IT Learning Programme WebLearn: Surveys

Today’s arrangements Your presenters are Fawei Geng and Jill Fresen Length of the course:3 hours Resources:Course Handbook

Your safety and comfort are important Where is the fire exit? The toilets are along the corridor outside the lecture rooms The rest area is where you registered; it has vending machines and a water cooler ♫♪

What will be covered ? Use of surveys Comparison of survey tools Overview of the WebLearn Surveys tool Three steps in creating a survey: – Create a template – Create a survey based on the template – Assign the survey to recipients Use the WebLearn Surveys tool to build your own survey

IT Learning Programme Use of surveys

Questionnaire design Perhaps now you'll fill in my questionnaire? From

Use of surveys 1.Oxford Learning Institute: 2.Tools and best practices for conducting web surveys: 3.Correspondence course: Sample survey theory and methods (US National Agricultural Statistics Service): 6.pdf 4.Use of electronic surveys in course evaluation (Moss & Hendry, 2002): Electronic_Surveys_in_Course_Evaluations.pdf

IT Learning Programme Comparison of survey tools: WebLearn Surveys tool WebLearn Tests tool Survey Monkey Bristol Online Surveys Ostrakon

Comparison of survey tools

IT Learning Programme WebLearn Surveys tool

Complete a simple survey as a student Join a site - Survey Tool Practice (instructions on p23) Login to WebLearn In ‘My Active Sites’, click Survey Tool Practice On the homepage, click on the link: A WebLearn survey

About the WebLearn Surveys tool Create an online survey Deliver to WebLearn users or the general public View or export survey results or survey reports Use for course evaluation, feedback or general data collection purposes

Survey Dashboard

Get to know the terminology S urvey creator (maintainer/contributor) Survey respondents Survey WebLearn site participants Ad-hoc groups General public Template – a set of questions (items) My Surveys -Specifications such as dates etc -All surveys that you created

Three steps in creating a survey Assign the survey to a group of respondents 3 1 Create a template – Create new template master list questions… 2 Start new survey – Configure the survey settings specifications HT 2010 TT 2010 MT 2010

Step 1 – Create a template Create a new template or Use an existing one Re-use an existing template as is Modify an existing template Click Templates to see all existing templates Copy your required template, then edit it Create a new template from scratch Click Create new template Add your questions

Create a new template1

Add a question (a) Question types 1

Add a question (b)1

See example on next slide 1Add a question (c)

Questions to evaluate lecturers Same set of questions is automatically repeated for all people with maintain or contribute role in the WebLearn site

Edit template1 preview edit delete

Edit template1

IT Learning Programme Exercise 1: Create template Add questions

Three steps in creating a survey 1 Create a template – Create new template 2 Assign the survey to a group of respondents Start new survey – Configure the survey settings and 3 master list questions… specifications … HT 2010 TT 2010 MT 2010

Step 2 – Start new survey Click Start new survey On the next page, set the start, closing dates, notifications, etc. Select your template and configure the settings Now you have a template… Add a survey title and instructions Select your template

Create a new survey (a) 2 Select your template

Create a new survey (b) 2 All three dates must be entered Use ‘Login’ if survey respondents have a WebLearn account Insert a suitable address notifications Set reminders

Three steps in creating a survey 1 Create a template – Create new questionnaire 2 Start new survey – Configure the survey settings and master list questions… specifications … HT 2010 TT 2010 MT 2010 Assign the survey to a group of recipients 3

Assign respondents 3 Now you have a survey… LoginDon’t have to login WebLearn site participants Known respondents Tracking of completion Non-respondents get reminders Known respondents No tracking All get reminders Ad-hoc groups Known respondents Tracking of completion Must have WL account Non-respondents get reminders Known respondents No tracking All get reminders Unassigned (general public) XXX Unknown respondents No tracking No reminders

Assign respondents 3 They can only take the survey via the link that is generated in the notification They can take the survey either in a WebLearn site where the Surveys tool is added or via the link that is generated in the notification For a public survey, just click “Next’ without choosing respondents

Three steps in creating a survey 1 Create a template – Create new template 2 Start new survey – Configure the survey settings and master list questions… specifications … HT 2010 TT 2010 MT 2010 Assign the survey to a group of respondents 3

IT Learning Programme Exercise 2: Create new survey Assign to participants

IT Learning Programme Example: Masters in EBHC Course evaluation Survey results

Course Evaluation Questionnaire Course Evaluation Surveys tool in the site List of available surveys - links

Respondents’ view of survey Scale question with a comment box Optional text field for name

My surveys page View partial results View final results

My surveys page View partial results View final results

My surveys page

Survey results If the survey respondents where required to login

Example of PDF summary report

IT Learning Programme Summary Questions