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<br />You can test a survey at any point while you are creating it, by choosing the "Preview survey" button in the 'Survey' section of the web page. This allows you to check how the survey looks and feels before you actually initialize it. When testing a survey your responses will not be saved.
You can test a survey at any point while you are creating it, by clicking the "Preview survey" button located on the survey toolbar:
 
 
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This allows you to check the survey looks and feels before initializing it. When testing/previewing your survey, your responses will not be stored in the response table.


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<div class="simplebox"><center>'''Hint:''' This functionality should be used to test surveys that use conditions on questions to see if all works as expected! </center>
<div class="simplebox"><center>'''Hint:''' Use this functionality to test surveys that use conditions and/or expressions to see if all works as expected! If something is wrong, you should use the logic file option to quickly find out where the error is.</center>
 


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<center>'''Testing a survey thoroughly prevents a lot of problems at a later time! '''</center></div>
<center>'''Testing a survey thoroughly prevents a lot of problems at a later time! '''</center></div>
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Revision as of 17:44, 13 November 2018

You can test a survey at any point while you are creating it, by clicking the "Preview survey" button located on the survey toolbar:



This allows you to check the survey looks and feels before initializing it. When testing/previewing your survey, your responses will not be stored in the response table.

Hint: Use this functionality to test surveys that use conditions and/or expressions to see if all works as expected! If something is wrong, you should use the logic file option to quickly find out where the error is.


Testing a survey thoroughly prevents a lot of problems at a later time!