What is SurveyMonkey? The homepage says: ‘Intelligent survey software for serious primates of all species. SurveyMonkey has a single purpose: to enable anyone to create professional online surveys quickly and easily.’
Features
Web based so you create your survey on the net and participants go to the site to respond, or you can create a link from your site. No ads. Basic subscribers are limited to a total of 10 questions and 100 responses per survey.
Cost
The basic subscription is free. If you want to go beyond 100 respondents, and up to 1000 and gain access to many more features, there is a cost.
What it's used for
Simple quizzes.
Why it's good
It’s easy to use and create the quizzes. You can either create from scratch or use templates. Participants can access from the web. You can add logos and banners, change colours and customise in many different ways. SurveyMonkey creates a unique URL (web address) for each survey developed, and that URL is embedded in the learning activity. For those not using a learning management system or web site, the evaluation survey can be emailed to their stakeholders.
Problems/downside
Limit of 10 questions for free version.
Examples to check out (places to play are marked with an *)
The Survey Monkey - http://www.surveymonkey.com/Home.asp site has examples.
Glenda McPherson of Leongatha Education Precinct has set up a ‘dummy survey’ and explained a little about how the tool works. It will give you a good idea of the look and feel of the survey. Click to visit the site.
Alternatives
If you have favourites please contribute them so they can be included in this kit.
Criteria/factors re tools and processes – SurveyMonkey
| Criteria | Comment | |
|---|---|---|
User friendly |
Yes | Easy to log in and create the survey. |
Push or pull in kind |
Pull | Need to let people know where to go to do the quiz or survey. |
Low or high interaction with participants/facilitators |
Low | The quiz/survey itself doesn’t do this although it can be combined with features that are high interaction (like debriefing results on the discussion board or chat session) |
Synchronous or asynchronous activity, |
Asynchronous | Participants can respond whenever they wish so long as the quiz is available. |
Facilitator skills of a low or high level |
Medium | Fairly easy to set up and use but need higher skills in quiz making to make it effective! |
Participant skills of a low or high level |
Low | Friendly interface so easy to use. |