Work on the same survey, with clear responsibilities.

Developing a questionnaire often involves more than its original author. A colleague may know the measures, a supervisor may review the study design and another researcher may manage collection. Lensym lets those people work with the same survey rather than separate working copies that need to be reconciled.

Changes sync between connected editors, and presence avatars show who is there. Question wording and settings can be reviewed as they change. This supports a direct conversation about the current instrument, with the same content available to everyone involved.

Editing a question, publishing a survey and downloading responses are different responsibilities. Lensym’s four roles make those distinctions explicit. Owner, Admin and Editor can edit and publish; Viewer is read-only. Owners and Admins manage collaborators and export responses, while only the Owner can delete the survey.

The details matter when a project moves into collection. Editors can view and delete responses but cannot export them. Viewers can read responses as well as the questionnaire. A role should therefore reflect the data and actions someone needs, including after the draft review has finished.

• Owner: retains ownership and controls the survey.
• Admin: helps manage access, publication and exports.
• Editor: develops the survey and can publish it.
• Viewer: reads the survey and responses without editing.

A shared editor makes changes available quickly, but good collaboration still benefits from an agreed division of work. One researcher can concentrate on screening while another reviews outcome questions. Changes to a source question deserve particular attention when later logic or piping depends on it.

The draft is the place for that work. Publication locks the survey’s questions, so wording and route review belong before collection. Preview provides a way to experience the resulting questionnaire, while the shared editor keeps the agreed changes in the same instrument.

Collaborators join through their own Lensym accounts, using an email invitation for a particular survey. An invitation expires after seven days and must be accepted with the matching account. The access remains specific to that survey, which is useful when different colleagues contribute to different projects.

The creator remains the Owner, and ownership cannot currently be transferred. Lensym uses survey-level sharing rather than a separate team or workspace ownership model. Choosing the intended owner at the beginning gives the project a clear account responsible for its survey and responses.