Run a survey

  • 24 August 2020
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Slido is gradually rolling out a new user interface. If the below steps and visuals match what you are seeing within your account, then you are using the new interface and this article is for you. If not, please see this version.

 

Surveys allow you to ask multiple poll questions at the same time. Use them before or after your meeting to learn about your attendees’ expectations and/or experiences.

 

Available in all paid plans

 

In this article:

 

 

Create a Survey 

 

Begin your survey just like any other interaction in Slido. Click the + Add new button, select the Survey option, then give it a name.
 

Create a Survey

 

Select + Add first question to begin creating your poll questions. Then continue adding as many as you need by selecting the + Add another question button.

 

Add more questions to your survey

 

Surveys begin saving automatically after two poll questions are added. After that, any changes made will save automatically as you go.

 

Pro tip: You can merge polls you’ve already created into a survey. Learn more in our specific guide.

 


Edit and reorder poll questions in a Survey

 

At any time, you can rearrange your survey polls and edit them how you see fit.

  1. Select your survey from the list of interactions
  2. Drag and drop the poll questions to change their order
  3. Click on any poll you’d like to edit and make your changes
     
    Reorder and edit survey questions

     

Changes take effect immediately, even when the survey is active

 

 

Activate a survey

 

To activate your survey, click the play icon next to it. The survey will then show up on participant devices as well as the Present mode.

  • Click the View as participant option at anytime to see exactly what participants are seeing
  • Open up Slido’s Present mode by clicking the green Present button in the bottom right corner
     
Activate survey and test participant view

 

 

Display survey results

 

Display the results from your survey one poll at a time with a simple click.

  1. Make sure your survey is activated by clicking the green play button
  2. Click the eye icon next to an individual poll to display its results live for participants to see
     
    Display survey results

     

Please note that initially no results are displayed by default. You must click the display icon for any results to appear.

 

 

 

Curious about more?

 

20 replies

E

Is it possible to deactivate the “edit answer” button? So participants should not be able to change answers after pressing the “send” button.

 

Thx.

Slido Team
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Hi there, 


Thanks for your question!


At the moment, it’s not possible to prevent participants from editing their votes. Having said that, if you run the survey live, one workaround might be to lock the voting after everybody’s finished so people don’t change their votes while you’re presenting the results. ​​​​​​​I understand this might not be possible if you shared the link to the survey and everybody goes through it on their own. ​​​​​​​


I marked this as a feature request and forwarded it to our product team for further consideration.


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​​​​​​​Dáša from Slido

E

Is there any way to allow more than one response to a survey?  I know we can for individual polls...

M
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Hi @Em_grrrl,

That’s a good question. Surveys only allow one response per participant at the moment. This is because the browser remembers that the participant submitted their response and it doesn’t let them submit again.

You could, however, create a poll with multiple answers allowed and share a link to it with your participants. This will take participants to that specific poll and let them submit multiple answers even after the event is over. Here is a tutorial for sharing the link.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions :)

- Meggie
T

Is it possible to add branching logic to a Survey so some questions are presented based on the participants response? For example if the question is “Are you satisfied with the service you receive” Yes/No and the participants selects no they are presented with a question “Please tell us why you are not satisfied.”  Thx!

Alex
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Hi @Todd,

Unfortunately, this is currently not possible with Slido. 

Our team is working on improvements to our Surveys though, and this is definitely one of the features they’re exploring. However, we don’t have anything concrete in terms of development and timeline for this feature yet. I’ll make sure to update this thread once we have more info!

Let me know it there’s anything else that I can help with in the meantime 😊

- Alex
E

Hi,

Is it possible to share a survey before an event has been activated? I know it’s possible to do this to collect questions before an event, but we would like to use Slido to collect input on conference topics and sessions in the two months ahead of the event. We plan to use the One-Time Professional plan in this case.

 

Thanks,

Eoghan

M
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Hi @eoghan,

Yes, you can share a survey before an event has been activated :)

Simply create your survey and get the direct link by clicking on the three dots next to the poll, then ‘Share’ and then ‘Direct link’. Then send the direct link to your participants and they will be able to fill in the survey. This link can be shared any time, even outside of the event dates (even two months before the event) and you don’t need to activate the poll.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you need anything else 🎉

- Meggie
J

Is it possible to have participants view the results of all questions in a survey when sent out using a direct link?

M
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Hi @JuliaK,

No, participants can’t see the results of all questions in a survey if they fill it in offline. However, if you are presenting, you can show the results live. 

If you would like participants to see the results of all questions offline, then you would need to send direct links to each poll within the survey individually. You can split the survey into polls and then share links to each poll. 

Hope this helps 🙂 I am passing on your idea!

- Meggie
D

I have a group of meeting attendees that need to fill out a survey - I need to see each individual’s responses to the questions and it looks like the responses cannot be viewed that way - is that correct?

As an example, one of the questions in the survey is Shirt Size - I need to see that Tom submitted L, Joe submitted M, and Frank submitted XL.

Dasa from Slido
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Hi @DGontz, 

it is actually possible to export your results and see how every participant answered the questions. You can find the option under Analytics tab in your Slido admin. Just click Export > Poll results per user. 

Here’s a detailed tutorial. You can also find the export examples in the article: 


Sorry for not mentioning this option here. We’ll make sure to add it in the upcoming days. 


Also, just a few points to keep in mind here: 

  • If you want to see the names of your participants in the export, you’ll need to either set the option of requiring a name in your Event settings, or include a question about the name into your survey. 
     
  • In case you you use Slido in Webex with meeting guests: please note that if you choose the ‘require name’ option in settings, data of external participants can’t be stored on our side. You can share the direct link instead for them to join via their web browser. That way, you’ll be able to collect their name and see it in the exports. 


Hope that helps! Please do let me know if you have any outstanding questions. 

Dáša
M

Hello, is it possible to set up pathways within a survey?

Question 1:

  1. A (directed to question 2 - will not need to answer question 3 and 4)
  2. B (directed to straight to question 3, bypassing 2 and not answering question 4)
  3. C (directed straight to question 4, bypassing 2 and 3)

 

M
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Hey @mcanniej,

No, this is not possible in Slido at the moment, but I am passing this on as a feature request.

You could possibly use poll descriptions to tell participants which questions to answer, instead.

Thank you for sharing! :) 

- Meggie
S

Hello, is it possible to enable the participants to manage the questions by themselves - f.ex. if they have forgotten to answer question 3 to be able to go back to it without me (as an admin) managing it?

 

Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,

Svetoslava

M
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Hey @Svetoslava,

Yes, after submitting their answers, participants can go back and change their answers or add another answer. This is what it looks like for them:

 

Hope this helps :)

- Meggie
S

Is it possible to take a cut of the results within a certain timeframe once published/survey finished. I’ve realised the survey has run-on, combining two events and I only need the data for one. 

Cori from slido
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Hi @Slidofan11, 

You can do this with exports. All results and votes are time stamped so you should be able to easily identify the batch of data you need 🙂

Let me know if you have any more questions, happy to help! 

- Cori
N

Hi! 

Is it possible to accept photos from user’s mobile or PC? We’d like to create business card photo submission form. 

Nayoung 

C
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Hey @Nana Green ,

Slido does not support the ability to upload photos as a participant, you can only upload an image to a Poll question.

We will submit this as a feature request on your behalf though :)

Let us know if you have any other questions!

Best,

- Carly

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