Add Media

Other than the common features shared by all questions: Required, Note, Hide, Timer, Indent, and Style, Add Media can help you insert pictures and video clips to make your survey lively.

Regardless of the question type, you can click on Add Media in all question settings to add images or videos to the question!

Question settings with the Add Media button clicked to insert an image or video into the question

To create a more engaging survey, we recommend you to add media on Rich Text.

For instance, if you want to introduce SurveyCake's latest online course, select Rich Text.

Rich Text question type selected to demonstrate adding media for a course introduction example

Below are ways to add images and videos:

Add Image:

  • Upload Image file
  • Input Image URL
Add Media panel showing options to upload an image file or input an image URL

Add Video:

  • Inserting a YouTube Long Video: Simply enter the complete YouTube video URL (e.g., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjY-iUI73yg&pp=ygUDY25u) to successfully embed it!
YouTube Shorts video inserted and playing within the survey
  • Inserting YouTube Shorts: Replace the first part of the Shorts link (e.g., https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PLsN9mtwIKM) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= and then add the video ID (PLsN9mtwIKM) at the end.
Standard question type with an image added via Add Media to make it more visual
YouTube Shorts video displayed within the survey on a desktop screen, not filling the full width

Reminder: Since YouTube shorts are vertical videos, if you watch them directly on a computer, the video might not fill the entire screen (there will be black bars on the sides of the video). However, if you watch the short video directly on a mobile device and enter the full screen mode, it will display in full screen!

When you use Rich Text along with Add Media features, it becomes very simple to create a product introduction page within the survey!

Rich Text question combined with Add Media used to build a product introduction page in the survey

Of course, other question types can also leverage Add Media to make questions more visually engaging!

FAQs

  • Will the views count on Youtube if the respondents watched my Youtube video through the survey?

No. According to current YouTube view counting rules, views from embedded videos on web pages aren't counted towards YouTube's view count. Therefore, watching videos in a SurveyCake survey won't count towards YouTube views.

Summary

All question types share Add Image. This function is a great way to inject some fun into your questions so don't forget about this tip next time you design your survey!

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