Key Points

• A survey allows you to create questions and control the response format.

• In a survey, you can create both open-ended and closed-ended questions.

• Windows SharePoint Services provides three views in which to summarize survey responses: Overview, Graphical Summary, and All Responses. You can export survey responses to a spreadsheet to perform more complex data analysis.

• A discussion board allows users to create and reply to discussion subjects.

• You can view discussions in either Subject, Flat, or Threaded view.

• You can enable a discussion board to receive incoming e-mail.

• You can connect any discussion board to Outlook. These appear under the SharePoint Lists folder.

• Surveys and discussion boards are specialized lists. Their permissions can be controlled independently of both the site and of other lists. You can apply item-level permissions to prevent users from editing their survey responses or discussion messages.