Follow these steps to create a survey in BuildingLink:

 

1 - Click on the Communicate tab, then Survey.

 

2 - Click the Add New Survey Question button.

 

You can only enter and save one survey question at a time, but each is displayed to the resident in the one place, so it looks like they are all part of the same survey.

3 - Give the question a title. This is what the residents will first see before they click on the question to provide their answers.

 

4 - Next fill in the actual question box. This should be in more detail than the title. For example, your title could be Swipe Cards, and the question text, Please provide us with your Swipe Card codes for the entry door to the building.

 

NOTE: You have a 3000 character limit for your question text.

5 - Choose what kind of answer you need from the residents. Swipe cards will need Free Form to allow the resident to type in their answer.

 

6 - If you want the survey to have a useful life and then no longer be available for the resident's to access, complete an expiration date.

 

7 - IMPORTANT - If you want the resident's to know that there is a survey for them to complete, you need to place a check in the Send Email to audience button or you are relying on them just finding it for themselves.

 

8 - Select who you want to gather the responses from.

 

9 - Click the Save/Update Question button.

 

 

Continue these steps until you have uploaded all the questions that you want. The only thing I would change is to only place a check in the Send Email to Audience once as you don't want to bombard your residents with loads of emails for each question you enter.

 

The Survey will look like the below for your residents.

 

 

When you want to view the results of the survey, click the Communicate tab then Survey again. You will see your list of questions. For each question there will be a view response link. Click on that and the responses submitted will be displayed to you.