Select Box: Add Answer Choices and Modification
Once you have created your Select Box question, you can now add, as well as modify, delete and re-order the answer choices associated with it.
Access Edit Questions Interface
In the Survey Editor, select your survey in
the Select Survey drop down menu under
the Choose a Survey portion of the interface. Then,
click the Edit Questions button:
You will then receive the Edit Questions interface.
Click on the Select Box question listed in
the Questions list and from there
click the Edit button:
Your question will then appear in the bottom portion of the page in the Add/Modify a Question section. From here, you can add, modify, delete, or change the order of your questions’ answers.
Add Answers
In the Add/Modify a Question portion
of the interface, use the text field below the Answer
Choices box to enter the text of your answers:
Selectable?
You will see an option
for Selectable? (To the bottom right
in the above image). This allows you to set a an answer choice as
either selectable or unselectable. For example, when the user
takes the survey, if they choose an answer choice that is not
marked Selectable, they will then be required to switch
their answer choice to one that is enabled as Selectable.
Selected?
When adding an answer, you will have the option of making it a
pre-selected choice for the user taking the survey. This option
appears a checkbox next to the word Selected?(To the bottom
right in the above image). If you check that field, the answer
will already be selected or checked when the user takes the
survey. In this way, you can provide default answers or choose
which answer you wish to have selected by default.
Click Add Answer Button
When you have finished typing your answer in the text field,
click the Add Answer button.
Add Answer with Textfield
If you wish to have a text input field associated with the answer
choice you are adding, you can add an answer with a text field.
Similar to the above example, use the text field below the Answer
Choicesbox to enter the text of your answer with a text field.
Then, click on the Add with
Textfield button:
The user of the survey will then have the option of filling in a
custom text response when that specific answer is selected:
Click the Modify Question button
Click the Modify Question button to add your
answers to the Select Box question:
You will then receive a notification that your question has been successfully modified.
To preview your question, click on the question in
the Questions list and click
the Preview button below
the Questions box:
Your Select Box question will then open in a separate browser
window:
Modify Answers
To modify one of your answer choices, click on the answer choice
that needs to be modified in the Answer
Choices box. Upon clicking on it, it will appear in
the text field beneath the Answer
Choices box:
Enter the revised text into the text field and click
the Modify button:
Upon clicking the Modify button, your
revised answer will then appear in the Answer
Choices box.
Click the Modify Question button
When you are finished modifying your answer choices, click
the Modify Question to save your
changes:
Delete Answers
To delete one of your answer choices, simply click on the answer choice that needs to be modified in the Answer Choices box. Upon clicking on it, it will appear in the text field beneath the Answer Choices box.
Then, click on the Delete button
beneath the text field.
Click the Modify Question button
Click the Modify Question to save your answer deletion.
Change Order of Answers
You can change the order in which the answers will appear.
First, click on the answer you wish to move in the Answer Choices box. Then, click on the arrow (in the right hand portion of the image below) pointing in the direction you wish to move the answer.
For this example, we will move the highlighted answer up.
Click the Modify Question button
When you are satisfied with the question order, click the Modify Question button.
Your new answer order will then be saved:
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