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Creating a PlaceSpeak Survey
Click on the “Create Survey” button.
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Residents Only: Individuals who reside within the geographical boundaries of your map.
English/French Bilingual Surveys
Please note: if you plan to present a bilingual (English and French) survey within your PlaceSpeak Topic, please prepare your Survey in English first, including all the desired conditions and branch logic; then provide the translations to the PlaceSpeak team so we can integrate the French version of the survey to match the English and ensure consistency in the conditions and logic.
Survey Section
You can add sections (pages) to group your questions to make it easier for participants to move through your survey, e.g. Survey Questions, Demographics, etc.
Survey Questions
Add questions to each section/page of your survey.
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PlaceSpeak provides functionality for a wide variety of survey question types:
Question Types
Single choice questions: These are used when the respondent should only choose one out of a list of options.
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- Multiple choice: This question type can collect multiple selections through checkboxes.
- Multiple choice with comments: This question type can collect multiple selections through checkboxes, and participants can add additional comments to every option selected.
Arrays: In these questions, a matrix can be displayed in which columns are represented by subquestion and the same answer options are shown for each row. The text of the question can be either a specific question or a description. A "No answer" answer option is automatically added if the question is set to be not mandatory.
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- Huge free text: This question type collect multiple lines of text input, and is wider than the long free text type.
- Long free text: This question type collects multiple lines of text input.
Option 'Other'
Some question types, such as single choice questions or multiple choice questions, provide the option for respondents to select "Other" and fill in the blank. Toggle the switch on/off to enable this option.
Adding Images
Remember to resize images prior to uploading into a survey. Use the Add Image tool in the tool bar to ensure the image is inserted in such a manner that it will "respond" to resizing in windows and in mobile view.
Mandatory
Toggle the switch on/off to make a question mandatory or optional.
Question Body
You can embed images and use various font styles (bold, italics, underline) as part of your survey questions. You may re-order, edit, or delete your questions at any time.
Question Help
You can include help text or directions here if you believe that a question is extremely complex.
Set Conditions
You can program your survey so that certain questions only show up if certain conditions are met, e.g. "Only show question X if question Y was answered 'Z'".
You can select single or multiple conditions.
Third-Party Survey Tools
If you have created a survey using one of our partner survey tools (QuestionPro, eSolutions FormBuilder, Simple Survey, Alchemer), you can easily integrate them as part of your engagement.
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*SimpleSurvey clients: Please note that the "Allow usage in a frame (iframe)" option must be toggled on within your SimpleSurvey settings. You can find it by logging into your SimpleSurvey dashboard, navigating to the Design Menu, followed by Settings. Scroll to the bottom and expand "Advanced".
Adding PlaceSpeak Location Code to QuestionPro Surveys
Please note that a QuestionPro licence is required in order to integrate QuestionPro Surveys into PlaceSpeak Engagement Topics.
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To ensure the integrity of the data collected through PlaceSpeak (ie geospatial and profile verification) add the PlaceSpeak location code - ${custom1} into the appropriate field Custom System Variable Mapping within QP Survey Setup.
Access the System Variable Mapping in Question Pro Survey and add location in Display Name and in the Code Field in the Custom 1 Variable. The related location data will populate in the Survey CSV report with a Custom 1 Location column.
This will add a "location" custom variable column to the report that indicates the location of each respondent based on the labeled polygons on the PlaceSpeak Topic PlaceSpeak Map. Map. Verified PlaceSpeak respondents who reside outside of the polygons on the PlaceSpeak map will appear as "Non-Resident". Responses that do not contain location data were collected from unverified respondents from outside of PlaceSpeak.
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Integrating QuestionPro Survey iFrame into PlaceSpeak
Copy the URL for the survey from the Link field in the QuestionPro Survey setup page
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