From 1 September 2025, the University of Twente will use Crowdtech as the central platform for conducting surveys. Crowdtech offers a secure and efficient way to distribute questionnaires. All data and processing take place in the Netherlands. The platform is suitable for course evaluations (SEQs), research-related questionnaires and other UT-wide surveys – and is accessible to both staff and students.
Crowdtech Survey supports education, research and services, and aligns with the UT’s strategic direction: greater uniformity, collaboration and quality in the way we work.
This page provides an overview of training sessions, demos and frequently asked questions. Please note: after August 2025, existing systems will be phased out. For more information, contact the relevant system administrator.
Do you have any questions about how Crowdtech works? Check out their Guide: guide.crowdtech.com.
Trainings
Would you like to get started well prepared? Join one of the upcoming training sessions. You can sign up using this online form.
Support for long-term surveys(specifically for surveys running over extended periods) This hands-on session explains how to input your questionnaire into Crowdtech. Crowdtech trainers will demonstrate how to enter complex questions; you can enter simpler questions yourself, with guidance. A great opportunity to input your questionnaire into the new system in a short amount of time. This session is open to everyone who regularly uses recurring questionnaires – not only researchers.
We invite you to share your questionnaire with us in advance via the upload option in the registration link.
Training ‘Support for Long-Term Research Projects’
Online trainingen Crowdtech Are you interested in the basic functionality of Crowdtech Survey? Please watch this video: Basistraining – Crowdtech (YouTube). The video is in Dutch, use the subtitle setting in Youtube to get subtitles in your preferred language. Crowdtech offers free monthly online training sessions via their Crowdtech academy. Check out their website to sign up: Crowdtech Academy – Crowdtech
The following template surveys have been made available as a training resource. You can download them using the links below, then import the surveys into Crowdtech. This will allow you to test out advanced functions, both as a participant and survey owner.
These survey tools will be available until the following dates:
o Evasys: October 2025 o LimeSurvey: December 2025 o Maptionnaire: May 2026 o Qualtrics: October 2026
These tools are not specific survey tools, and will not be phased out.
Please contact survey-support@utwente.nl so you can start getting all the benefits of the new UT-wide tool Crowdtech as well.
Are you working on a long-term research project? Then it is important to know if - and how - your project can be transferred to Crowdtech. Does your data collection continue beyond the dates mentioned above? Then the questionnaires need to be converted to Crowdtech. We offer specialized, 2,5 hour, support sessions for longitudinal research. These hands-on sessions are suitable for anyone working with recurring surveys – not just researchers.
🛠️ You’ll receive step-by-step guidance, with trainers demonstrating complex question input. Simpler items can be directly entered by you, with guidance of our trainers.
📤 To help us prepare, please upload your questionnaire in advance via the link in the registration form.
📌 Check the ‘Training and demo sessions’ chapter for upcoming dates. If you have any questions contact survey-support@utwente.nl.
Frequently Asked Questions
Starting in the new academic year (Sept. 1, 2025), the application will be available to all UT students and employees
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You are responsible for securing and exporting your research data from the old tools. We strongly encourage you to complete this before the end of August 2025.
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Before the 1st of September 2025, we offer multiple sessions to support you in creating your current questionnaires in Crowdtech. These sessions take approximately 2,5 hours and provide an easy opportunity to efficiently input your questionnaire in the new system within a short timeframe. The sessions are intended for anyone who manages recurring surveys - not exclusively for researchers.
During the session you will receive instructions on how to input your specific questionnaire into the system. Crowdtech trainers will demonstrate the process for entering complex questions, while you will have the opportunity to input simpler items independently, under their guidance. To ensure we can prepare adequately, we kindly invite you to share you’re the questions of your questionnaire in advance via the upload option provided in the registration form. Please refer to the ‘Training and demo sessions’ chapter for any upcoming sessions.
Please note, You are responsible for securing and exporting your research data from the old tools. We strongly encourage you to complete this before the end of August 2025.
More information on the process for surveys in Evasys will soon be available on the internal Evasys website.
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Yes, you can continue to use your existing questionnaires. You can sign up for training to learn how to input your questionnaire in Crowdtech yourself or sign up for support sessions for longitudinal research to receive assistance with set-up and distribution.
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The platform is centrally supported by Crowdtech, with dedicated points of contact for each department or faculty. See the list of contact information on this page.
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Yes, you can.
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Yes, that is possible, provided your external partner has a UT staff or student account that allows them to log in to University of Twente applications. They can use their staff or student account to log in to Crowdtech Survey via SurfConext and collaborate on questionnaires.
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On the Service Portal you can find an overview of the different student surveys that are conducted. This overview also includes guiding principles to ensure that your survey reaches students effectively and aligns with UT guidelines.
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Contact
Questions about Crowdtech? After Sept. 1, contact us through the following channels or your faculty/department key-user.
For UT-specific technical support, we will soon publish contact information per faculty or department. For technical assistance, please email survey-support@utwente.nl.
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