INDEX

Survey Creator Handout

I: GETTING STARTED

II: CREATING A SURVEY

A. Adding Question Group

B. Adding Question

III: CREATING A FOLDER

IV: GENERATING A SURVEY

V: PRINTING YOUR SURVEY

VI: VIEWING SURVEY RESULTS

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For more information on creating surveys not covered in this handout, please refer to the VividForms

manual in the left hand column of your screen.

I. GETTING STARTED

A. Go to https://ccadmin.uts.sc.edu

B. Enter the user id and password provided to you by the ClassClimate

administrator (this can be your Subunit Administrator account also)

C. Click ‘OK’

Password

User id

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When you first sign in, please take this time to change your password in ClassClimate. 1) Click on “My Profile” on the left hand side

2) Enter your current password (provided by the ClassClimate Administrator) 3) Enter your new password in both blocks

4) Click ‘OK’

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II. CREATING A SURVEY

Survey Creators: Click on VividForms Editor in the left hand column

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The following box will appear

1. The Abbreviation should be 5-8 characters

2. The Title will be the name that is to appear on the printed/online survey

3. Surveys should remain letter size

4. Click ‘Apply’

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I. Add a Question Group

Before you can add any questions, you must group your questions into sections. The whole survey can be

one group if necessary.

a. Click on “Add a Question Group”

b. Give your question group a Title: ‘Demographics’

1. If scaled questions are part of this group, please select the indicator number they

will be scaled on (e.g. on a scale of 1 – 5 you would want “Scaled questions with 5

options”)

2. Adjust font size as preferred

3. Click ‘Apply’

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II. Add a Question

A. Click on “Add a Question”

B. Select the type of question from the list

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III. Scaled Questions A. Scaled questions give you the option of rating a question on a scale of your

choice (e.g. 1 being difficult, 5 being easy). You may use Pole Labels for Individual

Labels for scaled questions (see example below).

a. Select Checkboxes: scale size (2 through 11)

b. Choose Abstention:

Is there a field that should reflect “Not applicable” answers or “No Opinions?”

c. Check Individualize pole labels if needed and add pole labels

d. Click ‘Apply’

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IV. Open Questions

A. Select Open Question option

B. Click ‘Next’

C. Type in your question

D. Select the number of rows you want allowed for writing in the answer to your

open question

E. Select the number of characters allowed to be typed in your open question

Note: 0 means no restrictions

F. Click ‘Apply’

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V. Segmented Open Question

VI. Single Choice & Single Choice Extended

The difference between single choice and single choice extended

will be the layout of the answers on the form (See sample below)

A. Select either Single Choice option

B. Type in your question, click Next

C. Type in your answers

D. Click Apply

VII. Multiple Choice

A. Select Multiple Choice option

B. Type in your question, click Next

C. Type in your questions possible answers

D. Click Apply

VIII. Matrix Field & Grade Value

A. See VividForms manual in left hand column for more information on these two

items

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III. CREATING A FOLDER

1. Click on Folders in the left hand column

2. Click on “Create a Folder” (use a naming convention that will help you keep your surveys

organized)

3. Give your folder a name

4. Click OK

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IV. GENERATING A SURVEY

1. Click on the folder the survey is to reside in

2. Click on “Create New Survey”

3. Choose questionnaire

4. Click “Continue”

5. Give your survey a Name

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Choose Type of survey (Paper & Pencil or Online)

PAPER

1) If you want to verify every answer on a questionnaire click verify data (not recommended)

2) Leave Batch Printing checked

3) Cover sheet will allow you to use the same form with multiple header pages. Forms must be kept

separate in order to be scanned with the appropriate batch

4) Hard Copy will produce a different barcode on the form for each batch you create

ONLINE

a) PSWD base will allow you to generate passwords that will only be allowed to be used

one time each

b) Password-Based will allow 1 password to be used over and over until you close the

survey.

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V. PRINTING SURVEY

I. Click on the folder containing your survey

II. Click on your survey

III. Click on “Create Questionnaires”

IV. Click on “Print Questionnaires”

V. The form will open in adobe, you can print directly from Adobe or you can save to your

hard drive to print later (please follow directions below exactly).

1. PRINTING SURVEYS IN ADOBE

***** IMPORTANT *****

When printing evaluations or surveys, please make sure that you follow these directions carefully.

Open form in Adobe

Click File and Print

Make sure the following options are correct from the Print menu

1. Page Scaling = NONE

2. UNCHECK, Auto-Rotate and Center

3. UNCHECK, Choose Paper Source by PDF Size

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VI. VIEWING SURVEY RESULTS

A. Click on the folder containing your survey

B. Click on your survey

C. Click on HTML or PDF to view the standard results of your survey

D. Click on CSV or SPSS to export or download the results for modification

STANDARD

CSV

SPSS must be available on your machine for download to SPSS