{"id":88,"date":"2013-07-10T01:23:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T08:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/?p=88"},"modified":"2013-07-15T16:43:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T23:43:35","slug":"module-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/2013\/07\/10\/module-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inquiry Project: Collection Data<\/span><\/p>\n

During our discussion today, we talked about how we would collect data for our ICT database.\u00a0 What we thought was the best method of for collection was some type of online survey.\u00a0 SurveyMonkey, a popular online survey development company, and Google Docs, a free online office suite software by Google, was brought up.\u00a0 I had previously used Google Docs\u2019 form function to create an online survey<\/a>, but had no experience using SurveyMonkey.\u00a0 Although I was biased towards Google Docs, I want to see which would best fit our needs.<\/p>\n

Google Docs
\n<\/strong>Google Docs is provided by Google and is an included feature when you sign up for a gmail\/Google account.\u00a0 They offer the basic office suite programs: word process, presentation, spreadsheets, forms and draw.\u00a0 The form program allows for the creation of online forms and surveys.\u00a0 The user is able to create the questions and specify a type of response (i.e. short answer, paragraph answer, multiple-choice, scale, checkboxes, choice from a list, etc.).\u00a0 Questions are added easily by clicking on the \u201cadd item\u201d button.\u00a0 There is no limit on how many questions are in the survey or how many responses are submitted.\u00a0 The general look and layout of the \u2018live\u2019 (what the survey taker is seeing) survey is restricted to the templates offered.\u00a0 Unfortunately there is no way to customize it and there are only 19 templates available.\u00a0 The submitted responses are compiled and displayed in a spreadsheet format with individual time\/date stamp.<\/p>\n

Google Docs has is the ability to share, open and edit by multiple users simultaneously in real time, which allows for fluid collaboration.\u00a0 Once opened, each member present is denoted by a different colour and each member can see what everyone else is doing.\u00a0 For example, when both Terrence and I were on our group document, he could see words instantly appearing next to a pink cursor on the document.\u00a0 At the top of the page, it displayed my name in pink (hence the pink cursor).\u00a0 So, Terrence was able to \u2018see\u2019 me imputing the information just as I was typing it in.\u00a0 I have been told that Google Docs has a revision history feature that can display which member added what, at what time, but I haven\u2019t use it myself so I don\u2019t know how to do it.\u00a0 Also, there is a chat function embedded in each program letting members communicate with one another.\u00a0 Additionally, since Google Docs are online, there is no need to save, because it automatically saves the data onto their cloud.<\/p>\n

SurveyMonkey
\n<\/strong>SurveyMonkey is in the business of surveys and it shows.\u00a0 It has everything a person or company would want to survey a particular demographic.\u00a0 It offers a paid service version and free version.\u00a0 The paid service version has extra features such as unlimited questions and responses (the free is limited to10 questions\/survey and 100 response\/survey), marketing features, custom links and sample pool to name a few.\u00a0 Survey Monkey has \u201cexpert survey templates\u201d that are questions templates of most often asked questions on a specific topic.\u00a0 In the education category, I was able to find a pre-made bullying survey for students.\u00a0 \u00a0They also have a question bank where users are able to choose questions that were created by \u201csurvey methodologists to minimize bias and give you the most accurate responses\u201d.\u00a0 Like Google, the format of the responses can be adjusted.\u00a0 Every facet of the survey layout and theme can be customized.\u00a0 The extra function that SurveyMonkey has is the ability to analyze the results.\u00a0 The user can filter and compare each question\u2019s response to see trends or patterns.\u00a0 This would be very useful when examining a large amount of data.\u00a0 There is no collaborative element in SurveyMonkey.\u00a0 The creation of the survey is limited to 1 user at 1 time.<\/p>\n

Overall
\nI didn\u2019t like the look and feel of SurveyMonkey.\u00a0 The survey came out looking like the surveys that large companies use for customer sanctification.\u00a0 Although I did like their question bank and question template feature, but more as a source of question ideas.\u00a0 It felt like they always were trying to sell how great their service was and pushing how their questions\/surveys were created using the latest question methodology psychology.\u00a0 SurveyMonkey would be very beneficial for large corporations trying to understand their employees and clients, but maybe not for us.\u00a0 I liked the simple interface of Google and its collaborative elements.\u00a0 It\u2019s great for doing simple surveys and forms.\u00a0 SurveyMonkey and Google both get the job done, but for the overall feel and the collaboration part, Google Docs wins out for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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