Surveys - Creating a Survey
The Acadia Online Survey System was
designed by Acadia University to host surveys and collect useable
data. Surveys once registered on this system become a resource that
serves many purposes like getting feedback or using them for evaluation
purposes.
Opening Front Page
Surveys for the Acadia Survey System
are made in the form of a webpage. Many choose to create their
survey page in Microsoft Front Page.
 to
see a viewlet on Opening
FrontPage
Applying Proper Settings
Before you begin creating your survey
you should make sure that all of the proper settings are applied.
to
see a viewlet on Applying Proper Settings
Creating a Form
You also have to create a form
before you begin your survey. This form is very simple to
make.
see
a viewlet on Creating a Form
Short & Long answer Boxes
Knowing how to create short and long
answer boxes are important in creating your survey as there will
probably be short and long answer questions.
learn
how to Create Short and Long Answer Boxes
Radio Buttons
Radio buttons are useful if you plan
on having multiple choice questions or true/false questions in your
survey. It is possible to choose multiple answers or
individual answers.
learn
how to Create Radio Buttons
Drop Down Box
In your survey, you may want to
provide a drop down list of options to choose from. This is
great when asking the question of where someone is from, you can
provide a list of all the province and or territories for example
and they are able to choose from the list. In this case it
would be best to use a drop down menu opposed to radio buttons
because it would take up less space.
to
see a viewlet on Creating a Drop Down Box
Save your Survey
It is important to save your work
fairly often just in case something were to happen that would result
in the loss of the file. By saving often, you are sure not to
lose large amounts of work if the program or computer were to stop
functioning. It is also good practice to save more than one
copy of your work in case you were to accidentally delete or erase a
file.
see
a viewlet on Saving a Survey
Thank You Page
Once someone has taken your survey,
it is nice for them to receive a thank you for their participation.
A good way to do this is to create a thank you page and link it to
the survey so that it will appear once they have completed it.
to
learn how to Create a Thank You Page
HTML
In order for your survey to work
properly and to link to the thank you page, you must insert html
code.
to
see a viewlet on inserting Form html Code
Posting a Survey
In order for people to take your
survey, you need to publish it along with the thank you page.
to
see how to Post a Survey
Adding a Survey onto the System
In order for the survey system to
accept data for your survey, you need to register the survey with
the survey system.
to
see a viewlet on registering as an Acadia Online Survey System user.
to
see a viewlet on adding a survey to the survey system.
Set Survey Options
Once you have published your survey
and have it authorized, you are able to access your survey on the
system and make a number of necessary changes. These changes
include things such as the name of the survey, and the maximum
number of submissions that it will accept.
to
see a viewlet on Setting Survey Options
to
see a viewlet on adding and deleting users.
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