath the lowest toolbar The hints illustrated in Figure 4 5 are advising that you need to add Question Group s to your survey and that you need to add Question s to your survey We ll add a Question Group in step 2 and Questions in step 3 below Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 33 Figure 4 5 Hints appear after you have created your survey Hints are displayed in the form area beneath the lowest toolbar Administration Logged in as ccsdemof QAR wom OO Survey My first survey 1D 88687 a go RB B 4 Question groups sone if A ita Title first survey ID 88687 Survey URL English Description Welcome Administrator CCS Demonstrabon Account petenmc uoqgueiph ca Start date time Expiry date time Template Gueiph_CME_cornerstone_colours Base language English Addition
32. ccess control Notification amp data management Tokens Resources Base language English Engl Additional languages 3 On the resulting page illustrated in Figure 4 32 below click the button beside the entry Expiry date time The button is pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 32 Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 69 Figure 4 32 The button to choose your survey s Expiry date and time LimeSurve Administration Logged in as ccsdemo N k Qe Surveys LimeSurvey Demonstration Surv w PA 6 Survey LimeSurvey Demonstration Survey 1D 92792 D I RRAS Question groups Please choose Edit survey settings General Presentation amp navigation Publication amp access control Notification amp data management Tokens Resources List survey publicly Allow public registration Start date time Expiry date time Set cookie to prevent repeated participation Use CAPTCHA for Use HTML format for token emails 4 Next on the calendar that is displayed pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 33 below click on a date from the past for example yesterday Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 70 Figure 4 33 The calendar from which you select your survey s expiry date Administration Logged in as ccsdemo LimeSurve Surveys LimeSurvey Demonstration Surv wv PY OQ
33. ccessible via the drop down arrow on the Survey toolbar pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 8 The next step step 3 of 7 in creating a survey is to add the questions To learn more about Question groups refer to the relevant section of the LimeSurvey documentation Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 39 Step 3 Create Questions Now that you have completed step 2 and have created at least one Question Group in your survey the next step is to add questions Before proceeding with this step you may wish to review the various question types available in LimeSurvey here or in the example survey referenced in the Introduction section of this guide on page 3 Adding questions to your survey is basically a repetitive process of a selecting the LimeSurvey question type that best gives you the information you want to collect and then b configuring the question in LimeSurvey to customize it for your particular need by supplying the question s code question text help text options and conditions to indicate such things as whether the question is mandatory if the question should not be displayed if a previous question was answered in a certain way etc To begin creating questions to your survey 1 Choose which Question group you wish to add questions to You created at least one Question group in Step 2 above Click the Question Groups drop down arrow on the Survey t
34. ck Start Guide Version 2 0 60 Figure 4 26 The large green arrow appears on the Survey toolbar when a survey is active Admimistration Logged tm as T URA n F 6 Survey A Forest Survey ID 8 1853 9m RRA 8B The large green arrow indicates your survey is active Surv Start date time Expiry date time Tengtate Guelph corr fase language Er Additional languages End URL Number of afs questions groups Survey curredtly active Yas Survey table name 5 Hinte Anawers to Thy ia vey ae anonym od i gt muti Ny Lites LiL i ive partially fireshed surveys n codes i 3 Copy and paste the survey URL into wherever you wish to publish the announcement about your survey The location of your active survey s URL is pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 27 below Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 61 Figure 4 27 The URL for your active survey is shown here Administration Logged in as ccsdemo Survey A First Survey 1D 81853 P e UA2zAa te B lt o Tox Question groups Please choose a E gt Title A First Survey ID 81853 Survey URL English https dev2 surveys ccs uoqguelph ca limeSurvey index php sid 8 1853 amp lang en Description This is the description Welcome This is the URL of your Administrator CCS Demonstration Account petermc uoguelph ca Start date time survey Expiry date time Template
35. displayed here Click this drop down _ Indicate if the arrow to seethe question is available questions mandatory i e types Question type Long free text must be answered i tS uestion group Demographics v here andatory Yes No Validation TIP Click the drop down arrow beside Question type to see a list of all available question types Mouse over any of the question types to see a preview of what the question looks like Please see Figure 4 12 for an illustration Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 44 Figure 4 12 Tip Clicking the drop down arrow beside Question type lists the available question types Mouse over any question type in the list to see a preview of what the question looks like _ UmeSurvey Morrie refor ae Efe Edt View History Bookmarts Toots Help _ Z Gryph Mait Inbox 7 E The Requested Page Cannot Be Dispi H imeSorvey CCS O limeSarrey uw 5 27978 Le 4 LY ese https Geed surveys con vogueph ca limesurwey ediren ecreen php achons sddquesbonGudcs M agitz 4 Print screen WarGoOWs Preview displayed when one mouses over a question type List dropdown dotault opting Choose one of the following answers ivrp free teat Sings choice questore Vetaut opton L S pairi chaite Some example answer opo New answer optan Third answer opor l wv a a No answ Array 00 port chore risen types
36. e can be thought of as the variable name in applications like SPSS or the column heading in Excel The question s code is not displayed to the respondent but will be included in reports and in the files created if you export your survey data for use in Excel SPSS etc To facilitate the data analysis and reporting phases of a project it is recommended that you assign meaningful codes to your questions such as colour_preference gender age income etc The unique code for Question 1 in the example survey is pointed to by red arrow 1 in Figure 2 2 below Only one word names are allowed for codes 2 Question Text the actual text that is displayed to the respondent such as What is your favourite colour You enter this text when you create the question using LimeSurvey s editor Referring to the example survey the Question Text for the first question is QUESTION 1 What is your favourite colour The question text for Question 1 in the Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 15 example survey is pointed to by red arrow 1 in Figure 2 2 below You can change your question text by re editing a question as many times as you wish even after the survey is live The LimeSurvey editor lets you specify fonts colours etc for your question text include images in your question make text a link etc For example note the QUESTION 1 portion of the question text is in red More i
37. e to click its associated Save button to save your input The form s associated Save button always appears at the bottom of the form Figure 3 3 below illustrates the form that appears when you click the Add new group to survey icon on the Survey toolbar The icon is pointed to by red arrow 1 Clicking this icon is what caused the form to be displayed Note how the form is displayed beneath the lowest toolbar Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 25 Figure 3 3 The form that appears when you click the Add new group to survey icon on the Survey toolbar Remember to click the form s associated Save button to save your input Administration Logged in as ccsdemo fe GMT oolbar pen cists 6 Survey A First Survey ID 81853 m R a B a Toolbar Question groups Please choose Add question group English Base language Import question group Title Description i x3 fe Source B ZF U a ue Form with fields you complete The Save button for this form EEE save question croup Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 26 3 Toolset 3 Toolbar Reduction Some icons when clicked replace all the cascaded toolbars with just one toolbar This is done to provide more space in the form area beneath the toolbar recall that forms are only presented beneath the lowest toolbar When the c
38. e your password click the Key icon on the Administration toolbar The location of this icon is pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 1 3 below Note that a tooltip is displayed when you mouse over any icon in LimeSurvey The tooltip summarizes the action of the icon The tooltip for the Key icon is visible in Figure 1 3 to the right of the red arrow and reads Create edit users Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 8 Figure 1 3 The location of the Key icon on the Administration toolbar LimeSurve Administration Logged in as ccsdemo am QO seven Create edit users n Logged in 2 Find your username in the resulting list and then click the Pencil icon beside your username Only your username will have the Pencil icon beside it Note the pencil icon is used throughout LimeSurvey to let you edit various content items The pencil icon is pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 1 4 below Figure 1 4 Your LimeSurvey Username will have a Pencil icon beside it indicating you may edit information about this account Click the pencil icon to access the information ccs PME SE petermc uoguelph ca Demonstration Account 3 Clicking the Pencil icon will display the form shown in Figure 1 5 below Update the form s fields with any changes you wish to make such as your password then click the Save button You can change the email address
39. eSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 11 survey so they can make changes to your survey s questions answer choices metadata etc and grant another colleague view response rights so they can view responses to your survey as they are submitted Please refer to the LimeSurvey Drill Down Document How to grant rights to your survey to another LimeSurvey user for more information The document is available on the CCS webpage for LimeSurvey here http www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurve 1 8 Where can I get help with LimeSurvey You can get assistance in three ways 1 Official LimeSurvey documentation The URLis Start with the Creating Surveys Introduction section The content above this section relates to computer system administrators wishing to install their own instance of LimeSurvey on a server The official LimeSurvey documentation is maintained by the open source developers group composed of members of various universities in several countries 2 This Quick Start Guide and various Drill Down Guides available on the CCS website The URL for the web page is http www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurve Please review the above web page on the CCS website for the latest copy of this Quick Start Guide In addition CCS has prepared a number of Drill Down Guides that cover specific topics related to LimeSurvey You will find these Drill Down Guides in the User guides to help you
40. eath another Figure 4 8 Showing the location of the Group toolbar and the location on the Survey toolbar of the drop down list of your survey s groups pointed to by the red arrow Administration Logged in as ccsdemo a ior QR Surveys My first survey Survey My first survey 1D 88687 mM RRAS Question groups Demographics Question group Demographics ID 1898 jidi Eiai Questions Please choose Title Demographics 1898 Description Repeat the above steps for each Question Group you wish to add If you only create one Question Group and subsequently need to separate your questions into different groups you can create the other Question Groups later and move the questions between the Question Groups as required CCS has prepared a LimeSurvey Drill Down Guide that provides information on how to move questions within a Question Group and between Question Groups The document is available on the CCS LimeSurvey web page here The URL for the web page is http www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurve Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 38 Congratulations You have now created a survey with 1 Basic metadata such as its Title You will see your survey listed in the list accessible via the drop down arrow on the Administration toolbar see Figure 1 7 2 Atleast one Question Group You will see your Question Group s listed in the list a
41. ey refer to the relevant LimeSurvey documentation Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 52 Step 4 Test and then Activate Your Survey 1 You can test your survey prior to activation by clicking on the Test this survey icon on the Survey toolbar as pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 18 Figure 4 18 The location of the Test this survey icon on the Survey toolbar Administration Logged in as ccsdemo Surveys My first survey Survey My first survey ID 88687 mlr RRMA Question gr emographics 1D 1898 Re me 90 Ba Yj y Questions gender What is your gender oN Question What is your gender ID 23324 O WAG aan re wil Question groups Demographics al A PA TIP Prior to activating your survey you can change various settings of your survey s metadata and then repeatedly click the Test this survey icon to see their effect Refer to Step 1 of this section of the Quick Start Guide for information on your survey s metadata TIP When previewing your non activated survey any responses you enter are not saved TIP When previewing your survey the survey will open in a new window of your web browser You will see your survey s URL i e its web address in the browser s address pane You can provide colleagues with this URL to enable them to access your survey in preview mode as well The address pane of your browser is
42. g Most often it is the Array question type you will be using when you supply Subquestions Referring to Question 4 in the example survey the main question being asked is Tell us how you feel about the following foods The Subquestions are Carrot Sticks Chocolate Bars Apples Celery Oreo Cookies Hot Dogs Bananas _ In the Array question type the Subquestions make up the rows and the Answer Options make up the columns Again referring to Question 4 in the example survey the Answer Options are Hate em I m not really a fan Fairly neutral eat them on occasion Nature s perfect food No answer Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 17 Figure 2 2 The view of Question 1 from the example survey when the question is being created edited Code Qi A EE 4 Question i ee aj Source B F G35 GH i bhli Hi E a QUESTION 1 What is your favourite colour this is an example of Lime Survey s List Radio question type An advanced settings option has been set for this question to cause the answer choices to be displayed in random order each time the question is displayed one m oD tg x i 3 i s i inn uy i iHi HH amp E Question type List radio Mandatory yes No Hide advanced settings Display Hide tip Sort answers alphabetically Label for Other option Display columns Random answer order Yes w Always hide this q
43. g and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 31 Figure 4 3 Ensure you click the form s associated Save button to save your survey s metadata as you work from tab to tab This illustration shows the location of the Save button when you are viewing the metadata content on the General tab A form s associated Save button is always at the bottom of the form End URL http URL description Date format dd mm yyyy Administrator CCS Demonstration Account Admin email petermc uoguelph ca Bounce email petermo uoguelph ca Fax to TIP To import an existing LimeSurvey survey you have been provided with by a colleague you don t need to enter information in all of the tabs Instead go directly to the Import tab browse for and select the file usually a csv on your computer and then click the Import survey button that is at the bottom of the form The csv file will have been created by your colleague by exporting an existing LimeSurvey survey that is in their account Such exported surveys are stored in CSV comma separated values format The form associated with the Import tab is shown in Figure 4 4 below Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 32 Figure 4 4 The contents on the Import tab of your survey s metadata Administration Logged in as csdemoF Create import or copy survey General Presentation amp navigation Pu
44. ge user groups Label sets The template editor Localisation Survey Status Screen Getting Started First login Your user preferences Start with this section Creating surveys Introduction Creating a new survey Importing a survey structure Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 5 1 About Your LimeSurvey Account 1 1 How do I get a LimeSurvey account A LimeSurvey account is required to administer surveys in the LimeSurvey system An account consists of a Username and associated Password There is no charge for a LimeSurvey account for members of the University of Guelph Guelph Humber community To request an account please send email to drchelo uoguelph ca Accounts are normally available within 2 3 business days of their request Once your account has been created you will receive an automated email message from the LimeSurvey system with your Username and Password The email message will also contain the link you click to login to LimeSurvey There is no limit to the number of surveys you can create or responses you can collect with your account 1 2 How do I log in to LimeSurvey You log in to LimeSurvey by clicking on the Login to LimeSurvey link on the CCS product page for LimeSurvey at http www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurvey see the location pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 1 1 below Besides containing the link to login to LimeSurve
45. he web no desktop software is required beyond a web browser and an internet connection e Once activated your survey can be completed by anyone on the internet or it can be restricted to a defined group of users known as a panel e Surveys can be created from scratch or copied imported and subsequently modified from other LimeSurvey surveys e You can view your survey responses and generate basic frequency counts of replies with tools within LimeSurvey In addition you can export your survey results to products like Microsoft Excel or SPSS for more indepth analysis and reporting Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 3 e As the survey s administrator you can grant various rights to your survey to colleagues who also have LimeSurvey accounts For example you can grant a colleague the right to browse responses to your survey and grant another colleague the right to edit your survey s questions e Members of the University of Guelph Guelph Humber community can obtain assistance using LimeSurvey by contacting the Data Resource Centre DRC by sending email to drchelp uoguelph ca The DRC is a joint initiative between the University of Guelph Library and Computing and Communications Services CCS The DRC s website is here The URL is http www lib uoguelph ca resources data_resource_centre This Quick Start Guide 1 provides information about your LimeSurvey account and 2 sho
46. if needed Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 51 Tip by default all questions in your survey are displayed to the respondent however you can place conditions on questions The conditions determine whether the question will be shown or not shown depending on the respondent s answer to previous questions or depending on information you already know about the respondent if you re using panels CCS has provided a Drill Down Document on conditions in the User guides to help you use LimeSurvey section of the CCS LimeSurvey web page here Congratulations You have now created a survey with 1 Basic metadata such as its Title You will see your survey listed in the list accessible via the drop down arrow on the Administration toolbar see Figure 1 7 2 Atleast one Question Group You will see your Question group s listed in the list accessible via the drop down arrow on the Survey toolbar pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 8 3 Atleast one Question selected from the list of available question types in LimeSurvey and configured via the form shown in Figures 4 11 through 4 16 You will see your question s listed in the list accessible via the drop down arrow on the Question group toolbar as pointed to by red arrow 1 in Figure 4 17 The next step step 4 of 7 in creating your survey is to Test and then Activate your survey To learn more about adding questions to your surv
47. igure 4 17 below The preview will approximate what your question will look like when presented Note that in the current release of LimeSurvey when previewing a question that has answer options such as the List question type a No answer option will appear in the list of answer options regardless of whether you have specified the No answer choice should or should not appear via your survey s metadata When the full survey is previewed or accessed by your respondents however the metadata specification controlling whether the No answer choice should appear is honoured the key point is that the No Answer choice always appears in the Question Preview however Figure 4 17 The location of the Preview this question icon on the Question toolbar Administration Logged in as ccsdemo T Qs Surveys My first survey PA ey D Survey My first survey ID 88687 me IRRA se fe j Question groups Demographics T oN PA o Question group Demographics ID 1898 1 D a A al Questions sender What is your gender RAR P o Question What is your gender ID 23324 Edit answer options English nguage 4 Code Answer option Actions M is F P d _ Predefined label sets Quick add Save changes 7 Repeat steps 1 through 6 above to add additional questions and answer options as required Note that you can move questions between Question groups and up and down within Question groups
48. ished surveys Regenerate question codes Straight By group survey is now active 57 TIP You can deactivate your survey by clicking on the Deactivate this survey icon at any time The location of the Deactivate this survey icon is pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 24 below Deactivating a survey will enable you to make changes to questions answer options subquestions etc but you will not have access to the data you have collected once the survey is deactivated Before deactivating a survey that contains data you wish to keep ensure you have exported its data to Excel SPSS etc Step 6 below provides information on how to export your survey s data to Excel and SPSS Figure 4 24 The location of the Deactivate this survey icon on the Survey toolbar Administration Logged in as ccsdemo Surveys My first survey x OQ Survey My first survey ID 88687 DAP RRUAR c Bag Question groups Please choose ad ee LY Title My first survey ID 88687 Survey URL English https dev2 surveys ccs uoguelph ca limeSurvey index php sid 88687 amp lang en Description Welcome Administrator CCS Demonstration Account petermc uoguelph ca Start date time Expiry date time Template Guelph_CME_cornerstone_colours Base language English Additional languages End URL Number of _ questions groups Survey currently active Yes Survey table name lime_survey_88687 Hints This survey is
49. mented by a concept known as tokens Administration Logged in as ccsdemo TE Surveys My first survey P PA O Survey My first survey 1D 88687 P SARAA B i ep Bag Question groups Please choose n Y Activate survey 88637 Survey has been activated Results table has been successfully created This survey is now active and responses can be recorded Open access mode No invitation code is needed to complete the survey You can switch to the closed access mode by initialising a token table with the button below Switch to closed access mode No thanks ee After clicking the No thanks button in Figure 4 22 the content of Figure 4 23 will appear Your survey is now active and is ready for announcement to your intended respondents Congratulations You have now created a survey with 1 Basic metadata such as its Title You will see your survey listed in the list accessible via the drop down arrow on the Administration toolbar see Figure 1 7 2 Atleast one Question Group You will see your Question group s listed in the list accessible via the drop down arrow on the Survey toolbar pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 8 3 Atleast one Question selected from the list of available question types in LimeSurvey and configured via the form shown in Figures 4 11 through 4 16 You will see your question s listed in the list accessible via the drop down arrow on the Question group toolbar as poin
50. nd or administer surveys you need to be aware of the following five key points 1 Known Issues Bugs There is a Please check this LimeSurvey that will corrupt a survey either a moved from one group toe area of the CCS group The current CCS recommenc remove conditions on ALL question LimeSurvey web groups or deleting any questions wit page reg U larly for CCS s liability for your responsi inform ation you response data is stored in a databas of Guelph The database is backed t need to be aware of surveys and their responses in place to restore survey data is limited to re system in the event of a catastrophic all surveys and responses as they we day s backup Survey administrator taking regular backups of their survey data by exporting their survey data to Excel SPSS etc Research involving human participants Ethical clearance must be obtained before conducting any research involving human participants Human Participant applications are reviewed by the Research Ethics Board Importing text from Microsoft Word Text from Microsoft Word cannot safely be directly imported into LimeSurvey via the standard cut and paste Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 13 2 Two major concepts about surveys in the LimeSurvey system Before creating your first survey it is helpful to understand two broad concepts CONCEPT 1 The elements that make up a question in the
51. nformation on the LimeSurvey editor is available in the Drill Down Guide Tips for using LimeSurvey s internal editor 3 Question Type the question s type such as List Radio Multiple Choice etc As you are creating a question in LimeSurvey you specify the question type by selecting it from a list of choices Red arrow 3 in Figure 2 2 shows where the Question Type is selected when you are creating editing a question Note the question type for this question has been selected as List radio 4 Help Text optional additional text information presented to the respondent to help them understand the question You enter this text when you create edit the question using LimeSurvey s editor Your Help Text if you have entered any appears at the bottom of the question and is proceeded by the symbol Red arrow 4 in Figure 2 2 points to the Help text area 5 Options questions can be extended with options such as being mandatory or optional how long they are displayed on the screen etc Each of LimeSurvey s various question types have their own unique set of options You specify the options you want for your question by making choices from a list The area where you set options for your question when you are creating editing it is bounded by the red rectangle in Figure 2 2 below Red arrow 5 in the Figure is pointing at the option that has been set to cause the answer options Red Green Blue decline to answer
52. ol Notification amp data management Tokens Resources List survey publicly Allow public registration Start date time Expiry date time 13 07 2011 00 00 Set cookie to prevent repeated participation Use CAPTCHA for Use HTML format for token emails Save amp edit survey text elements Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 72 5 To Learn more 1 Drill Down Guides that cover specific LimeSurvey topics in more detail are available in the User guides to help you use LimeSurvey section of the CCS web page for LimeSurvey here The URL is http www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurve 2 The LimeSurvey User manual is available here Start with the Creating surveys introduction section The content before this section is for system administrators wishing to install LimeSurvey on a server The URL is http docs limesurvey org tiki index php page English Instructions for LimeSurve 3 If you wish to restrict access to your survey to a defined list of people i e a panel then you would use LimeSurvey s tokens capabilities To learn more about tokens refer to the relevant LimeSurvey documentation The URL is http docs limesurvey org Tokens amp structure English Instructions for LimeSurve 4 Contact the Data Resource Centre by sending email to drchelp uoguelph ca 6 Give us your feedback Please contact us with your suggesti
53. ons and comments about this Quick Start Guide by sending email to drchelp uoguelph ca Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 73
54. oolbar pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 9 below to show the available Question groups and select your choice of the Question group you wish to add a question to LimeSurvey lets you move questions around between Question groups and up and down within a Question group so you can make changes later if needed Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 40 Figure 4 9 The location of the Groups drop down arrow on the Survey toolbar Click the drop down arrow to list your groups and select the group you wish to work with i e add questions to Administration Logged in as ccsdemo Survey My first survey 1ID 88687 evrzaras i Trs lt J ig Question groups Please choose i Title My first survey ID 88687 jer https dev2 surveys ccs uoguelph ca limeSurvey index php s Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 41 2 After choosing a Question group the Question group toolbar will appear as illustrated in Figure 4 10 Click on the Add new question to group icon pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 10 Figure 4 10 The Group toolbar and its Add new question to group icon Clicking this icon will let you add a question to this group Administration Logged in as ccsdemo N k Qs Surveys My first survey Y P OQ Survey My first survey ID 88687 mM Z R RBA Question gr
55. oup Demographics 1D 1898 A al a Questions Please choose ox Title Demographics 1898 Description C wa Question groups Demographics F PA 2 You can now create and configure the question you wish to add to this Question Group by completing the form that appears below the Group toolbar as illustrated in Figure 4 11 below Recall that forms always appear beneath the lowest toolbar and have a Save button you must click to save your specifications The Save button is always located at the bottom of the form Via the form you can customize the question with such details as Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 42 the question s unique code the question s text that will be displayed to the respondent any help text that should be displayed to the respondent the question s type you choose this from the pre defined list of LimeSurvey s question types options such as whether the question is mandatory the Question Group wherein the question should be located answer options the respondent can choose from if the question is of type List or Multiple Choice for example the List and Multiple Choice question types present a list of choices called answer options in LimeSurvey terminology and the respondent selects a choice from the list subquestions if the question is of type Array Question 4 in the example survey is an Array type question
56. port your survey response data Step 7 Close your survey after its completion Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 28 Step 1 Create a New Survey 1 Click the Create import or copy a survey icon on the administration toolbar The location of the icon is pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 1 below TIP Whenever you scroll over an icon in LimeSurvey the icon s function appears as a pop up message or tooltip hi lighted in yellow Figure 4 1 shows the tooltip that is displayed when you position your mouse over the Create import or copy a survey icon Figure 4 1 The location of the Create import or copy a survey icon on the Administration Toolbar _Limesurvey _ a Ailministration Logged in as swam KE m ANOA Logged in Create import ur copy a survey Welcome CCS Demonstrabon Account Click this icon to create a new survey Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 29 2 You will then be presented with a new screen containing several tabs as outlined by the red rectangle in Figure 4 2 below The content of the General tab will be shown as illustrated in Figure 4 2 Note that the content displayed when you click on a tab is a form recall that forms are one of the toolsets you use as a survey administrator in LimeSurvey As you click from tab to tab different forms appears bene
57. rvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 64 Figure 4 29 The Display responses and Export responses to application icons on the Browse responses toolbar pointed to by the red arrows Note as well that basic response counts about your survey are also displayed Browse responses A First Survey OOE GEES ase Response summary Full responses 1 Racic response Incomplete responses 0 Total responses 1 cou nts 3 Click on the Get statistics from these responses icon pointed to by red arrow 1 in Figure 4 29 to view basic descriptive summary information about your survey responses in LimeSurvey For more details on using this feature please refer to the CCS LimeSurvey Drill Down document How to get basic statistics about your survey response data in LimeSurvey available on the CCS LimeSurvey web page http www uoguelph ca ccs software suoported products limesurve 4 Click on the Export results to application icon pointed to by red arrow 2 in Figure 4 29 if you wish to view and or work with your response data in another program such as Excel or SPSS For more details on using this feature please refer to the CCS LimeSurvey Drill Down documents How to export your LimeSurvey data into Excel and How to export your LimeSurvey data into SPSS available on the CCS LimeSurvey web page http www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurve For more information on browsing your results refer
58. s Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 35 Step 2 Create Question Groups Now that you have completed step 1 of our seven steps and have supplied the metadata about your survey the next step is to create a least one Question Group or container to hold questions All questions in a survey must belong to a Question Group Before you can create questions in your survey you must create at least one Question Group 1 Referring to Figure 4 6 below on the Survey toolbar click on the Add new group to survey icon pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 4 6 Remember that to see what an icon does place your mouse on the icon and read the resulting tooltip Figure 4 6 The location of the Add new group to survey icon on the Survey toolbar Administration Logged in as ccsdemo Qe Surveys My first survey m PS OQ Survey My first survey ID 88687 emrr2Rreeaas Question groups None 3 Referring to Figure 4 7 below on the resulting form that is displayed give your Question Group an appropriate title e g Personal details or Demographics The Question group s description is optional Depending on the template you choose for your survey the template is part of your survey s metadata the Question Group s name and description may or may not be displayed to your respondents when they view your survey As always ensure you click the form s associated Save button to save yo
59. s that you are creating a new survey or editing an existing survey will the lower toolbars actually appear Instead if you want to work with the responses to an existing survey you will most frequently be using the capabilities of the Survey toolbar only e Question group toolbar after you have created a new Question Group for your survey or selected an existing Question Group via the Survey toolbar the icons and drop down lists on this toolbar let you edit the group s name create a new question in the group or select which existing question in the group you want to edit move questions around within the group or to another group etc e Question toolbar After you have created a new question via the Question group toolbar or selected an existing question via the Question group toolbar the icons on this toolbar let you edit the question to specify its code question type question text help text options answer options subquestions etc We ll explain the function of the various toolbars and their associated icons and drop down lists in more detail in the next section of this Quick Start Guide when we work through the seven steps involved in creating a survey 2 Toolset 2 Forms Often when you click on a toolbar s icon you are presented with a form that you complete to supply specific information The form is always displayed beneath the lowest toolbar on your webpage After completing the desired areas of the form be sur
60. ted to by red arrow 1 in Figure 4 17 Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 56 and 4 The survey has been activated Once you have activated your survey respondents can access the survey via its URL explained in Step 5 below and any responses they submit will be saved in the survey s response table The next step step 5 of 7 in creating your survey is to announce your survey to potential respondents Figure 4 23 The screen that appears when you have successfully activated your survey Administration Logged in as ccsdemo T QE Survey My first survey 1D 88687 P e Uu2zeAa QA B Question groups Please choose Surveys My first survey 0 6 SF ana CD W Title Survey URL English Description My first survey ID 88687 https dev2 surveys ccs uoquelph ca limeSurvey index php sid 88687 amp lang en Welcome Administrator CCS Demonstration Account petermc uoquelph ca Start date time Expiry date time Congratulations Your Template Base language Additional languages End URL Number of i questions groups Survey currently active Survey table name Hints Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 Guelph_CME_cornerstone_colours English 1 Yes lime_survey_88687 This survey is NOT anonymous It is presented group by group Participants can save partially fin
61. this question to be presented ina random order Answer Options are expanded upon in point 7 below 6 Conditions a question can be displayed or not displayed depending on conditions you place on the question For example you can place a condition on a question asking about male health so that the question is not displayed if the respondent indicated they were Female in a preceding question In the example survey various questions are configured as Question 11 and the one that you actually see depends on your answer to Question 10 What mode of transportation did you use to come to work today Conditions are explained in the Drill Down Document How to place conditions on questions to govern whether they will be displayed Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 16 In addition to the above six elements every question in your survey has in common some question types in LimeSurvey have additional elements that you must specify These elements are 7 Answer Options These are pre defined choices you must supply as answers your respondent can choose from The List Multiple Choice and Ranking question types require you to enter Answer Options Referring to Question 1 in the example survey the Answer Options specified are Red Green Blue and decline to answer this question 8 Subquestions These are questions that are related to the main question you are askin
62. tional elements 5 LimeSurvey question types that have pre defined answers e g the List and Multiple Choice question types require you to add these answer options to the question so that your respondents can choose them from a list In the example survey referenced in the Introduction section of this guide Question 1 a List Radio question type has pre defined answers of Red Blue Green and I decline to answer this question If answer options are required for the question type you have specified you will see the You need to add answer options to this question hint after you have saved the question details This hint message will be displayed beneath the lowest toolbar the lowest toolbar will be the Question toolbar Click the Edit answer options for this question icon on the Question toolbar to add the answers you wish the respondents to choose from See Figure 4 15 for an illustration In Figure 4 15 the hint is pointed to by red arrow 1 The hint has appeared because the question is of type List which requires answer options Click the icon pointed to by red arrow 2 in Figure 4 15 to add the answer options Figure 4 15 Illustrating the location of the You need to add answer options to this question tip and the associated icon you click to add answer options Administration Logged in as ccsdemo QS Surveys My first survey a 6 Survey My first survey 1D 88687 aeevzrzrRrara eB oO liz Question
63. to the respondent such as a description of the next section in the survey etc Question 5 in the example survey is a Text Display question type e the Long Free Text question type that is used to let a respondent enter open ended text information Question 7 in the example survey is a Long Free Text question type Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 14 Question 1 from the example survey is reproduced in Figure 2 1 below Recall that question 1 is a List Radio question type Figure 2 1 Question 1 from the example survey QUESTION 1 Whatis your favourite colour this is an example of Lime Survey s List Radio question type An advanced settings option has been set for this question to cause the answer choices to be displayed in random order each time the question is displayed decline to answer this question Red Blue ek Please make your choice from the list above While Figure 2 1 shows the respondent s view of the question Figure 2 2 shows the view the survey administrator has when they first create or subsequently edit the question Regardless of the question type you use e g List Radio Multiple Choice Array etc for any particular question every question in your survey has six elements in common 1 A Unique Code each question has its own unique code for identification You specify the code when you create the question The cod
64. uestion Groups are the containers within your survey that hold questions A survey must have at least one Question Group and before you can start adding questions to your survey you must create at least one Question Group Often you put similar questions into the same Question Group For example questions related to demographics such as Gender Age Location etc could all be placed in the Same Question Group A second Question Group could be used to hold questions on say the respondent s retail shopping habits and a third Question Group could be used to hold questions on say the respondent s recreational activities Often you configure your survey s metadata so that all the questions in a Question Group are displayed on the same page to your respondent as the respondent proceeds from page to page in your survey what they see are the questions in that page s Question Group You often start your Question Group with a Text Display question type to provide the respondent with information about the group of questions that are coming up 3 Questions there are nine questions shown in Figure 2 3 These are the actual questions you wish to present to the respondent LimeSurvey has a wide range of Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 19 question types you can choose from as documented in the LimeSurvey User Manual here You ll see some of these question types on display in the ex
65. uestion No w Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 CONCEPT 2 The four components that make up a survey in the LimeSurvey system In LimeSurvey surveys are comprised for four major components The components are illustrated in Figure 2 3 below Referring to Figure 2 3 1 The Survey container outlined in red in Figure 2 3 This is the box that holds all the various pieces of your survey and the metadata that describes things such as how the survey should be presented The Survey container is usually just referred to as the Survey You give your survey a Title and the Title is one way you can distinguish one survey from another in your LimeSurvey account You see the titles of your surveys when you click the drop down arrow on the Administration toolbar pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 1 7 You see more information about each of your surveys when you click the List surveys icon pointed to by the red arrow in Figure 1 6 You can have numerous surveys in your account You configure your survey s metadata to control such things as whether your survey is publically available or requires a password when it should open and close what template i e colour scheme it should use should it be presented question by question versus all questions at once etc 2 Question Groups there are three such question groups shown in Figure 2 3 they are outlined in blue Q
66. ur specifications The Save button is always at the bottom of the form Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 36 Figure 4 7 Enter your Question Group s name and optionally description then click the Save question group button that is located at the bottom of the form Administration Logged in as ccsdemo 3 b R SA N Surveys My first survey a OQ Survey My first survey ID 88687 D y L E m a Question groups None e t PA ox Add question group English Base language Import question group Title Demographics Required Description i 3 El Some B F U i i 5 EB 2 3 2 gs E Save question group 3 You can ignore the Import question group tab unless you have a set of questions you have already exported from another survey s Question Group and wish to import into this one Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 37 4 Referring to Figure 4 7 above ensure you click the Save question group button to add this Question Group to your survey After clicking this button the Question Group toolbar will appear under your Survey toolbar as shown in Figure 11 The Question Group toolbar is outlined with a red rectangle in Figure 4 8 Recall that in LimeSurvey toolbars cascade one beneath another so you are now seeing the Administration Survey and Question Group toolbars displayed one ben
67. use LimeSurvey section of the webpage 3 Contact a survey support analyst LimeSurvey is supported by staff in the University of Guelph Library s Data Resource Centre DRC The DRC is a joint initiative between Computing and Communications Services CCS and the University of Guelph Library If you need assistance with LimeSurvey please contact us by sending email to the Data Resource Centre drchelp uoguelph ca Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 12 1 9 What are the known issues with LimeSurvey Current information on the known issues with LimeSurvey is maintained on the CCS website The URL for the web page is htto www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurve Please review the section Essential Points you need to be aware of shown in Figure 1 8 below on the web page regularly for the latest information on issues service updates etc Updates to this area of the web page will also be flagged via a news headline item in the area of the LimeSurvey login page pointed to by red arrow 2 in Figure 1 2 above Figure 1 8 Please review this section of the CCS LimeSurvey web page regularly for information you need to be aware of The URL for this page is http www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurve http www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurvey Essential Points you need to be aware of Before using LimeSurvey to create a
68. ws you how to create a first survey with LimeSurvey Additional Drill Down Guides that provide information on how to accomplish specific tasks in LimeSurvey are available on the CCS website here The URL is http www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurvey LimeSurvey is an open source software application developed and maintained by members of various universities in several countries As well as developing the product the group also maintains a user guide for LimeSurvey The user guide is available here The URL is http docs limesurvey org tiki index ohp page EnglishtInstructions for LimeSurve When viewing the user guide start with the Creating surveys Introduction section The content before this section is only relevant for computer system administrators who wish to install their own version of LimeSurvey on a web server Figure l 1 below shows the opening page of the LimeSurvey user guide and indicates where you should start in its table of contents Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 4 Figure l 1 The opening page of the LimeSurvey User Guide The URL for the guide is http docs limesurvey org tiki index php page English Instructions for LimeSurve MENU LimeSurvey g allows users to quickly create intuitive powerful online question and answer Home hy 5 Wiki surveys that can work for tens to thousands of participants without much effort
69. y Change survey name or desorption However you can st Once data has been entered mito Mis survey if you want to add or remove groups of questions you wil need to deactrvate this survey which wil move ell date that has already been entered mito a seperate archived table 4 Unless you need strict control over who can access your survey you can ignore the Switch to closed access mode button that next appears see Figure 4 22 below and instead click the No thanks button If you need this strict control over who can access your survey refer to the LimeSurvey documentation on tokens Tokens are how panels are implemented in LimeSurvey Panels are defined groups of people who are authorized to take your survey Each member of your panel has their own unique token or password to access your survey CCS has also provided a LimeSurvey Drill Down document on panels and tokens How to work with Panels in LimeSurvey The document is available on the CCS LimeSurvey web page here http www uoguelph ca ccs software suoported products limesurve Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 55 Figure 4 22 Click the No thanks button unless you need strict control over who can access your survey If you need strict control over who can access your survey you will be working with panels i e a group of people authorized to complete your survey In LimeSurvey panels are imple
70. y red arrow 1 Note that when you mouse over this icon a submenu will appear pointed to by red arrow 2 From the submenu select the Responses and statistics choice LimeSurve Adenentstration Logged in as co ecdemo a Qs B Responses Bereta al o Survey A first Survey 10 1055 gt Q Ei R Jy z Ez Question groups Mere choose o Title A First Survey 1m O meai lt 2 Survey URL English oars 22 data eritry screen Welcome ee Par Saved responses DON aw Leek pel hey t Administrator CCS Demonstra Description This the d TETERE Start date time Expiry date time Template Gueiph_co Base language English Additional languages End URL Number of 2 The Browse responses toolbar appears replacing all other toolbars Recall that to restore the other toolbars click the icon that looks like a house on the extreme left of the toolbar The Browse responses toolbar gives you several options with the most commonly used being Display responses and Export responses to application Note also that basic response counts are also shown Figure 4 29 below shows the Browse responses toolbar Red arrow 1 points to the Display responses icon and red arrow 2 points to the Export responses to application icon Red arrow 3 points to the icon you click to return to the previous cascading display of toolbars Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSu
71. y the web page contains additional information and resources related to online surveys in general and LimeSurvey in particular For example you will find a link to e the latest version of this Quick Start Guide e anumber of LimeSurvey Drill Down Guides that provide detailed how to information for specific uses of LimeSurvey such as for online voting elections e various best practices articles related to online surveys Computing and Communications Services CCS LimeSurvey Quick Start Guide Version 2 0 6 Figure 1 1 The CCS web page for LimeSurvey showing the link you click to login to LimeSurvey The link is pointed to by the red arrow gt IG http www uoguelph ca ccs software supported products limesurvey 7 IC opening doors through search technology Academics Campus Libraries LimeSurvey About Search LimeSurvey is a web based system for creating deploying and managing web i e online surveys With LimeSurvey you can design deploy and manage More lik your web surveys through a web interface There is no software to download or install all that is required is an account on the LimeSurvey system a web browser and access to the internet e Re Sstart survey Se evening LimeSurv i i e LimeSurv How to obtain a LimeSurvey account assworc s e LimeSurv In order to create web surveys you must be set up with a username and password to access the LimeSurvey system To request

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