building with a purpose making online survey tools work for you meghan wanucha, colorado state...
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Building with a PurposeMaking Online Survey Tools Work for You
Meghan Wanucha, Colorado State LibraryZeth Lietzau, Denver Public Library
• Gain awareness of online survey tool options.
• Acquire skills in using online survey tool features for data collection, management, and analysis.
Outcomes
• Review the basics• Creating & designing surveys• Distributing surveys & getting
responses• Analyzing results• DPL’s experience• Reflection & questions
The plan
The basics: A review
Choosing the right toolFeature SurveyMonkey Google Forms
Cost Free (limited functionality)Paid: $26 monthly / $300 yearly / $780 yearly
Free
SSL Yes Yes
Question types 13 9
Validate responses Yes Yes
Survey distribution URLs, email invitations, embed on website, social media
URLs, email invitations, embed on website
Conditions for questions (skip logic, branching)
Free: NoPaid: Yes
Yes, but limited to sending respondents to a specified page
Survey output Free: Within SurveyMonkey Paid: CSV, XLS, PDF, PPT, SPSS, SAS
CSV, Google Sheets
Analysis features Free: question summaries, one filter/compare/show per surveyPaid: filter, crosstabs, share with others
Question summaries
Mobile optimized Yes Yes
Survey help Survey templates, question library
Google expert forum
Creating & designing surveys
1. Pick a tool, SurveyMonkey or Google Forms
2. Create a login for SurveyMonkey or log in with your Google account– SurveyMonkey: click green button to create
new survey– Google Forms: via Google Drive
3. Build 3-question survey (see handout)4. Questions?
Activity: Create a survey
Distributing surveys & getting responses
• SurveyMonkey: open web link collector– Collect Responses tab < Send It Fast
and Easy < Web Link Collector
• Google Forms: share form– Send Form button (top right corner)
Activity: Distribute your survey
Analyzing results
• SurveyMonkey example: https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-WHNFY76D/
• Google Forms example: http://goo.gl/forms/MXrREShosO – respond to survey, then click “See
previous responses”
Activity: Try out some analysis
• MailChimp• Constant Contact• Wordpress plug-ins• Drupal plug-ins
Embedded survey tools
Denver Public Library
• Outcomes: – Gain awareness of online survey tool
options.– Acquire skills in using online survey tool
features for data collection, management, and analysis.
• Reflection
Reflection & questions
Thank you!
Meghan WanuchaLRS.org / [email protected]
Zeth Lietzaudenverlibrary.org / [email protected]