Build Your First Survey#

In this lesson you create a survey, give it two sections, and add three questions. At the end you will have a saved survey about household internet access, ready to grow in the next lessons.

The video below performs every step in this lesson.

Watch the lesson video.

Create the Survey#

  1. Start Colectica Questionnaires.

  2. On the welcome page, click Create a New Survey.

  3. Enter MIAS2026 as the Short name and Meridian Internet Access Survey as the Label.

The Create a Survey dialog with the short name and label filled in The Create a Survey dialog with the short name and label filled in

  1. Click Create.

The survey opens on the Canvas. The left side shows the structure tree; the middle shows the survey overview.

Add Two Sections#

  1. Click Add item in the top right and choose Sequence from the palette.

  2. The new section’s editor opens; enter Household as the Label and go back with the Canvas button.

  3. Select the survey’s name in the structure tree, add a second Sequence the same way, and label it Internet use.

The structure tree now lists both sections under the survey.

Add Three Questions#

  1. In the structure tree, click Household to open it.

  2. Click Add item and choose Numeric Entry.

  3. Click the new card’s question text and type: How many people live in your household?.

  4. Click Edit on the card, set the Name to hhsize, and on the Response tab set the Minimum to 1 and the Maximum to 20.

  5. Go back with the Canvas breadcrumb.

  6. Add a Multiple Choice question, type the text Does your household have an internet connection at home?, and name it hasnet. On its Response tab, create a new code list with the choices Yes and No.

  7. Open the Internet use section, add a Text Entry question, type Do you have any comments about your internet service?, and name it netcomment.

Save and Check#

  1. Press Ctrl+S to save.

  2. Click the survey’s name at the top of the structure tree to see the overview.

The survey overview after the first lesson, with two sections and three questions The survey overview after the first lesson, with two sections and three questions

The overview reports two sections and three questions. On the canvas and in the structure tree, the questions are numbered Q1 to Q3; the numbers are assigned automatically and change as you add and reorder questions. Your survey is saved in your local workspace and appears on the welcome page’s recent list.

See also

Next lesson: Add Routing and Checks.