Launching a Survey

Launching Your Survey

Click TS Coordinator in the top navigation bar.

A Taskstream navigation page showing a top menu bar with options including Folios & Web Pages, Lessons, Units & Rubrics, Standards, Communications, and Resources, with the TS Coordinator link highlighted.

Go to Launch and Manage Surveys.

A Surveys page showing three options: Form & Survey Builder on the left, Launch & Manage Surveys highlighted in the center, and Survey Reports on the right, each with a brief description beneath the link.

Click the Create New button on the right side of the page.

A Launch and Manage Surveys page showing the page title and a Create New button highlighted.

Enter a title for your survey, provide a description (optional), and click the Create New Survey button.

A Create New Survey page showing fields for entering the new survey name and the description or purpose of the survey, with a Create New Survey button highlighted.

Select Your Form/Survey

Select the form/survey you created using the first drop down menu, or select a form/survey created by another person in your learning community using the second drop down menu. Once the form/survey is selected, click Save & Continue.

A Select Form/Survey page showing options to choose an existing form or create a new form, with dropdown menus for selecting surveys, Preview buttons beside each dropdown, a Go to Form & Survey Builder button at the top, and a Save & Continue button highlighted.

Setup/Style

In the Setup/Style tab, you can customize the look and messaging of your survey by adding a banner, a title, an introductory message and a closing message. Once you’ve edited these customizations, please click Save & Continue.

A Launch & Manage Surveys page showing sections for General Information, Visual Appearance, Introductory Page, and Closing Page, with fields for survey name, banner image upload, survey title, footer text, introductory page text, and a closing page message, and a Save & Continue button highlighted.

On the Recipients tab, please edit your email message if you wish to customize the message your recipients will receive. Once you are satisfied with your message, click Apply Changes.

Adding Recipients

You can add your recipients in a few ways: Add Taskstream Subscribers, Import Recipients from Another Survey, Import Recipients from a Text File, or Add Email Address Manually. Once you’ve added your recipients, please click Save & Continue.

An Add Survey Recipients page showing survey recipient statistics at the top, including totals for sent, unsent, bounced, and opt‑out, along with buttons to add Taskstream subscribers, import recipients from another survey, import recipients from a text file, or add email addresses manually, and a blue Save & Continue button highlighted.

If you are interested in using the option to "Import Recipients from a Text File" you will need to produce a CSV file that contains ONLY the following three columns: LastName, FirstName, and Email. An example of what this should look like is shown below:

A spreadsheet page showing three columns labeled LastName, FirstName, and Email, with three recipient rows: Smith, John, jmsith@taskstream.com; May, Ann, amay@taskstream.com; and Brown, Chris, cbrown@taskstream.com.

Please note that you will NOT be able to edit any of this information once it is imported. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance that all information is verified for accuracy and checked for typos prior to importing. 

Preferences

On the Preferences tab, please indicate the preferences connected to sending survey reminders, close date and anonymity. Once you’ve set your preferences, please click Save & Continue.

A Close Survey page showing options to terminate the survey when all recipients have responded, when a specified number of responses has been received, or on a specific date, followed by a Send Reminder section with fields for send date, from address, subject, and message body, and buttons to insert personalized links and names, check spelling, or restore the default message.

An Anonymity page showing two options for respondent identity settings: Anonymous, where identities will not be disclosed, and Visible Identities, where identities will appear on survey reports for email‑link respondents, with a Save & Continue button highlighted.

Launching the Survey

On the Launch tab, please confirm your setup details are correct. Please note that all the setup steps must be completed before launching the survey. If all setup steps are completed, click Launch Survey to send the survey invitations to your recipients.

A Launch & Manage Surveys page showing the setup checklist with steps for selecting the survey, setup/style, selecting recipients, and preferences, all marked as completed, and a Launch Survey button highlighted.

If you would like to share the survey URL with others, please click the Share Survey URL link. Please note that since no identifying information is stored in the survey URL, there is nothing to prevent an individual from responding to a single survey multiple times, and all survey responses will be anonymous.

A Launch & Manage Surveys page showing a confirmation message that the survey ‘Course Survey’ has been successfully launched, with a Share Survey URL link highlighted beneath the message and a Launch Another Survey button.

TS - QuickStart Guide: Launching a Survey

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