Job Aid for Developing

Objective: You will be able to design a survey, collect responses for it, and analyze its’ results.

ACTIVITY

Look at the following survey (Figure 1). We are going to learn how to create this survey using Survey Monkey.

Figure 1

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Working with Survey Monkey

1. Starting Survey Monkey

1. Using any standard web browser (internet explorer/netscape)
2. Type <www.surveymonke.com> in the address bar
3. Under e-mail address type jdempsey@usouthal.edu (Figure 2)
4. Under password type (wait for assistant to type) remember the pass word is case sensitive
5. Click <Enter>

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Figure 3

2. New Survey (Figure 3)

1. Click <New Survey>
2. Check <From Scratch>
3. Click <Next>

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3. Theme: (Figure 4)

1. Click on the “(v) arrow” next to Theme for the color of the complete survey
2. Theme Editor will open up choose your color, I chose <dewy meadow> (Fig 5)
3. Click <Add>

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Figure 4

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• Theme Editor

Figure 5

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4. Edit the Survey title (Figure 6)

1. Title <JagTran Service>
2. You can leave the other fields same or can change to your own personal interest types to distinguish previous, next, done, and for exiting the survey.
3. (diagram 2 and 4)
4. Click <Update>

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5. Edit Numbering (Figure 7, 8)

1. Click <Edit numbering>
2. Select <Auto-number pages>
3. Select <Auto-number questions> <Within entire survey>
4. Click <Update>

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6. Add Logo (Figure 9, 10)

1. Click <Add logo>
2. Click <Browse>
3. Select the file <usalogomd>
4. Click <Open>
5. Click <Add>

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7. Edit Page (Figure 11)

1. Page title type <Demographics>
2. Page description <Answer All. Be as specific as possible>
3. Click <Update>

Figure 11

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8. Add Question 1 (Figure 12, 13)

1. Click <Add Question>
2. Click <Choose-one Answer (Vertical)>
3. Type <Age>
4. Customize Required

• Click <customize required>
• Change text for <All questions in the survey>
• Click <use asterisk> for required fields
• Click <update>

5. Answer choices:

· Type <Under 18, 18-40, 41-64, 65+>

6. Check <Other (please specify)>

7. Figure 13

   Click <Add>

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9. View question (Figure 14)

• Click <Back>
• You will be forwarded to the following page

Figure 14

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10. Add Question 2 (Figure 15)

1. Click on the <Add Question> at the end of question 1.
2. Click <Choose-one Answer (Horizontal)>
3. Type <Sex>
4. Answer Choice

· Type <Male, Female>

5. Click <Add>

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11. Edit question (Figure 16, 17)

1. Edit Question 1 - Select <One Answer (Horizontal)>
2. Edit Question 2 - Select <One Answer (Vertical)>
3. Click <Update> for both the questions
4. View the question by clicking <Back> (See the difference between Fig 15 & 16)

Figure 16 Figure 17

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12. Add Essay type question (Figure 18, 19)

1. Click <Add Question> at the end of question 3.
2. Question Type < Open Ended - Essay>
3. Question <Describe your experience with traffic on USA campus.>
4. Click <Update>, View <Back>

Figure 18 Figure 19

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13. Add Multiple-Choice Questions with Multiple Selections (Fig 20, 21)

1. Click <Add Question> at the end of question 3.
2. Question Type <Multiple Answers (Vertical)>
3. Question <Describe your experience with traffic on USA campus.>
4. Answer Choice Type

· [1] More parking lots

· [2] A tram system for on campus residents only

· [3] Assigned parking with tram system for all

· [4] Separate campus for different departments

5. Click <Update>, View <Back>

Figure 20

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14. View Difference between 1, 2, and 4 (Figure 22)

a. Click <Back>

b. Click on question 1 and 2 and

And compare it with question

check the difference how

the tick marks work.

Figure 22

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15. Add a rating scale (Figure 23, 24)

1. Click <Add question>
2. Click <One answer per row (Rating Scale)>
3. Question Type < Rate the following methods of improving our traffic on campus. (1 being the least and 5 being the most)>
4. Row Names type

· More parking lots

· A tram system for on campus residents only

· Assigned parking with tram system for all

· Separate campus for different department

5. Rating scale type

· Not sure

· No. Bad Idea

· Acceptable method

· Better method

· Excellent method

6. View <Back>

Figure 23

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16. Viewing the complete interface for remote users (Figure 25)

a. Click <Preview> button

b. You will see the remote version for the users pop up

Figure 25

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17. Delete question (Figure 26, 27)

1. Click on <Delete>
2. A box will appear “Are you sure you want to delete.” Click <Ok>
3. Click <Delete question>

Figure 26

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18. To Collect Responses (Figure 28-31)

After designing your survey, you need to gather responses from the people whose opinions matter to you. Once you have collected responses, you cannot fully edit your survey.

1. Click <My Survey> tab
2. Click <Collect> icon, there are two collection methods

i. Create link: e-mail message, web page, and email list.

ii. Create Popup: invitation popup and survey popup

3. Click <Create link for a web page>
4. Copy the code and paste it on your website or e-mail address (Example shown on OLL website)
5. Click <Done>

Figure 28

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Figure 31

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19. Allowing participants to participate (Figure 32)

a. Click <Open> ( Make sure the box looks like it is opened)

Figure 32

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20. Analyze the Survey (Figure 33, 34)

a. Click <Analyze>

b. (Figure 33 shows the example of an analyzed survey)

Figure 33

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Last Update: 29 March 2006