How to add offline surveys

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What is the 'Add paper form/interview' tool?

If you are hosting an event and want survey your attendees in person, you can use this tool to collect their response.

Or, if you have offline data in the form of paper surveys, you can input them to the website using the 'Add paper form/interview' tool. This way, each individual response is stored separately from the user who is logged in, and you can analyse all of the data in one place.

Top Tip

To successfully use paper forms, you must ensure that the questions and the data fields on the paper forms exactly match the online Commonplace survey. Be sure to include the correct GDPR statement and consents on your paper forms!

How to use 'Add paper form/interview'

1. Click the Hamburger menu at the top right corner of the homepage and select ‘Add paper form/interview’. Please note that this can only be done by a project administrator or surveyor.

2. Using the 'Page' drop down menu, select the proposal tile relevant to your paper form. This will bring up the survey.

3. Enter the responses collected from the paper survey

4. Next, you add the email address of the respondent, including the demographic information (if provided) and select any consents they have selected.

Please note: If you do not add an email address by ticking the ‘No email provided’ checkbox, the respondent’s comment will not be confirmed and made available for viewing to the public.

5. Save the survey.

Please note: Due to data protection regulations, demographic information and contact preferences can not be edited by admins and surveyors. The respondent can update this information themselves by visiting profile.commonplace.is.

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