Online Surveys Jacqui James and Malcolm Roberts School of Education
Online Surveys Purpose? To collect information from respondents Tool: Online survey tools –Free Online survey sites such as Survey Monkey Restricted features –Web 2.0 tools such as Google Apps Fully featured without the Glitz Reporting not as comprehensive
Survey Elements Relevancy 1.Questions are relevant to what you want to find out? 2.Are your respondents in a position to answer the questions? 3.Are you familiar with the questions? 4.Are you familiar with the objectives? 5.What information is needed?
Relevancy Know kinds of information needed Know the Objectives Be familiar with the Questions
Questions should be: Clear Direct Brief
Constructing good questions Be Brief Be Objective Be Simple Be Specific
Google Applications Free to use Comes with Gmail Easy to construct questions Easy to share survey Analysis is simple and exportable to Excel Spam free and owned by you
Plan your survey Storyboard your survey on paper first, showing questions and question types etc..... This is easier than creating a survey on the fly....
Sign up to Gmail sign up for a new account here if needed. Or logon if you are an existing Gmail user
Click on Documents to access Forms
Click on Create new : then select Form
Click here to give your form (survey) a title
First give your survey a title and information about your survey.
My first question is an example of a text based question. Respondents fill in their answer in a text box. I have provided some Help Text to assist in answering the question. I have also made this a required question. When satisfied click Done.
Question 1 Example text based question
For your next question Click add item
Question 2 Example of multiple choice Click Add item and then Multiple Choice
Fill in your questions and choices Note I am making each question a required question. That means the respondents cannot move on unless the question is answered. Then click Done.
Fast Food Survey progress
Question 3 - Checkboxes
Fill in the checkbox question, help text and check box options Click Done when finished.
Check box question
Add Item Choose from a list
Write your question and choices Click Done when finished.
When your respondent clicks on arrow they can make a choice
Question - Scale
Complete the question title, help text and choose scale number
Fill in your Columns and Rows for your question
Grid question
Finally a paragraph text question
Complete your question title, help text Click Done when finished
Paragraph question complete
Note: you can edit, duplicate or delete a question here.
Now my survey is complete: how do I distribute to my respondents?
You have three options: 1. a link to respondents 2.Place a link in a moodle web page 3.Embed a link in a moodle web page or label
Click on this form then enter addresses Then click send.
To embed: click more actions and Embed
Copy the embed code: Control V
In a Moodle Block: click add a resource: insert a label
Click on Toggle HTML source button
Paste in the embed code and click the toggle button again
Click on Save and Return to course
Survey is now embeded in Moodle for completion
Respondents click submit when finished
When survey has been filled in click see responses
Summary is displayed
Spreadsheet view: useful for analysis
Part Two
Sign in or Sign up It’s Free, therefore basic application only
Follow the screen prompts to complete signing in
Use +Add Question dialogue box to begin inputting your survey. Survey already designed!
Question 1 Step 2 - Type the following : Step 1 - Choose Multiple Choice with only one answer.
Step 3 - Save changes and check your question and answers
Question 2 Step 2 - Type the following: Step 1 - Choose Rating Scale :
Step 3 - Save changes and check your question and answers:
Question 3 Step 2 - Type the following: Step 1 - Choose Multiple Choice with multiple answer.
Preview Survey Step 3 - Save changes and check your question and answers:
You can send your survey using the screen prompts
Whew! Happy Surveying