Building with a Purpose Making Online Survey Tools Work for You Meghan Wanucha, Colorado State Library Zeth 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 tool FeatureSurveyMonkeyGoogle Forms Cost Free (limited functionality) Paid: $26 monthly / $300 yearly / $780 yearly Free SSLYes Question types139 Validate responsesYes Survey distribution URLs, invitations, embed on website, social media URLs, invitations, embed on website Conditions for questions (skip logic, branching) Free: No Paid: 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 survey Paid: filter, crosstabs, share with others Question summaries Mobile optimizedYes Survey helpSurvey templates, question libraryGoogle 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: WHNFY76D/ WHNFY76D/ Google Forms example: – 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 Wanucha LRS.org / Zeth Lietzau denverlibrary.org /