Getting Feedback on Surveys and Results

Getting Feedback on Your Survey Preview

You can share your survey preview by copying the preview link or sending an email invitation asking for feedback. Anyone can test your survey and those signed into a SurveyMonkey account may be able to post comments. Only the survey owner can invite people to the preview by email and turn commenting on or off to gather feedback.

To share your survey preview:

1. Go to the Preview & Score section.
2. Click the w Comments icon in the upper-right corner to open the preview in a new window.
3. Click Invite to share the preview with others:
   • By email: Click Invite in the dropdown, enter email addresses, and click Send.
   • In a link: Click Invite in the dropdown and click Copy. You can also copy and share the URL from the address bar.
   • To Slack: Click Slack, select the channel you want to post to, and click Post to Slack.
4. Return to the Invite dropdown and select the toggle to turn commenting on or off.

If you're on a team plan, you can share surveys with others and give them permission to collaborate on the survey's design.

Getting Feedback on Your Survey Results

Once you have survey responses, you can create a shared data page so others can view your data and give feedback on survey results. When commenting is turned on, reviewers can post comments on the results of each survey question. Only the survey owner can invite people to the shared data page by email and turn commenting on or off to gather feedback.

To invite people to your shared data page:

1. Go to the Analyze Results section of your survey and create a shared data page.
2. On the shared data page, copy and share the link at the bottom of the page or click the U Invite icon in the upper-right corner to share:
   • By email: Click Invite in the dropdown, enter email addresses, and click Send.
   • To Slack: Click Slack, select the channel you want to post to, and click Post to Slack.
3. Return to the Invite dropdown and select the toggle to turn commenting on or off.

If you're on a team plan, you can share surveys with others and give them permission to create their own shared data page and export results.

Posting Comments

You need a SurveyMonkey account to post comments on a survey preview or shared data page. If you don’t have one already, you can sign up for free.

To post a comment:

1. Open the survey preview or shared data page.
2. In the upper-right corner, click the w Comment icon to display these icons next to each question.
3. Click the w Comment icon next to any question to open the commenting sidebar.
4. Click + COMMENT to add a new comment.
5. Click Post to save.

Anyone can reply to comments on the survey preview or shared data page, as long as commenting is on.

Survey takers won’t see comments when they’re taking the live survey.

Viewing & Managing Comments

Viewing Comments

Anyone can view your survey preview or the shared data page, but needs to sign in to a SurveyMonkey account to view comments.

Click on the w Comment icon next to any question to display comments for that question.

Managing Comments

Anyone can reply to comments, or edit and delete their own comments from the survey preview or shared data page.

Only survey owners can delete, resolve, or unresolve other people's comments—expand a section to learn more about managing comments.

Commenting Actions & Descriptions

Comment Notifications

Survey Owners

If you have daily summary notifications turned on, you'll get an email notification for each new comment, reply to a comment, or deleted comment on your survey or your shared data page.

Commenters

You’ll receive an email notification when you’re invited to comment via email. After you post a comment, you’ll get an email when people reply to comments you've left or if your comment is resolved or deleted by the survey owner.

Opting Out

If you leave a comment, you can opt out of new commenting alerts directly from one of the comment notification emails—just click the link to manage alerts for this survey. If you want to opt back in later, use the same link in the email to re-activate commenting alerts for that survey.

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