Select Survey is a Web-based survey tool available to faculty and staff for creating public questionnaires or surveys. [Sample survey]

Responses can be sent to an e-mail address and/or saved in a database.

Questions and answers are created via an easy-to-use Web page, and data can be exported at any time.

User Manual (PDF)

Getting Started

1. Contact the Technology Assistance Center (TAC) to request access to the survey tool.
2. You will receive a login URL, username and password.
3. Once you log in, click Create New Survey to begin.
4. Give the survey a title that identifies your unit (i.e., “WSE Survey A”).
5. Insert questions; there are about 20 different types of questions.
6. When you’re finished, click the DEPLOY box to see the URL of the survey. Paste this into a browser to see what it will look like to the public.

You can login at any time to change the questions and answers or analyze your data. The Analyze option will also let you export results to use in Excel.

Make sure to go through the OPTIONS to set an accurate Start/End date; the survey is automatically closed to the public on the End date.

Please be aware that questions and responses cannot be restored once surveys are deleted. You should make backups of your survey on your local machine.

Sensitive Information is Not Permitted

This tool cannot be used to create surveys that ask for any sensitive information.

If you would like to create a Web survey to collect sensitive date, please contact the Office of Institutional Research.

UNCW/Tami Violette