Create a Single or Multi Choice Magnetic Board question

Add a Magnetic Board question to your survey.

1. In Power Survey Authoring, click the Questionnaire tab.
2. On the Authoring Navigation Bar, do one of the following:
   • To create a Single Choice Magnetic Board, hover over Question > Single Choice Grid, and then select Single Choice Magnetic Boards.
   • To create a Multi Choice Magnetic Board, hover over Question > Multi Choice Grid, and then select Multi Choice Magnetic Boards.
3. Type a name for the question, and then click OK.
   For guidelines on question names, see Question names.
4. Add the question text.
   1. Click the Question field, and then type the question text.
      For information on formatting the text and adding files such as images, see Editing toolbar.
   2. Click Update.
   Note:

   • The application automatically removes any Javascript that you add to question text, instruction text, or content boxes.
5. In the Boards section, add an image to the board.
   Note: Boards can only contain images.
   1. Click the Select image button.
      
   2. In the Image Browser, select or upload the image, and then click Insert.
      Note:

      • Images in the Shared folder are available in all surveys.
      • Images in the images folder are only available in that particular survey.
      • Image file names cannot contain special characters (#, @, !, %, $, *, &).
      For information on editing an image, see Edit an image in a question.
      A thumbnail of the image appears next to the precode and the image file name appears in the label field.
   3. Type a descriptive image name in the label field to use in pipes and report.
   4. Optional: In the Alt Text field, type a description of the image to be read by screen readers.
6. Optional: To add another board, click Add Board, and then repeat step 4.
7. In the Magnets section, add the magnets.
   1. In the Answer Text field for the first magnet, type the answer text.
   2. To add another magnet, do one of the following:
      • To add one magnet, click Add Magnet, and then type the answer text.
      • To add multiple magnets, click Batch Edit Magnet Text, and then select a predefined set, or type each answer text on a separate line.

        Press Ctrl + V to paste multiple answers from a text editor such as Notepad.

        Note: After a survey contains live data, you cannot delete or batch edit answers.
8. Add an image to each magnet.
   1. Click the Select image button.
      
   2. Optional: To create an image-only answer, select the Image Only Answer check box.
      
      The image file name appears in the Answer Text field.

      Tip: Replace the image file name with descriptive text that you can use in pipes and reports. If you leave the Answer Text field empty, the magnet will be blank in a pipe, and appear as [no text] in your report.
   3. Optional: In the Alt Text field, type a description of the image to be read by screen readers.
9. In the Properties section, set the question properties.
   For more information, see Magnetic Board question properties.
10. Click Save.

Parent topic: Magnetic Boards