Adding an authenticator to a Qualtrics survey ensures that only those with an OU account are taking your survey, while also allowing you to pull certain information from the respondent’s OU information. This article will detail step-by-step how to add a Single Sign-On Authenticator to your survey.
Template for disclaimer page to be placed before the SSO authenticator to give participants the opportunity to consent before login:
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Welcome to [survey title]!
On the next page, you will log in to the [survey title] with your OU credentials. Upon login, [data being stored] will be recorded to ensure [reason for SSO]. The data will be deidentified prior to analysis, but the raw data will contain identifying information for each response.
By continuing to the next page, you consent to having this data collected as part of the survey.
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- Go to your survey you want to add an authenticator to on survey.ou.edu.
- Click Survey Flow to view the different elements of your survey.
- Click Add a New Element Here anywhere in the survey flow to add the authenticator element.
- The settings for authentication through OU’s Single Sign-On can be seen below. Qualtrics already has the settings configured to integrate with OU’s Single Sign-On service so you only need change the Authentication Type and SSO Type. If you wish to capture respondent information, check Capture respondent identifying info, then enter the info fields as displayed below.

To move the authenticator element to the beginning of your survey, click Move in the element and place it as the second element in your survey. Respondents will now be required to sign in through OU to take your survey. For most applications there needs to be an initial page prior to the SSO that indicates to respondents what