nitrc:User Guide - Survey Administration

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Surveys may be helpful if you need some feedback from the users. Surveys may address:

User Feedback: to ask users whether they like your tool/resource.

Developer Feedback: to ask developers about new features to be implemented.

1 Administering Survey Questions
2 Creating a New Survey
3 Modifying a Survey
4 Viewing survey results

Administering Survey Questions

Before you can create a new survey or modify an existing survey, you need to set up the questions for your surveys. As a tool/resource administrator, click the tool/resource menu "Surveys" link, then click "Admin" at the top of the page. Click "Edit Questions" at the top of the page. Here new survey questions can be added, and all existing survey questions can be modified or deleted. NITRC surveys handle the following question types:

Radio Buttons 1-5: These radio buttons give users five choices, from 1 (low) to 5 (high). This might be used to indicate priorities or quality feedback.

Radio Buttons Yes/No: These radio buttons give users two choices, Yes or No.

Comment Only: This allows you to display a comment, directions, or other information to the user.

Text field: Text fields allow users to insert free-form text in a small text field.

Text area: Text areas allow users to insert free-form text in a large text area.

None: This allows you to display a comment, directions, or other information to the user.

To add a question, enter the Question, select the Question Type, and click the "Add This Question" button. To modify a question, click "Edit" for the listed question. You may change the Question and the Question Type. Click the "Submit Changes" button to modify the question. To delete a question, click "Delete" for the listed question.

Creating a New Survey

You can create a new survey by clicking "Edit Survey" at the top of the Survey Admin page. You'll be asked to insert the following data:

Required Fields—indicated by a red asterisk (*) where you must enter data

Survey Name: The name of the survey that is displayed to the users.

Active: This flag indicates whether or not the survey is active.

Questions: A list of all your questions, from which you select those to include in the survey.

Click the "Add This Survey" button to create your survey.

Modifying a Survey

You can modify an existing survey, although this is not recommended if answers to the survey have already been given. You should know that the results of a survey are not consistent if you modify the survey and users have already inserted answers.

To modify an existing survey, click "Edit Survey" at the top of the Survey Admin page. Click "Edit" for the listed survey that you would like to change. You may change the name of the survey and whether or not the survey is active. You can change the order in which the questions are displayed on the survey by clicking "Up" or "Down" for the question you would like to move. You may also delete a question from the survey by checking the box in the "Delete from this Survey" column. Click the "Submit Changes" button to modify the survey.