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Questions

On the Questionnaires table, edit and click on the Questions button to define questions.

The system prompts, "Are you sure you wish to edit questions for survey [code]?" Click OK to continue.

Questions are listed by page. Choose a page from the Show selection list.

Questions can only be edited before the questionnaire is taken.

Questions Page

Values on a Questions Page

• [Code] Questions.  As a title, the Questionnaire code displays followed by the word, "Questions".

• Back to Surveys.  Link to return to the Surveys table.

Survey Options

Survey options include showing a particular page, following survey option links are available.

• Show.  To view another page of a multi-page questionnaire, choose the page of the survey from the Show selection list.

To create a new page, instead click on one of the links to add a question or content to a "new page."

• Preview survey.  View the survey. On the preview, select the "View Points" checkbox to see the number of points for each answer and to highlight the answer with the highest point value.
• Add Question to this page.  Insert a question on this page of the survey. This opens the Question Editor.
• Add Content to this page.  Insert content on this page of the survey. Click on "Add Content to this page" to add content, such as a descriptive paragraph. This opens the Content Upload window. Paste content into the editor or type it in. Click on Save to keep the content.
• Take survey.  Complete the survey as a survey taker.
• Add Question to new page.  Insert a page and add a question to it. This opens the Question Editor.
• Add Content to new page.  Insert a page and add content, such as a descriptive paragraph, to it. This opens the Content Upload window. Paste content into the editor or type it in. Click on Save to create the new page and keep the content.
• Remove page break.  To consolidate the current page with the previous page, click on "Remove page break." The option to remove a page break becomes available on a subsequent page after a page break is added.

Per Question and Per Content Item

Items can be questions, content, or line breaks (extra white space).

Each item has links to Delete, Insert question, Insert content, Insert line break, or Insert page break. Up and down arrows are the primary controls for changing the order of items. Per question or content item, you can also Edit or Clone.

• Move up.  To move the item up one position, click on the upward-facing triangle with the "Move up" tip text. Repeat to move the item up again.

• Move down.  To move the item down one position, click on the downward-facing triangle with the "Move down" tip text. Repeat to move the item down again. This is the primary control for changing the order of items.
• Edit.  To edit the item, click on Edit.

For a question, this opens the Question Editor to enable adding a new question. Enter or edit the question, any answer options, and the associated points. To keep changes to the question item, click on the "Save Question" button.

For a content item, this opens the Content Upload window. Enter or modify the content as needed. To keep changes to the content, click on "Save" button.

• Delete.  To remove an item, click on its Delete link, and .
• Clone.  To add another copy of the current item, click on Clone.

This opens the Question Editor to enable adding a new question. Enter the question. To keep the question, click on the "Save Question" button.

This opens the Question Editor to enable adding a new question. Enter the question. To keep the question, click on the "Save Question" button.

• Insert question.  To add a question, click on "Insert question." This opens the Question Editor to enable adding a new question. Enter the question. To keep the question, click on the "Save Question" button.
• Insert content.  To add content, such as a descriptive paragraph, click on "Insert content." This opens the Content Upload window. Paste content into the editor or type it in. To keep the content, click on Save.

Content is automatically added to the bottom of the page. Move items up and down as needed using the "Move up" and "Move down" options.

• Insert line break.  To add a break to the line, click on "Insert line break." A line break adds additional white space between items.
• Insert page break.  To add a new page, click on "Insert page break." This action inserts a page break below the current item. The last item on a page doesn't have the "Insert page break" link.

After a page break is added, the subsequent page has a "Remove page break" link.

If the numbering for questions become out-of-sequence, remove the page breaks to allow the auto-numbering to be re-applied. Afterwards, you can reinsert the page breaks.