What's the easiest way to get a pdf of the survey?

Question

Is there a way to easily get a pdf/print of the survey, like in Qualtrics?

https://www.qualtrics.com/support/survey-platform/survey-module/survey-tools/print-survey/

It would be helpful so that the survey questions can be easily shared. Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi Ali! Based on the link you shared, it sounds like you want to create a pdf of a survey, without any pre-filled answers (e.g., so that it could be printed and filled out as a paper-based survey) - is that right? If so, then I think there might be ways to do this with the *service keyword plus paid APIs, but I'll wait to see if anyone else reading this has ideas on that front.

On the other hand, if (instead of printing a blank survey) you wanted to summarize someone's answers (e.g., to share with someone who's already completed their survey), I could share some ideas for how you could go about that?

Comments

Hi anon,

I'd be interested in knowing your ideas on how to share a PDF of the answers.

In fact, I'm looking to share a PDF that depends on the answers.
For example, if a person answered A, send (or produce) a pdf explaining why the answer was right. If the answer was X, send a PDF explaining why the answer was wrong.

But any input you have on this would be greatly helpful!

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Thank you for your reply!

I think there are ways to send answers and explanations via emails to participants, including personalized messages that depend on what a given participant chose. But usually these are text-based emails, and it sounds like that's not what you're looking for? (An alternative might be to send participants a link to somewhere where you've pre-saved a PDF of the answers, but the problem with that would be that then the PDF wouldn't be personalized.)

If text-based email feedback isn't a good option, I'll try to think of other ways to address this. But if text-based email feedback is an option, I could share some ideas for that?

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Hi anon, thanks for your reply.
Yes, I'm currently using email. But the messages are long so I'm sending a link to a personalized Guided Track program.
However, a few users asked to be able to print their answer as a reference thus, I would highly appreciate your ideas on how I can customize a PDF based on the users answers!
I created a new question to make it easier to find for other members. We can expand the conversation there.
Thanks in advance!

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Thank you for your reply and for those details! I'm glad that you've opened a new question about this, because I don't currently know how to do what you're aiming to do, but I'm very interested to see the ideas that others have!