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Brief
training demonstration (for beginners;
posted Oct. 2008 -shows new interface). Once
the image appears, scroll down if necessary, and
click the tiny arrow at the botton left to start
the recording.
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How to input a list of
respondents so you can
assure survey security and send email reminders
to people who haven't yet responded (without
compromising anonymity of data!). Apologies for
the audio!
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How to tailor survey text for different groups
of respondents (e.g., automatically
embedding instructor's names' in feedback forms
for a set of workshops)
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Matrix
surveys: How to automatically choose
different subsets of questions, according to the
characteristics of each respondent pool (e.g.,
for course evaluation, only writing-intensive
courses get extra questions about writing; only
selected science courses get extra questions
about laboratory work). Read
this web page,
and then watch the video linked to the bottom of
that page.
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How to create the URL that your respondents will
use to answer your questions, and then shorten
it for use on slides and handouts (4
minutes)
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How to
create a quick report for a single
respondent pool that (if you like) those
respondents can see after they finish responding
to the survey. (in development)
How judges used a Flashlight Online 2.0
rubric
to evaluate ePortfolios. (hour-long webcast
archive, available during summer 2008) Also see
the rubric itself, in the right hand column.)
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Half-hour demo comparing Flashlight Online 2.0 with
SharePoint as a tool faculty can use to do simple surveys.
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Moving your draft survey (on a Word document) into
Flashlight Online 2.0 (5.5 minute demo)
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Simple
matrix survey
developed at CSU Sacramento to evaluate
workshops (click
here to learn about matrix surveys). Note how
this version of the form,
for a workshop on WebCT, differs from
this version
for a workshop on Microsoft Word. The
wording of each version has been altered to include the name of
the workshop and of the instructor. Information
on all their workshops was uploaded in batch
form, automatically generating response forms
for each. Data on all workshops flows to the
same database, making it easy to analyze
workshops separately, or in any
combination.
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One way to
use matrix surveys is to study
innovations that are used different ways in
different settings. Once the matrix survey
itself is designed, the instructor who wants
feedback from students would fill out an online
form, specifying which activities are important
and what his or her students call the
innovation. For
this class's feedback form, the innovation
under student is the personal response system
(e.g., "clickers" or polling systems). The
instructor calls the innovation "clickers" in
this class and wants feedback on their use for
peer instruction. The same matrix survey
produced
this very different feedback form for a
different class, whose instructor wanted
feedback on whether to use the results as part
of students' grades (so student responses
wouldn't be anonymous); this class referred to
the technology as a 'polling system' as you'll
see.
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Another way to use
matrix surveys: IT departments and
facilities operations can evaluate the
effectiveness of classroom technologies
(proof of concept). Matrix surveys are ideal for
this purpose because a) each course meets in a
different classroom, b) each classroom offers a
different mix of features and facilities, c) the
institution already knows what those features
and facilities are. Using a matrix survey, the
facilities program can ask each faculty member
only about the courses he or she teaches, and
only about the facilities available in the room
used by that course.
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Needs assessment for TLT
Group June workshop on diversity, learning, and
technology
(note the use of rubrics and the options for
respondents to add comments to their answers to
multiple choice questions)
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Needs Assessment to plan
an ePortfolio Workshop at the University of
Queensland
(note the questions with dual rating scales)
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Washington State
University ran
this contest for student
ePortfolios;
contest judges then used this
Flashlight Online 2.0
online rubric form
to evaluate each entrant.
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Flashlight Online 2.0 is extremely easy to use,
especially when you're converting surveys and
other online forms from other systems. And you
can improve your form while you're doing it.
Here's a PDF of the
original item bank, developed in Flashlight
Online 1.0, that faculty at subscribing
institutions can use to get student feedback on
barriers preventing students from taking part in
online discussion.
And here's the item bank, as we've converted it
for use in Flashlight Online 2.0! In
addition to being more attractive and flexible,
2.0 allowed easy insertion of comments fields.
And we know that these comments often provide
the most powerful and helpful part of the
feedback.
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