Okay, I am just too excited about this... We've been using SurveyMonkey for our climate survey for several years. The thing I liked about it was the ease of configuring the survey and also the ability to analyze the data quickly. What I didn't like about it was having to pay $20 just to be able to download the answers.
Then I learned about using the Forms feature in Google Docs. This afternoon I sent out our climate survey to certified staff using a form I created in Google docs. It was extremely easy to use. I emailed the survey link out, and as people enter their answers it is automatically entered into a spreadsheet, and then I hit one button and it puts it all in a graph for me. It's just as easy (if not easier) to work with as SurveyMonkey, but it's not costing any money. Now I just need to get the student survey and the classified survey in there :)
This is something I highly recommend checking out!
I'm also curious to find out how others are using Google Docs, since there are so many things it can do... If you have used it at your school and have ideas on how it can help streamline some of the administrative work we do, please share!
I'm impressed at how easy this is! Thanks for the idea!
ReplyDeleteI mentioned Google Forms to Chena for NEXT year as a county. The trick is to get the template set up as a COUNTY and then schools can add their individual questions. We don't have to print or email anything, just "share" the document with whoever will print it off. The key is to plan ahead and figure out the format, so it makes sense when school board members see it.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the idea of using it as a county.
ReplyDelete