Getting Started

• Make sure that you are logged into the Service Learning Website and have permissions to create a survey.
• Click on the Create content bar on the left navigation links.

• In the create content page, click on the Webform link

Webform Settings

• First, give your survey a Name and a Description. Both of these elements are required when making a survey.
• Next, fill out the Confirmation or redirect URL. Once a survey has been complete, you can either display a message to the user or redirect them to another page.
  • Ex.1 Displaying a message to the user.
  • Ex.2 Redirecting the user to an internal page
  • Ex.3 Redirecting the user to an external page

Components

• Now you can add components to your form. A component is form element which is used to obtain information from the user. Each component that is added to the survey has its own settings.
• To add a new component, select an element from the Add a new component drop down box and hit the Add button. You will then be redirected to a new page to configure the settings about that component.

• For further information on how to add a component element please visit the appropriate page.
• After a component is created it will be added to the component menu. Once a component is added to the menu, it can then be edited or deleted.
  • Adding a text field component
  • Adding a text area component
  • Adding a select component
  • Adding a page break component
  • Adding a file component

Mail Settings

• When a user completes a survey, you can optionally send the results to an email address. You can edit these options within the Mail Settings.

Advanced Settings

• In the Advanced Settings menu, you can set number of submissions a user may send within a specified time period. The default value is unlimited.

Adding a Survey to the Surveys page

• Under the URL path settings of the survey, deselect Automatic alias and specify the name of the Survey. This will be used for URL path of the survey.
• Click on the Surveys link at the left of the Service Learning website.
• Click on edit underneath the Surveys title.

• In the body section paste the following code:
  • [http://sl.keene.edu/Surveys/Page Title | Page Title]
  • Change Page Title to the exact name you gave for the Survey in the URL path settings earlier.
• Hit Submit to submit the changes.