---
title: "Your First Project"
description: "Video (5:52): create your own SurveyTester project from a survey link, using our demo survey or one of yours, and run the first test on it."
url: https://www.surveytester.com/academy/en/training-videos/your-first-project/
language: en
type: video
audiences: ["Project Managers", "Survey Testers", "Survey Authors"]
published: 2024-08-16
updated: 2024-08-16
tags: ["video", "getting started", "new project", "survey link", "demo survey"]
---

# Your First Project

_Training Videos · SurveyTester Academy_

After the demo project, the next step is a project of your own. All it takes is a survey link that may be used
for testing. This video walks through creating that project and running the first test on it, in under six
minutes.

## What the video shows

1. **Creating a new project**: name, survey system, and the survey link. SurveyTester recognizes the survey
   platform from the link.
2. **Which link to use**: a test link of your own survey, or the demo survey link provided in the video if you
   just want to try the flow. Use a link that does not count against quotas or real sample.
3. **Languages and markets**: how a project with more than one survey link is set up.
4. **The first test run** on the new project and where its results appear.

## Before you start

- A SurveyTester account, for example a [free trial](https://www.surveytester.com/freetrial).
- A survey link that may be used for testing. A test-mode link of your survey platform is ideal.

## Good to know

- For a tried-and-tested order of steps from project creation to sign-off, see
  [Project best practices](https://www.surveytester.com/academy/en/general-queries/project-best-practices).
- If you have not tested a survey with SurveyTester yet, start with
  [Your First Testing Session](https://www.surveytester.com/academy/en/training-videos/your-first-testing-session).