How to Create Survey Monkey and Outlook Surveys

Zoe Hill 01/26/17

Survey Monkey is a useful tool for collecting and analyzing self-reported data from multiple people. Outlook surveys are a good way to get quick, simple yes/no answers from a group of people.

Survey Monkey Surveys

  1. Go to Survey Monkey
  2. Create a free account if you do not already have one. They do not send spam so your work email is fine
  3. Click the “Create Survey” button on the top right-hand side of the screen or in the “All Surveys” box
  1. Click “Start from Scratch” or open up an old survey if you want to reuse it
  1. Name your survey

  1. Add a new question by clicking the “Add a new question” button in the center of the page and customize the type of question you want in the menu on the left-hand side
  1. There are options such as multiple choice, text boxes, ranking etc.
  1. You may add page titles at the top of the page
  1. At the top of the screen press the “Preview and Test” button to see how the survey will look to the participants
  1. When finished press the “Next” button at the top of the screen
  2. Use one of the response collection options to send out your survey

  1. When you are finished collecting responses or if you want to monitor your progress go to the “Analyze Results” tab to see the question response summaries, the data trends, and the individual responses

HelpfulHints:

  • You can only do 10 questions in the free version
  • You can see results as charts or numbers
  • Settings/preferences (anonymous/not, know computer it was sent from, only one response, etc)
  • You can use same format in future
  • You can edit questions or delete down the road

Outlook Surveys

  1. Open up a new email in Outlook
  2. Go to “Options” and select “Use Voting Buttons”
  1. Choose one of the options from the dropdown list (ex: Yes/No, Approve/Reject, Yes/No/Maybe), or make a custom binary question
  2. Add recipients to the email and include the question in the text area
  1. When people receive the email they will see the following message:
  1. You can track responses by clicking on one of the confirmation messages

HelpfulHints:

  • This will not work with:
  • Macs
  • Phone email
  • Outlook other than NIH Outlook
  • Webmail
  • Keep the questions simple