Qualtrics - Adding a Calendar Date-Picker Question

You can build easy-to-use calendar-date pickers in Qualtrics

There are several methods. This document is designed to outline a commonly used method. Please feel free to reach out to research.computing@dartmouth.edu with questions.

Calendar-date pickers use year-month-day picker scripting code. No code-writing is necessary, but importing some code is.

To use a calendar-date picker in Qualtrics:

(preferred method, using a template, is shown first. To insert a question with the picker, you’ll need to modify some header info, instructions for that method shown at the bottom)

Method 1 - adding a calendar-date picker via Qualtrics Template  

  1. Log into our Dartmouth brand institutional Qualtrics instance at https://dartmouth.qualtrics.com

  2. Create New Project

  3. Click ‘Survey’ button

  4. give the survey a name

  5. select ‘use a survey from a library’

  6. select ‘qualtrics brand admins’

  7. select ‘date and time picker questions template’

  8. This method ensures that both the question and the supporting code are present in the survey. Create Project

Method 1 to add calendar picker

Method 2 - Inserting a calendar-date question and modifying header info  

Survey >Look and Feel > General > Header > Qualtrics Brand Admin > header for date-time picker

Method 2 for adding calendar picker