User's Manual

SurveyMonkey User Manual
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Examples of How to Use or Create Collectors:
The benefit of the collector is that it enables you to create a survey where different
audiences need to be reached. Collectors‟ responses come back into the original
survey‟s Analyze section and are combined together into one results summary.
Here are three examples of how to create and use collectors effectively.
Example 1: Tracked vs. Anonymous
Perhaps you want to have “tracked” vs. “anonymous” responses, or you have
additional responses to enter manually from a paper version.
1.) Let's say for that you want to survey one group of participants anonymously.
Name one Web Link collector as Anonymous.
Choose the setting to Create link for an email message or to place on a
webpage under the Collector Summary.
Create the collector settings and restrictions.
A link is generated under the Get Survey Link button for you to copy and paste
into your own email provider or website.
Save the Collector and email the link to your audience or post on your
webpage.
2.) Now, you may want to survey another group and be able to track their identities
for the same survey.
Create a 2nd collector and choose the option to Upload your email list and
have us send a survey invitation. You can name it Email List.
Select your settings and restrictions and save them.
Import/create your email distribution list.
Customize the message.
Schedule the delivery for SurveyMonkey to send out the invitation message with
the survey link.
3.) Maybe you have a paper or hard copy survey that you now would like to
incorporate into the rest of the responses.
Click the Collect icon next to the survey on the My Surveys page.
Click the Add New Collector button.
Choose the Create a link to send in an email message or to place on a
webpage.
Name the Collector Data Entry and click Next Step.
Select the Manual Data Entry button on the left side of the screen.
Select the Add New Response button.
Once the new response is added, you can also go back in and Edit or
Delete a manually entered response.