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How do I create a questionnaire for my group?

Hosts often want to create a set of questions for their participants to answer. A few options are Activity Feed Questions, or Polls.

Using Activity Feed Questions to Create a Questionnaire:

As the host of your Gift Exchange, you can post a message to your group on the Group or Gift Exchange Activity Feed with questions you’d like each person to answer and participants will be notified that you have posted a message. Participants may add their answers as replies to the message or to their Wishlist as written wishes for everyone to see their answers.

To post a question on the Gift Exchange Activity Feed:

  1. Go to your Gift Exchanges page.
  2. Select the Gift Exchange you want to create the questionnaire for.
  3. Select Activity.
  4. Create a post.
    1. Posts have a limit of 400 characters

To post a question on the Group Activity Feed:

  1. Go to your Groups page.
  2. Select the Group you want to create the questionnaire for.
  3. Select Activity.
  4. Create a post.
    1. Posts have a limit of 400 characters

Using Polls to Create a Questionnaire:

⚠️ Only hosts can create polls.

To create a poll in the Gift Exchange Activity Feed:

  1. Go to your Gift Exchanges page.
  2. Select the Gift Exchange you want to create the questionnaire for.
  3. Scroll past the exchange details to the Exchange Feed section.
  4. Tap create a post, then Create a Poll.
  5. Create a Poll by asking a question and creating answers for everyone to choose from.  This is a great way to find out what your next Gift Exchange Theme should be or what the Spending Limit should be.  You can also ask fun questions like "Artificial or Real tree?"
    1. Poll questions have a limit of 200 characters
    2. Answers have a limit of 100 characters

To create a poll in the Group Activity Feed:

  1. Create a PollGo to your Groups page.
  2. Select the Group you want to create the questionnaire for.
  3. Select Activity.
  4. Create a Poll by asking a question and creating answers for everyone to choose from.  This is a great way to find out what your next Gift Exchange Theme should be or what the Spending Limit should be.  You can also ask fun questions like "Artificial or Real tree?"
    1. Poll questions have a limit of 200 characters
    2. Answers have a limit of 100 characters

Creating post and polls in the Activity Feed are not yet accessible in our iOS and Android apps. That just means you’ll need to head over to our website. You can do this in the Elfster app by tapping the three bars in the upper left-hand corner. Then tap “Go to Website”. Login to the website and you’re there. Simple as that! 💫