How do I preview a survey?

You can preview the way a survey in Learn will behave when a user interacts with it, as well as toggle between edit and preview mode for individual questions. The Submit and Back to My Learning options are disabled in preview mode.

Note: Some features may be restricted based on
permissions for your user role.

Open Author Menu

In the Global Navigation menu, click the Author icon. Then, click the Surveys menu option.

Note: The Global Navigation menu may differ depending on what is enabled in your account.

Open Survey

Open Survey

On the Surveys page, click the name of a survey.

Edit Survey

Edit Survey

Click the Edit icon.

Note: Once a survey has distributions, it cannot be edited.

Open Preview Mode

Edit survey content as necessary. You can toggle between edit and preview mode for the selected question you are currently viewing [1]. To open preview mode, click the Preview icon [2].

Preview Mode

In preview mode, you can view the survey as if you were a user interacting with and taking the survey. Learn more about how users navigate through a survey.

In the header, you can view the survey name [1] and the dimensions for the selected device. Desktop preview is selected by default [2]. Click the Tablet [3] or Phone [4] icon to preview the survey on a different device. To show or hide the header, click the show/hide icon [5].

To leave preview mode and return to the currently selected question in the content editor, click the Preview icon [6].

Note: The Submit and Back to My Learning options are disabled in preview mode.

Preview on Tablet

To preview what the survey will look like on a tablet, click the Tablet icon.

Preview on Phone

To preview what the survey will look like on a phone, click the Phone icon.

Preview from Survey Details

On the survey details page, click the Preview icon.

Note: Once a survey has distributions, it cannot be edited.

Preview the survey. To edit the survey, click the Edit icon [1]. To return to the survey details page, click the Preview icon [2].

Note: Once a survey has distributions, it cannot be edited.

Distribute Survey

Distribute Survey

When you are ready to distribute your survey, on the survey details page, click the Add Distribute button.

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