Use an Online Survey

IT has a paid account with Survey Monkey to allow us to build surveys with advanced features (compared to the features available with a free account). An online survey can be used to conduct research, whether academic in nature or a customer satisfaction survey. To see the options we have, go to this webpage and look at the "Gold" column: https://www.surveymonkey.com/pricing/upgrade/quickview/

Step-by-step guide

1. After receiving IRB approval, submit an ITicket through the Help Desk and state that you would like a Survey Monkey survey for your project (class project, field research, etc).
2. You (the requester) are responsible for the following:
   
   1. Developing survey questions and providing them to IT staff.
   2. Indicating the method(s) for distribution, and providing respondent contact information (i.e. email addresses) as appropriate.
   3. Analyzing collected data.
3. IT staff will be responsible for the following:
   1. Building the survey in Survey Monkey.
   2. Inquiring about your preferences for settings within the survey.
   3. Providing you with links or email functionality to distribute the survey.

This webpage has tips on survey design and setup: https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/survey-guidelines/

Need an email address for your project?

Because Valpo uses Gmail as our email provider, we can provide you with additional email addresses beyond the automatic one you receive as a student or employee of the university. These can be permanent or temporary depending on your needs. We can setup either full user accounts *or* Google Groups; there are pros and cons to each. For example, you may want a temporary email address to use when conducting a survey so that your personal account isn't bombarded with messages. It's important to consider the potential implications after the project is done (such as brand management), so consider whether it's better to use the an official email address to handle questions versus a temporary address.

When submitting your ITicket, state that you'd like either an email account or a Google group setup, and include the email address you would like it to have. If you're not sure which to use, this IT webpage gives some explanation of each: http://www.valpo.edu/it/services/google-apps/google-tools-for-groups/

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