Summary of September 23, 1998, Web-Walkers meeting

Web-Based Survey and Assessment Tool

Sai Balu <sai_balu@unc.edu>
Instructional Technology Development Group
Academic Technology and Networks

The tool Sai is developing is at http://teach.oit.unc.edu/cit/survey-d/. Log in with your ATN Userid and password. If you are associated with UNC-CH and do not have an ATN Userid, you can obtain one.

The tool is still being developed. Expected production date is November 1, 1998. Using a web browser and public domain database software, the tool will help instructors gather, store, retrieve, and analyze data. While designed for instructional use, the tool can be used in a variety of other applications. It is easy to use.

The tool provides the following features:

Create, edit, and delete surveys via the web.
Password protect surveys.
Create a question bank.
Use a survey as an assessment tool.
Export data for analysis by SAS, SPSS, or Excel.
Simple analysis of data gathered.

Anyone associated with UNC-CH can use it to gather and evaluate data.

When you create a survey, you can specify an image to go at the top of the survey. You can shuffle questions (change the order). You can use a question bank to create a survey. You can view and edit the survey. Access can be restricted to a list of ATN (Isis) accounts. You can edit questions and insert questions.

The assessment tool determines how many answers are correct and how many incorrect.

You can copy a survey and edit it to create a new survey.

Clearing a survey clears off the data.

The question bank part is not complete yet. It will allow you to create a survey by inserting questions from a bank of questions.

There is no module yet to export data.

Sai demonstrated many of the features, showing how easy to use and flexible the tool is.

http://www.pro-survey.com, out of MCNC, is similar, but you pay for it, and it is not UNC-CH oriented.

The tool uses mysql (http://www.mysql.com,) for the backend database and perl for the interface.

Sai is planning to make the tool IMS compliant. And Sai is planning on using Oracle. The campus has a site license for Oracle. Export will have several options.

Attendees

Susan Blalock, Records Management Program, susanb@email.unc.edu
Marilee Bresciani, Scholarships & SAO, marilee_bresciani@unc.edu
Sarah Broome, ATN, sarah_broome@unc.edu
Kathleen Crook, Sheps Ctr. for HSR, kathleen_crook@unc.edu
Mary E. Daniel, Loan Repayment, m_daniel@unc.edu
Lynn Eades, HSL, beades@med.unc.edu
Judy Hallman, ATN, judy_hallman@unc.edu
James Hepler, Carolina Union, hepler@email.unc.edu
Holly A. Hyland, Scholarships & Student Aid, hyland@email.unc.edu
Garry Jones, garry_jones@unc.edu
Duckjae Kim, School of Social Work, kimd@ils.unc.edu
Wendy King, Carolina Union, wendyk@email.unc.edu
David Lanier, University Registrar, david_lanier@unc.edu
Todd M. Lidh, Institute of Outdoor Drama, tmlidh@email.unc.edu
Matt Mielke, School of Public Health, matt_mielke@unc.edu
Mike Mitchell, Student Aid, mitcm@ils.unc.edu
Clarence Potter, GCRC (med), cpotter@med.unc.edu
Bob Scott, HR/AIS, bob_scott@unc.edu
Margaret Scott, UNCHISD Training, margaret_scott@unc.edu
Chris Sevick, GCRC (med), csevick@med.unc.edu
Joyce Tabor, Carolina Pop. Center, tabor@unc.edu
Gary Tinker, AIS, tinker@email.unc.edu
Rita Van Duinen, Carolina Pop. Center, rita_vanduinen@unc.edu
Loren Watterson, CPC, loren_watterson@unc.edu
Haven Wiley, Biology, rhwiley@email.unc.edu
Lynn Willford, Institutional Res., lynn_willford@unc.edu
Siuki Wong, Registrar's Office, siuki_wong@unc.edu
Erv Young, HBHE, erv@unc.edu

Judy Hallman (judy_hallman@unc.edu, http://www.unc.edu/~hallman/)
Campus Webmaster, UNC-Chapel Hill