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Thanks Greg I will discuss this option with colleagues as an alternative. Julia >>> "Colley, Greg" <[log in to unmask]> 26/05/09 9:41 AM >>> We use Unit Command Client Assessment and Survey System, has some really good features and can be tailored for your college. http://www.bigredspark.com/survey.html Also it's free, just need to installed it with PHP and MySQL, we had to use this as most of the Blackboard Survey systems they offer do not give good functionality. Greg Colley Information Learning Technology Support Analyst Information Technology Services City College Norwich, NR2 2LJ T. +44 (0)1603 773 592 F. +44 (0)1603 773 122 E. [log in to unmask] W. www.ccn.ac.uk CITY COLLEGE NORWICH CHALLENGING MINDS. INSPIRING SUCCESS. P Please don't print this email unless you really have to -----Original Message----- From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ian McNaught Sent: 26 May 2009 09:14 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Creating Student Satisfaction Survey on Bb Hi Julia My main advice would be to avoid the Blackboard survey tool. Although there is a wide range of question types, there are some significant and frustrating holes - for example, there is no way to ask a question such as whether the respondee is Male or Female (Multiple choice answers have a minimum of 4 options and Either Or have set answers (yes/no, true/false etc...)!). There are also problems with the wording, a lot of the terminology makes it sound as if you are doing a graded test, not ideal, especially if you are wanting honest opinions on courses. Finally, the results spreadsheet it gives you is usually full of html tags and not laid out in a way that makes data analysis easy. You could however use a third party survey tool and link to it in Blackboard so that from a users point of view it looked like they were doing it in Blackboard. I would suggest using google spreadsheets (with forms) for a relatively simple survey, or for more complex ones try surveymonkey.com or Bristol Online Surveys: http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/ (the latter two options will cost you). Hope this is helpful. Ian McNaught Learning Technology Advisor University of Huddersfield ________________________________________ From: Julia Ault [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 7:02 PM Subject: Creating Student Satisfaction Survey on Bb Hi everyone I am relatively new to Bb admin, so apologies in advance if this question seems a tad basic. I have been tasked with creating an electronic version of the student satisfaction survey that my Uni runs every year to obtain feedback about the non-academic services it provides. This year for the first time the Uni would like to use Blackboard instead of posting out documents to all students - it is greener after all! Most of the questions are duplicated for each service and we have several departments to survey (finance, registry, student services catering, computer services and so on). My questions are: Does anyone know of an efficient way of creating and categorising such a survey so that results may be extrapolated by department or does one just have to create separate surveys for each support unit? What is the easiest way of extracting the survey results once completed? I am attaching a copy of the desired survey that has been created on a word doc and given to me to work with. Thank you in advance for any help you can give. <img src="http://www.hud.ac.uk/images/emails/neutral_navy_blue_003976.gif" alt="Inspiring tomorrow's professionals"> --- This transmission is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you receive it in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and remove it from your system. If the content of this e-mail does not relate to the business of the University of Huddersfield, then we do not endorse it and will accept no liability. Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies'Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email management service - www.altman.co.uk/emailsystems Sefydliad Coleg y Drindod Caerfyrddin Cyfyngedig – Swyddfa gofrestredig: Heol y Coleg, Caerfyrddin SA31 3EP - Rhif Cofrestru’r Cwmni: 3091552 - Rhif Cofrestru TAW: 927 4354 11 - Rhif Cofrestru Elusen: 1048771 Trinity College Carmarthen Foundation Limited - Registered office: College Road, Carmarthen SA31 3EP - Company Registration No: 3091552 - VAT Registration No: 927 4354 11 - Charity Registration No: 1048771