Web 2.0 Survey & Polling Tools: A Quick Guide

Web 2.0 Survey & Polling Tools: A Quick Guide

MOHAMED AMIN EMBI

Centre for Academic Advancement Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

2012

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CHAPTER 1 SURVEYMONKEY

What is SurveyMonkey?..……………………………………………………….1

SurveyMonkey in Education…..………………………………………………....1

Get started with SurveyMonkey...…………………………………….................3

References……………………………………………………………………....11

CHAPTER 2 OBSURVEY

What is Obsurvey?.....…………………………………………………….............1

Advantages of Obsurvey…..……………………………………………………1

Get started with Obsurvey…………………………………………………….2

References……………………………………………………………………......4

CHAPTER 3 POLLDADDY

What is Polldaddy?.............……………………………………………………….1

Polldaddy in Education....…..…..………………………………………………....1

Get started with Polldaddy....….....……………………………………..................2

References……………………………………………………………………......8

CHAPTER 4 POLL EVERYWHERE

What is Poll Everywhere?...……………………………………………………...1

Ideas for using Poll Everywhere in the classroom……………………………..1

Benefits of Poll Everywhere …………...….……………………………………..1

Get started with Poll Everywhere…...…………………………………………..2

References……………………………………………………………………......4

CHAPTER 5 SURVEYTOOL

What is SurveyTool?...........……………………………………………………...1

Benefits of SurveyTool...……..…………………………………………………..1

Get started with SurveyTool…........……………………………………………..2

References……………………………………………………………………......4

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CHAPTER 6 ZOOMERANG

What is Zoomerang?.........……………………………………………………….1

Zoomerang in Education…..…..………………………………………………....1

Get started with Zoomerang….....……………………………………..................2

References……………………………………………………………………......6

CHAPTER 7 FLUIDSURVEYS

What is FluidSurveys?..........……………………………………………………...1

Benefits of FluidSurveys.……..…………………………………………………..1

Using FluidSurveys in the classroom…………………………………………..1

Get started with FluidSurveys..........……………………………………………..2

References……………………………………………………………………......4

CHAPTER 8 KWIK SURVEYS

What is Kwik Surveys?.......……………………………………………………...1

Benefits of Kwik Surveys...…..…………………………………………………..1

Get started with Kwik Surveys........……………………………………………..2

References……………………………………………………………………......4

CHAPTER 9 QUIZSNACK

What is Quizsnack?.......………………………………………………………….1

Benefits of Quizsnack…....….....………………………………………………....1

Get started with Quizsnack…..…..………………………………………...........3

References……………………………………………………………………......9

CHAPTER 10 FLISTI

What is Flisti?.....................…………………………………………………….......1

Benefits of Flisti…….....……..…………………………………………………...1

Get started with Flisti……..…........……………………………………………..2

References……………………………………………………………………......4

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Chapter 1: SurveyMonkey 1

WHAT IS SURVEYMONKEY?

SurveyMonkey is an online survey tool. It allows user to easily create professional

surveys. Both free and paying user can design surveys, collect responses, and analyze

the responses of their created surveys. The results of the surveys can be shared

instantly with targeted respondents. These surveys from SurveyMonkey can be on

any subjects. Users can also change the font and color of the survey page. The

results of the survey are viewed in real time. SurveyMonkey lets the user send out

the survey on email lists or put a URL link on a web page to make it easy to get the

desired audience for the survey. The survey also can be used in education to improve

learning and teaching experiences.

Source: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/SurveyMonkey#SurveyMonkey-

history.[25 September 2011]

SURVEYMONKEY IN EDUCATION

SurveyMonkey has many different applications that would be practical for a

classroom and educational purposes. Educators have used it for:

1. Gaining background knowledge on what information students had learned in

previous classes.

2. Multiple choice quiz - Save time where it can be made available to students

outside class time.

3. Learning students interests/activities.

4. Student/teacher evaluations.

5. Practice exams/ mock exams.

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6. Anonymous classroom reports.

7. Student in-class/outside-of-class projects.

8. Pre-test or pre-class survey.

9. Post-class surveys – Help the educators to re-evaluate their lesson plans and

improve those critical areas.

10. Assessment of background knowledge- Benefit the students; where educators

can know the level of his/her students and can create the lesson planning

accordingly.

Source: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/SurveyMonkey#SurveyMonkey-

history.[25 September 2011]


GET STARTED WITH SURVEYMONKEY

Go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/

Sign up/ Registering

STEP 1

STEP 2

Click on the ‘Sign Up

FREE’ button here.


Creating a Survey

STEP 3

Fill in the information

required.

Click on ‘Create

Account’.

Users can sign up with their facebook or google account.

3 simple steps on creating a survey.


Click on ‘Create survey’.

Fill in the survey title and select a category from the list given.

Click ‘Continue’.

Select from the available templates.


Select a theme.

Users can change the theme of the

survey.

Click here to go back to

add questions.


Click on ‘Add Question’.

Users can choose from

various question type.


Users can create the question and

the answers options for the

question.

Ex: Do you like how the lesson is conducted?

Yes No

Options available for

users.

Click ‘Save

Changes’.


Users can add more

questions.

Users can add pages.


Click on ‘Send

Survey’.

Users can customize the link.

Users can use other options to send the

survey.


Users can also use questions in the question bank based on available categories. E.g.

Education, community.

Survey analysis options.

Users can view the

analysis of completed

survey.

Various category

of questions.


REFERENCES

SurveyMonkey. http:// www.surveymonkey.com. [ 27 September 2011]

O’shea,Kevin (2010). Edited by Lolkus, M.R. SurveyMonkey.

https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/SurveyMonkey#SurveyMonkey-history.[25

September 2011]

Survey Monkey User Manual.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/SurveyMonkeyFiles/UserManual.pdf. [25 September 2011]

Chapter 2: Obsurvey 13

WHAT IS OBSURVEY?

Obsurvey is a very powerful tool for hosting online surveys. You can share the URL

to the survey you create with Obsurvey, and embed it on your webpage/wiki and

you also can download a pdf file of the results.

Source: http://www.yourlearningcurve.com/2010/10/obsurvey-trumps-google-

forms.html [22 February 2012]

ADVANTAGES OF OBSURVEY

The following are some advantages of using Observey:

(a) In General

There is no need to install any software to create surveys, collect responses

and analyze the results. It is all done on the obsurvey.com servers.

It is free, with no advertisements and no limitations.

It gives unlimited surveys, questions in a survey and unlimited responses to a

survey.

(b) Surveys

You can hide/show questions based on what was answered to previous

questions, even for questions on the same page.

You can modify all the text, title and buttons of a survey.

You can upload and insert images anywhere in the survey.

You can pick any of the predefined themes for your survey.

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(c) Publishing Surveys

You can protect your surveys with a password.

You can restrict answers to one response per computer.

You can send an email with a link to your survey.

You can put a survey inside blog posts or websites by copying and pasting the

provided embed code.

(d) Reporting

Exclude duplicate answers from the same IP-address, for polls or voting-style

surveys.

Download report as a Pdf file.

Download all answers as a .CSV file (Excel).

Download individual charts for responses to a single question as image files

for easy to insert in Word document or Powerpoint presentation.

Protect your shared reports with a password that must be entered before

you can see the report.

Source: http://obsurvey.com/#features [22 February 2012]


GET STARTED WITH OBSURVEY

Go to: http://obsurvey.com/

Registering

STEP 1

STEP 2

Next, click the

‘Register’ button.

Type your preferred email and password.

Then, you will receive the Obsurvey

email verification. Click this link to

activate your Obsurvey account.

This page will appear. Click

‘OK’ to continue using Obsurvey.


Creating a Survey

STEP 3

At the Obsurvey home page, click ‘Create a survey

now’.

Click this icon to create a new

survey.

Go to Obsurvey‘s

Facebook page.

Click ‘My suggestion’ to add your suggestion or any comment regarding

Obsurvey’.

To get more information on how to use Observey. Click

at ‘Help videos’.

Click ‘My surveys’ to view the list of your

created surveys.


Insert the title of your

survey.

You can choose to create a survey either from scratch or from any existing surveys.

Then, click ‘Create survey’.

Click ‘Play’ if you want to watch the video on how to create a new

survey using Obsurvey.

Choose the type of question you would like to create in your

survey.

Click the ‘Next page’ button if you want to move this question to a new

page.

Click this button to add a new page.


(a) Multiple Choice Questions

Click the ‘Multiple choice

select one’ button.

Type your question

here.

Type your choices here.

You can use the predefined rating

scale given in ‘More options’.

If you want to delete the

question, click this button.

Use this arrow button to move the question.

Examples of multiple choice

questions.


(b) Checkboxes

(c) Rating questions

Click the ‘Checkboxes select many’

button.

Type your question and answer

choices.

If you want the respondent to select more than one

choice or type other choice, go to ‘More

options’ and select options for question.

Click ‘Rating

question’.

Choose the rating scale or you can create your own rating

scale.

Examples of select many questions.


(d) Short text questions

(e) Long text questions

Click ‘Short text

question’.

Choose the templates of

short text questions available.

Click ‘Long text

question’.

Type the question

here.

Examples of short text questions.

Examples of long text questions.


(f) Descriptive text

An example of A Survey Created

Click ‘Descriptive

text’

Type your text here.

Examples of a

descriptive text.


Editing Survey Tools

Collecting Responses

STEP 4

STEP 5

Save your survey.

Preview your survey.

Choose your survey theme.

Clear all formatting of text area, and removes all picture and links.

List of your survey created.

Insert image and create link in your survey

question.

Add social sharing in your

survey.

Click ‘Collect responses’.

Choose your collect responses option and password protected.

Send your survey using the link given or embed

the survey into your blog or website.


Generating Survey Report

Individual Responses and Downloading .csv File

STEP 6

STEP 7

Click this icon to download the report

either in JPEG, PDF or SVG.

Your survey report will be displayed

shown as a graph, bar chart and frequency

table.

Download the individual responses data in .csv (excel)

file.

Individual responses data.


REFERENCES

http://www.yourlearningcurve.com/2010/10/obsurvey-trumps-google-forms.html [22

February 2012]

http://obsurvey.com/#features [22 February 2012]

Chapter 3: Polldaddy 25

WHAT IS POLLDADDY?

Polldaddy is an online survey and poll too. It is almost similar to Zoomerang as they

offer survey and poll tools to users. Polldaddy is easy to use and has a user-friendly

interface. Users can simply register for an account then click a button to create a

new poll or survey. They can then enter the question and answers, choose the design

and it is done. PollDaddy will automatically provide the necessary code to be copied

and paste or embed into various sites (e.g. twitter, Ning).

Source: Gunelius (2011).

POLLDADDY IN EDUCATION

Educators can use Polldaddy features for quizzes, gather feedback on course work.

Tutors can get reviews on events from student and colleagues. It saves time for the

educators instead of using the paper-based quizzes. Among the features useful for

educations is, where users can add html, images, video and other media. Responses

gathered can be filtered accordingly. Users can also easily collect responses on iPad,

iPhone, and iPod Touch.

Source: http://www.polldaddy.com

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GET STARTED WITH POLLDADDY

Go to: http://www.polldaddy.com/

Sign up/Registering

STEP 1

STEP 2

Click ‘See Plans & Pricing’.

Click ‘Sign Up’.


Fill in the form or create an

account using Facebook.

Click ‘Create My Account’.

Check your email to activate the Polldaddy

account.


Creating a Survey

After activating your account, you can start creating a survey.

STEP 3

Click ‘Create a new survey’.

Enter the survey name.

The survey will be

saved in ‘My Content’ folder or

user can create a new folder.

Select a style for the survey.


Options available for users.

Click ‘Save & Add Questions’.

After dragging and dropping the type of questions,

type your questions.


Creating a Poll

STEP 4

Click ‘Done

Editing’.

Click ‘Finish & Embed’.

Users have various options

to embed or link the survey.

Click ‘Done Embedding’.

Click ‘Create a new poll’.


Type the options for your poll.

Type the poll name.

Select a folder for the poll.

Select a poll theme.

Options available for users.


REFERENCES Polldaddy. http://www.polldaddy.com [25 September 2011]

Gunelius, S. 2011. Should You Use PollDaddy to Create Free Blog Polls?

http://weblogs.about.com/od/bloggingtools/fr/PollDaddyReview.htm.[24 September

2011]

Options for users to

embed or link the poll. e.g. facebook

or twitter.

Click ‘Done Embedding’

when finished.

Chapter 4: Poll Everywhere 33

WHAT IS POLL EVERYWHERE?

Poll Everywhere is a text message polling and audience response system. It is simple

enough for anyone to use and flexible enough for a wide range of scenarios to

interact with audiences and collect data.

Source: http://blog.polleverywhere.com/ [14 February 2012]

IDEAS FOR USING POLL EVERYWHERE IN THE CLASSROOM

A few activities to use Poll Everywhere in the classroom:

Quizzes

Attendance

Teacher feedback

Group evaluations

Class discussions

Source: http://www.slideshare.net/amysuesue/a-guide-to-poll-everywhere [14

February 2012]

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BENEFITS OF POLL EVERYWHERE

Some benefits for using Poll Everywhere:

Ease of use

Live results

Low cost or free to students

Affordable for the instructor

Option to select multiple devices to respond

Students engaged

Ability to identify and address challenging problems

Source:

http://nercomp.org/corecode/uploads/event/uploaded_pdfs/Will%20Texting%20Hel

p%20Improve%20Student%20Learning-

Fabienne%20Miller%20&%20Jianyu%20Liang%20-%20WPI_55.pdf [17 February

2012].


GET STARTED WITH POLL EVERYWHERE

Go to: http://www.polleverywhere.com/

Creating Poll

STEP 2

STEP 1

At the Poll Everywhere home

page, click the ‘Create your first

poll’ button.

Type your question here.

Click this icon to preview your poll.

If you want to convert your questions to multiple choice

questions, click here.

If you want to stay as open ended

questions, you need to click the

‘Continue’ button.


Insert the possible answers for your multiple choice

questions.

Click here if you want to delete the answers selected.

Then, click ‘Continue’.

This is how your poll will

look like.


Poll Setting

STEP 3

Showing all the public polls created

by other users.

You can use these functions when you

upgrade your account.


(a) Visual Setting

(b) Show Instruction/Show Chart

To change the appearance, go to ‘Visual

Setting’ and select the appearance, instruction

and chart you would like to use as your poll view.

Click here to view your poll as chart or

instruction.


(c) Fullscreen

People Responding

STEP 4

To enable and disable fullscreen view, click this

icon.

Select the respond types you prefer. The respond

types will be shown here.


Downloading as a Slide

STEP 5

Select the presentation types

you would prefer to download.

You can use the downloaded slide for your presentation. The respondents responses will in-

sync with the poll you created in the slide.


Sharing and Publishing

STEP 6

You can share and publish your poll by

embedded it into your blog or web page, or

email to others and, or download the flash file to

upload it in Prezi.


REFERENCES

http://blog.polleverywhere.com/ [14 February 2012]

http://www.slideshare.net/amysuesue/a-guide-to-poll-everywhere [14 February 2012]

http://nercomp.org/corecode/uploads/event/uploaded_pdfs/Will%20Texting%20Hel

p%20Improve%20Student%20Learning-

Fabienne%20Miller%20&%20Jianyu%20Liang%20-%20WPI_55.pdf [17 February

2012].

Chapter 5: SurveyTool 43

WHAT IS SURVEYTOOL?

SurveyTool is a revolutionary sampling tool developed by Peanut Labs Inc. which is

an E-Rewards company. SurveyTool can be used by business owners, consumers,

corporations, or anyone looking to generate market research to better their

business and/or knowledge.

Source: http://blog.surveytool.com/ [2 March 2012]

BENEFITS OF SURVEYTOOL

The following are some benefits when using SurveyTool:

Fastest way to create a survey.

Easy, intuitive interface makes survey creation a breeze.

Choose from a range of customizable templates.

SurveyTool's robust reporting enables you to visualize your data in real-time.

Collect responses via email, social media, or by embedding the survey within

your page.

Source: http://www.surveytool.com/# [2 March 2012].

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GET STARTED WITH SURVEYTOOL

Go to: http://www.surveytool.com/

Signing Up

STEP 1

STEP 2

Click the ‘signup’ button.

Fill up the required

information.

Then click ‘submit’.


Creating a Survey

STEP 3

Click ‘+ Create New Survey’.

Insert the title of your survey

here.

You also can duplicate from

an existing survey.

Next, click the ‘Start’ button.


Adding Question

(a) Checkbox Questions

STEP 4

Go to the ‘Edit Survey’ tab.

Click at ‘Add Questions’ here.

Then, choose type of questions you would like

to add.

Click at the ‘Checkbox’ button

under ‘Basic Questions’.

Go to the ‘Question’ tab and type your question.

Click at the ‘Row Choice’ tab and list the possible answer

choices.

Lastly, click ‘Add Question to Bottom’ to insert the question in

your survey.


(b) Multiple Choice Questions

This is an example of a

checkbox question.

Click at the ‘Multiple

Choices’ button.

Click at the ‘Question’ tab and type your question here.

At the ‘Row Choice’ tab, type

the possible answer choices.

Lastly, click ‘Add Question to Bottom’ to insert the question in your survey.


(c) Dropdown


multiple choice questions.

Click at the ‘Multiple

Choices’ button.

Click at the ‘Question’ tab and insert your

question. At the ‘Row

Choices’ area, type the possible answer

choices.

Then, click ‘Add Question to

Bottom’ to insert the question in your survey.


(d) Rating Scale

This is an example of a dropdown. questions.

Click at the ‘Rating Scale’

button.

Click at the ‘Column Choices’ tab and insert the

rating scales. Click at ‘Row Choices’

to insert the statements/questions.


Bottom’.

This is example of a rating scale.


(e) Matrix Type Question

(f) Single Line Question

For the ‘Matrix-Type Questions’, you can

choose ‘Single Select’ or ‘Multi Select’ question.

The procedure is the same as the ‘Rating

Scale’ question.

For the ‘Single Line Question’ you can add the template

given.

After creating the question, click ‘Add Question to

Bottom’.

Click at the ‘Question’ tab and

type the information you want to insert in

your survey.


single line question.


bottom’.


Survey Settings

STEP 5

Go to ‘Survey Settings’.

Click ‘Customize Your Survey’ to

change the background, color etc of your survey.

Insert your survey

description.

After you have completed creating your survey,

click this button to save and launch your survey.


Getting Responses

STEP 6

Go to ‘Get Responses’.

Click this button to your survey

via emails invitation.

You also can send your survey

by sharing the given link.

You can put your survey in your blog or webpage using

the embedded code.

This is an example of

survey created.


Analyzing Responses

REFERENCES

http://blog.surveytool.com/ [2 March 2012]

http://www.surveytool.com/# [2 March 2012].

STEP 7

Go to ‘Analyze Responses’ to

get the responses.

You can export the report in different

format either ‘pdf’, ‘share link’ or

‘excel’ for further analysis.

54 Chapter 6: Zoomerang

WHAT IS ZOOMERANG?

Zoomerang is an online survey tool that allows individuals to quickly and easily

create online surveys to collect and share feedback. Zoomerang also offers polling

application. Zoomerang polls delivers a unique, engaging online polling applications

allowing users them to post a poll on any website. The quantifiable results appear in

real-time and can be shared easily with students and colleagues. Zoomerang enables

users to leverage social networking platforms to get a fast read on timely issues and

drive easier decision making. Users can customize color schemes and the ability to

randomize up to five answer options gives the feel of traditional online surveys to

these one-question polls. In addition, users can easily take the poll they created on

any social media networking sites (MySpace or Facebook) and host it on a web site

or blog.

Source: http:// www.zoomerang.com

ZOOMERANG IN EDUCATION

Zoomerang surveys and polls can be used by educators in getting responses from

students regarding the courses they teach. The tools are simple and easy to use by

users; equipped with skip logic; makes it the best option to gather information.

Surveys can be used by tutors or lecturers to gain some insight on their lessons and

teaching plans. They can conduct a survey to know what the students think of the

course and the tutors and share their ideas for improvements. They can also use the

tools to conduct quizzes. It helps saves time and money.

Source: http://www.idealware.org/articles/fgt_online_surveys.php.

Chapter 6 ZOOMERANG

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GET STARTED WITH ZOOMERANG

Go to: http://www.zoomerang.com/

Sign up/Registering

STEP 1

STEP 2

Fill in the required

information here.

Click ‘Sign Up

Now’.


Creating a Survey

STEP 3

Click ‘Create Survey.

’.

Create a title for the

survey.

Click ‘Get Started’.

Click ‘Add a Question’.


Users can choose type of

questions.

Type the question and

answers.

Click ‘Save’.

Users can change the

survey settings.

Use the link given to the

survey.


Create a Poll

STEP 4

Click ‘Create Poll’.

Fill in the poll name

and question.

Poll preview.

To see poll results, click

here.

Users can share their polls on various networking sites.

Copy and embed this code at any

website.

Available options for the poll.


REFERENCES

Leland,E. 2011. A Few Good Online Survey Tools.

http://www.idealware.org/articles/fgt_online_surveys.php. [23 September 2011]

Zoomerang. http:// www.zoomerang.com. [26 September 2011]

60 Chapter 7: FluidSurveys

WHAT IS FLUIDSURVEYS?

FluidSurveys is designed to provide users with easy-to-use survey software online. It

has advanced survey-making features and presents them in a convenient, user-friendly

way. After purchasing an account, a user can easily create surveys, polls, invite

anyone to participate and analyze their results through charts and graphs, and share

results with colleagues. FluidSurveys provides everything users need to conduct

research surveys and create and share reports of findings.

Source: https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/FluidSurveys [5 March 2012]

BENEFITS OF FLUIDSURVEYS

The following are some benefits of using FluidSurveys:

FluidSurveys is very flexible. It can be exported to PowerPoint, Excel, PDF,

and SPSS.

Users have the ability to create surveys and polls using the innovative drag

and drop interface.

Users can view incoming data in real time and begin creating a report for that

information right away.

Users can cross-reference data with criteria such as age, gender, question

answers, etc., which allows the results to be interpreted in a more in depth

manner.


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USING FLUIDSURVEY IN THE CLASSROOM

The following are some ways of using FluidSurveys in the classroom:

Students can use FluidSurveys to gather constructive feedback about the

project assign by the teacher.

Teachers can use this survey to figure out their students learning styles in

order to teach more effectively.

Teachers can use FluidSurveys as a pretesting tool to gauge student

understanding of a topic in order to modify lesson plans accordingly.



GET STARTED WITH FLUIDSURVEYS

Go to: http://fluidsurveys.com/

Creating an Account

STEP 1

STEP 2

At the FuidSurveys home page, provide

the information required to create an

account. Then, click the ‘Get Started’

button.

You will receive an email from

FuidSurveys. Click the link given to

confirm/verify your registration.


Creating a New Survey

After you have created an account or login, you will be taken to your ‘Surveys’ page.

STEP 3

Click ‘+New Survey’.

Type your survey title

here.

Then click the ‘√ Create Survey’

button.

If you have a ‘SurveyMonkey’ account and want

to import your survey from there,

click at the link ‘here’.


Use these buttons to ‘Add Question’,

‘Save’ and ‘Publish’ your

surveys.

These are basic questions you can choose to add in your

survey.


Adding Question

Click the ‘Save’ button every time you add

question to make sure you do not lose your

data.

STEP 4

Go to the ‘Questions’

tab.

Choose the questions want to

create. Choose either basic (free

account) or advanced questions

(pro account).

To add more questions, click ‘Add Question’.

If you want to publish your survey, click the

‘Publish’ button.


(a) Section Heading

(b) Text Response

Go to the ‘Questions’ tab.

Double click the ‘Section

Heading’ button.

Type your question/statement title and description in the given boxes.

If you want to add other question, click the ‘Add

Question’ button.


‘Section Heading’.

Go to the ‘Questions’

tab.

Double click the ‘Text Response’

button.

Type your question/statement title and description in the given boxes.


(c) Multiple Choices

This is an example of ‘Text

Response’ question.


Double click the ‘Multiple

Choice’ button.

Type your question and

description in the given boxes.

If you want to add other question, click the ‘Add

Question’ button.

This is an example of a ‘Multiple

Choice’ question.

Insert the choices answer.


(d) Yes/No


Double click the ‘Yes/No’ button.




‘Yes/No question.


(e) Checkbox


Double click the ‘Checkbox’

button.



Insert your choices answer.

If you want to add other

question, click the ‘Add Question’

button.

This is an example of a ‘Checkbox’

question.

To add choice, click ‘+Add

Other Choice’.


(f) Dropdown


Double click the ‘Dropdown’

button. If you want to add other


This is an example of a ‘Dropdown’

question.

Insert your choices answer.


(g) Multiple Choice Grid


Double click the ‘Text Response

Grid’ button.

If you want to add other


button.

Insert your variables/scale.


‘Text Response’ question.

Insert your choices/statement.


Page Setting

Survey Option Setting

STEP 5

STEP 6

Go to the ‘Page’ tab.

Go to the ‘Survey’ tab.

Insert or change the title of your

survey.

Then, click the ‘Save’ button to

save your changes.

Then, click the ‘Save’ button to

save your changes.

Use this option to edit your page setting.


Customizing Survey Style

Publishing Survey

STEP 7

STEP 8

To customize your survey,

click this icon.

Then click this link.

To publish your survey, click this

icon.

This is the link of your survey.

You can send the link given to the

potential respondents.

You can use the embed code to publish your

survey in your blog or webpage.


Analyzing Survey

STEP 9


survey created using

FluidSurveys.

To analyse the survey

conducted, click this icon.

Click ‘Export’ to export your survey

either into PowerPoint, excel,

Pdf or SPSS formats. You can

only use this feature if you are registered as Pro

user.


Creating a New Poll

STEP 10

To create a poll, go to the

‘Polls’ tab.

Then click ‘+New Poll’.

Insert the ‘Poll Name’ here.

Type the question of your

poll.

Insert the choices.

Select your poll result.

Then, click the ‘Publish’ button.


Sharing a Poll

STEP 11

This is an example of a poll created.

Click this icon to share the poll

with others.


REFERENCES

http://blog.surveytool.com/ [2 March 2012]

http://www.surveytool.com/# [2 March 2012].

Use the embed code to publish

your poll in your blog or web

page.

You also can share your poll

using these social media.

78 Chapter 8: Kwik Surveys

WHAT IS KWIK SURVEYS?

Kwik Surveys is a free web-based application that allows anyone to quickly and easily

create their own surveys and share them across a wide array of sites and services.

Simply sign up for an account and then create a new survey in which you have the

options of making a title and questions, along with being able to modify the colors

and background of the survey.

Source: http://www.killerstartups.com/Web-App-Tools/kwiksurveys-com-create-and-

analyze-surveys [27 February 2012]

BENEFITS OF KWIK SURVEYS

The following are some benefits of using Kwik Surveys:

Upload an appropriate photo to be used as the background of the survey

created.

Distribute surveys for people to answer by email, YouTube, Facebook or

post them in online forums.

Get survey results instantly.

Download and print the survey created and survey result.

Set up account for email notifications if someone new has responded to the

survey.

Source: http://www.killerstartups.com/Web-App-Tools/kwiksurveys-com-create-and-

analyze-surveys [27 February 2012].

Chapter 8 KWIK SURVEYS

Chapter 8: Kwik Surveys 79

GET STARTED WITH KWIK SURVEYS

Go to: http://kwiksurveys.com/

Signing Up

STEP 1

STEP 2

Fill in the required

information.

Click the ‘Sign up’ button to

register.


Creating a Survey

STEP 3

Kwik Surveys will send this email to your registered email account. Click the link given to validate your email address and you can

start using Kwik Surveys.

Type your Survey title.

Click the ‘Add Question’ button to add and create more questions.

Add your page title here.

Insert your page description.

You can ‘Add’, ‘Move’, ‘Copy’,

‘Delete’ and ‘Skip’ the

selected page of your survey.

Share your survey with

“Twitter” and ‘Facebook”.


Adding Questions

STEP 4

At your survey editor page, click ‘Add Question’.

Click ‘Question text’ to add question.

Click ‘Answer & Options’ to

choose answering type.

Click the ‘Preview’ button to

preview the survey before you save and

publish.

Click ‘Save & Exit’ to save the survey created.

Text editor toolbar.

Type your question

here.


(a) Multiple Choice Questions

First, you need to create your

question in the ‘Question text’.

Then, click the ‘Answer &

Options’ button.

Lastly, click ‘Save &

Exit’.

Choose multiple choice answer option

(either single or multiple) answers.

Or, you can select from a predefined answer set.

Insert list of answers

here.

An example of Multiple choice

(Multiple answers) questions created.


(b) Drag and Drop Ranking

Choose ‘Drag and drop ranking’ at question type.

Type possible answers here.

An example of a drag and drop

ranking question.


(c) Star Rating

(d) Single Textbox

At the question options, you can

choose either text, number or email

address.

Choose ‘Single Text Box’ at the question

type.

Choose ‘Star Rating’ at

question type.

Type possible answers here.

An example of a star rating question.


(e) Matrix of Choices

An examples of a single textbox

question.

Choose ‘Matrix of Choices (Single or multiple answers)’

at the question type.

In the ‘Column Headings’, select your

predefined answer set. Or you can add your own

scale.

Type your statement or question at the

’Row Heading’ area.


(f) Multiple Text Boxes

An example of a ‘Matrix of choices’

question.

Choose ‘Multiple Text Boxes’ at the

question type.

Select your answer option.

An example of a ‘Multiple text

boxes’ question.


Survey Setting

Style

STEP 5

Click ‘Setting’.

STEP 6

At the ‘Survey status’, you can

select either to do an open or close

survey. Also, you can insert survey

dates and edit participant options and number of responses.

Click ‘Style’.


Result

STEP 7

At the ‘Theme editor’ in the

‘Style’ setting, you can edit your

survey layout.

Click ‘Result’.

You can print and view your survey

result.


Export

Launch

STEP 8

STEP 9

You can export your survey

question in pdf or doc format.

Click ‘Export’.

Click ‘Launch’.

Click ‘Create Link’ to create and customize the link of your

survey.


REFERENCES

http://www.killerstartups.com/Web-App-Tools/kwiksurveys-com-create-and-analyze-

surveys [27 February 2012]

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WHAT IS QUIZSNACK?

Quizsnack is the most easy to use online poll and survey tool, allowing you to create

and conduct market questionnaires without having to learn complicated software.

Also, the reporting is very simple and straightforward, with results being displayed

in real-time.

Source: http://www.quizsnack.com/

BENEFITS OF QUIZSNACK

Using Quizsnack you can:

Customize the looks of your poll/survey widgets.

Create poll/survey in any language you wish.

Embed your poll/survey your website.

Store your data securely for an indefinite amount of time.

User-friendly application.

Source: http://www.quizsnack.com/

Chapter 9 QUIZSNACK

92 Chapter 9: Quizsnack

GET STARTED WITH QUIZSNACK

Go to: http://www.quizsnack.com/

Signing In/Registering

STEP 1

STEP 2

On Quizsnack page, click ‘Sign in’.

If you do not have an account, go to

‘Register’.

Insert your name, e-mail

and password to start the

registration.

Then, click ‘Register’.

If you do not want to register, you can sign using these

accounts.


Creating a Poll/Survey

(a) Creating a poll

STEP 3

To create a poll/survey after you

have signing click ‘Make a poll (or

survey)’.

Click ‘Poll’ to start creating a

poll.


Then, type your question.

Number of your answer option.

Check the box if you want to shuffle

your options.

Type your thank you massage (optional).

Then, click ‘Next’.


(b) Creating a survey

Click ‘Survey’ to start creating

a survey.

Then, type your question.

Choose type of your question.

Check the box if you want to shuffle

your options.

To insert other question, you just need to type the question here.


Choosing a Templates

STEP 4

When you have finished creating your quiz, you can go to the quiz templates. Choose the

template you prefer for your quiz.

Type your thank you massage (optional). Then, click

‘Next’.


You can review before you use the template.

If you like this template, click ‘Use

this template’.

Then, click ‘Finish’.

Now, your poll/survey is ready to publish. You can edit or delete your

quiz.

Click ‘Copy’ to copy the link given and you can post

it to your Facebook wall, Twitter or sent to email.

You also can embed it to your

blog or web.


Check your Poll/Survey

STEP 5

At your Quizsnack home, click ‘My

quizzes’.

Then, click ‘Stats’.

The statistic shows the number of

people view and take your

poll/survey.


REFERENCES

http://www.quizsnack.com/ [21 October 2011]

https://sites.google.com/site/bdemireleportfolio/projects/web-2-0 [21 October 2011]

If you want to get the full report of your

survey, you need to activate the premium

options.

100 Chapter 10: Flisti

WHAT IS FLISTI?

Flisti is a free online poll website that does not require any sign up.

Source: http://edutechintegration.blogspot.com/2010/09/flisti.html [9 March 2012]

BENEFITS OF FLISTI

The following are several benefits of using Flisti:

A great tool to use on the first day of school or the beginning of a unit to

gauge where students stand on a particular subject.

The tool is simple to use.

If you have a school or class Twitter or Facebook page you can share the poll

there to get response from students.

Flisti is easily adapted into the classroom

Source: http://edutechintegration.blogspot.com/2010/09/flisti.html [9 March 2012]

Chapter 10 FLISTI

Chapter 10: Flisti 101

GET STARTED WITH FLISTI

Go to: http://flisti.com/

Creating a Poll

STEP 1

STEP 2

Type your poll question.

Insert the possible answers.

If you want to add more

answers click here.

Lastly, click create new poll.


This is an example of a poll created.

You can view the result by clicking this

link.

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Sharing a Poll

Commenting Poll

STEP 3

STEP 4

You can share your poll in Facebook or

Twitter.

Or, you can put you poll on your blog or website. Click this link

to view the embed code.

Copy and paste the embed code given on your blog/website.

Respondents can comment about the poll by typing the

comment here.


REFERENCES

http://edutechintegration.blogspot.com/2010/09/flisti.html [9 March 2012]

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