1. Building with a Purpose Making Online Survey Tools Work for You Meghan Wanucha, Colorado State Library Zeth Lietzau, Denver Public Library

2. Gain awareness of online survey tool options. Acquire skills in using online survey tool features for data collection, management, and analysis. Outcomes

3. Review the basics Creating & designing surveys Distributing surveys & getting responses Analyzing results DPL’s experience Reflection & questions The plan

4. The basics: A review

5. 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, email invitations, embed on website, social media URLs, email 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

6. Creating & designing surveys

7. 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

8. Distributing surveys & getting responses

9. 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

10. Analyzing results

11. SurveyMonkey example: https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM- WHNFY76D/ https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM- WHNFY76D/ Google Forms example: http://goo.gl/forms/MXrREShosO http://goo.gl/forms/MXrREShosO – respond to survey, then click “See previous responses” Activity: Try out some analysis

12. MailChimp Constant Contact Wordpress plug-ins Drupal plug-ins Embedded survey tools

13. Denver Public Library

14. 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

15. Thank you! Meghan Wanucha LRS.org / Wanucha_M@cde.state.co.usWanucha_M@cde.state.co.us Zeth Lietzau denverlibrary.org / zlietzau@denverlibrary.orgzlietzau@denverlibrary.org