Stephanie LundBentley University Class of 2013

Go to http://www.surveymonkey.com

Click on “Join Now For Free!”

Pick a username and password, and enter your email. Make sure to use asecure password!

Click“Create a New Account”

Click on “Create Survey”

If you aren’tlogged in,click on“Member Login” …

… and enter your username and password to log in.

Enter a title for your survey Click “Create Survey >>”

*You can only createsurveys from scratchwith a free account

You can change the appearance of the survey by choosing a theme.*Free accounts can’t create new themes

Click “Add Question Here” to add a question to the survey *Free accounts can have up to 10 questions per survey

You can choose from a varietyof question types by clicking on“-Choose Question Type-”

If you aren’t sure which type of question to use, click “(Examples)”to see examples of each type.

Enter your question in the box labeled ‘Question Text’

Enter each answer to thequestion on a separateline in the box labeled ‘Answer Choices’

You can choose a number of options for your question, such as:

To add an “other” option to yourquestion, check the box next to

‘Add Comment Field’

You can change the amount ofspace a question up on the pageunder ‘Change Question Size

& Placement’

You can require that everyoneanswers the question by checking‘Require Answer to Question’.

You can even choose your ownmessage to show if the questionisn’t answered.

Some types of questions will ask you for “column choices” and “row choices”.

Column choices are the possibleanswers that you can choose foreach row.

Row choices are a list of itemsthat are part of the samequestion.

You can click on the ‘Add Page After’ button atthe bottom of the page to add another page to your survey.

Enter a title and descriptionfor your page…

…and click “Save Page”to add it

You can use the arrows or thepop-up box above the questionsto navigate through the pages.

Add a new question, and choose“Image” as the question type.

You can use the “Upload an Image fromyour Computer” option to navigate to animage file on your own computer…

…or the “Type in the URL to aHosted Image” option to paste theURL of an online image.

You can click the “Preview Survey”button in the upper right corner tosee what your survey will look like

You can delete and edit questions andpages by using the buttons in theupper left corners.

To create a list of emails to send thesurvey to, click “Address Book” at thetop of the page.

Click the “Create a New List”button on the right side of the page.

Enter a name for your list andclick “Create a New List”

Click on “I Agree with the Terms of Use”to move to the next page.

Add each email on a separate line inthe following format:Email, First Name, Last Name

For example:jonsmith@some_school.com, Jon, Smith

Only the email address is required – the first and last names are optional.

Click “Add Contacts >>” when youare finished.

To collect responses to yoursurvey, click on “My Surveys” atthe top of the page…

Then click on “Collect” for the survey youwant to collect responses for.

You can choose a few different ways to send your survey out.

To create a link that you can place on a webpage, such as a wikior a blog, choose “Create a link”, enter a name for it,

and click “Next Step” in the lower right corner.

You can use the first URL to link to your survey in an email or in aninstant messaging program such as Skype.

The second one can be pasted onto a web site to create a link to your survey.

You can choose the second option, “Upload your own emails… to haveSurvey Monkey send an email to the people in your Address Book. Unlikeusing a link, you can track who has responded to the survey and the

answers they’ve chosen.

First, you need to makea list of email addressesto send the survey to.Click ‘add recipients tolist’.

Choose “Add Recipients from theAddress Book” to use the emailaddresses you just added to youraddress book, choose the list. andclick “Add Recipients”.

You can also choose “Add RecipientsManually” and add email addressesin the same way as the Address Book.

Click “Create Email Message to Send>>”to continue.

You can choose who fromthe emails you just added tosend the survey to. The firsttime, you will want to pick“New/Unsent”, but you canpick a different list for futuremessages.

For example, you couldchoose “Not Responded”if you want to remind themthat they still need to takethe survey.

Click “Save Selection & Continue >>” to continue.

Type the subject of youremail message here.

Type the actual message here.You can type [SurveyLink]where you want the link toyour survey to be, and youmust include [RemoveLink] tocreate a link to allow the recipients to opt-out.

You can also click the“Insert Survey Link”and “Insert Remove Link”buttons to create these links.

Enter your email address here. When you send your survey out, it willappear to be from this address.

You can use tags like [FirstName] to show the recipient’s first name the sameway as the [SurveyLink] tag. Just type [FirstName] where you want their nameto show up in the email!

Click “Save & Preview >>” tocontinue.

You can see what your email will look like here.

Click “Send a Test Message” to have atest message sent to an email addressof your choice.

Click “Schedule Delivery” to choosewhen your message will be sent.

You may have to agree to the Terms of Use Agreement before you can send out your survey.

You can choose to either send the message at any timein the future…

or to send it within five minutes. Click “Send Message >>” to send it!

To look at the replies to your survey, click “My Surveys” atthe top of the screen…

…then click “Analyze” next to your survey. The number next to“Analyze” is the numberof replies your survey has.

Under “Response Summary”, you can see a detailed list of theanswers to each question.

You can click “Browse Reponses” to see each individualresponse to the survey.

You can only choose “View Summary” and “Browse Reponses”with a basic account

You can use the “<<Prev” and “Next >>” buttons toview the answers selected by each person who took the survey.

You can see which collector (email or link) was used to answer the survey.If it was through email, you can see who answered the survey and whateach person’s responses are! You can also see when the survey was startedand finished.

You can see the exact answers that the personhad for each question.

You should now know how to use Survey Monkey to create surveys,send them out, and view the responses! If you have any more questions,check out the following resources:

Survey Monkey Video Tutorialshttp://www.surveymonkey.com/Home_Videos.aspx

Survey Monkey Tutorialshttp://www.surveymonkey.com/HelpCenter/Tutorials.aspx

Survey Monkey FAQshttp://www.surveymonkey.com/HelpCenter/Answers.aspx