2. eListen is a product of Scantron’s mission is to deliver the most advanced testing and assessment, data collection and systems maintenance products and services while providing unequaled customer service and innovative solutions for education and commercial markets. http://www.scantron.com/about/index.shtml

3. The products SCANTRON has many products http://www.scantron.com/products/ We are going to focus on one of the data collection software packages, eListen

4. eListen can assist you with Building A Survey Deploying A Survey Collecting Data From A Survey Analyzing Data From A Survey

5. Building a survey If you can use standard Microsoft Office style software, you can use eListen assistance of eListen's wizards large library of questions sample surveys pre-built "look and feel" templates eListen allows you to set up question branching Right-mouse pop-up menu support

6. Deploying a survey One of eListen's most powerful features is its ability to deploy surveys across a wide variety of electronic media Internet Corporate networks E-mail Reply-by-mail diskettes Paper

7. A couple ‘reasonable’ options Mailout Diskette: No installation needed runs directly from the diskette Requires only a single diskette Allows respondents to save & resume survey later Supports Windows 9X, 2000, ME, and Windows NT Diskette deployment gives you the advantages of distributing your survey through the traditional mailout/handout method, but without having to enter all the returning responses by hand.

8. And others Paper: Create traditional scannable paper form Supports Scantron OMR scanners Results when scanned are collected into common database file with other deployment methods Let eListen help you out… (if budget permits): http://www.scantron.com/products/elisten/hosting.asp

9. Collecting data from a survey Once a survey has been completed by a respondent, answers are automatically collected by eListen's data pump and loaded into a Microsoft Access database. eListen's database is completely open and does not require any respondent licensing fees, meaning you can deploy as many surveys to as many respondents as you want. Runs manually or automatically as a "tray" application Create custom profiles for different surveys Collect surveys from multiple sources & store in multiple data bases

10. Analyzing results The goal of any survey is to review and analyze your results. eListen's Analyzer provides you with numerous statistical reports Allows you to focus on specific areas of interest You can also export your reports and data to popular file formats such Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, or HTML. You can also use their favorite third-party statistics package to study the data

11. Reports can include the following Frequency distribution reports Bar charts and pie graphs Cross tabulation reports 360 report options for performance reviews

12. Print and Present Publish reports to a web browser Publish reports to Microsoft Word Export eListen reports or response grid only Export reports to layered HTML, Rich Text Format, Excel Spreadsheet, Text Format, Adobe Acrobat

13. Get a trial version http://www.scantron.com/products/elisten/downloads.asp Temporary tool, to let you explore the capabilities of the program at your convenience.

14. Let’s look at some samples How about a visit to the website and take a look at what is possible… http://www.scantron.com/products/elisten/samples.asp