In-Class, Monday, Oct. 13th: Survey Template

MEMO: Don't forget to bring your remaining questions of the 20 on Wednesday, Oct. 15th, for the workshop!!!

There are some surveys that weren't saved correctly (lastname_topic). I'm going to delete those on Wednesday, so make sure you save them in the correct way to prove who did them!!!

P.S. Make sure your first four questions deal ONLY with DEMOGRAPHICS!!! No such things as "how do you feel about Tourette"! You need 4 background questions, and 16 content-related questions.
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Today after the two mini lessons, we are going to create our survey templates.

Log into http://www.surveymonkey.com/ with the secret login and password I give you in class. Note these down so you will be able to log in for your homework. Don't share them with anybody else.

I will model how to create the templates, and once you've created them, I will LABEL them, so you can find your survey easily. My other classes also took/take surveys, so there are lots of names out there. If you are searching for your survey, look under "My Surveys," "Current Folder," then click on the black arrow and select the LABEL "grammarians300-2,Fall2008." This folder contains the surveys from our class only.

When you've chosen the background color for your template, we will do the first four questions together. They should be roughly the same for everybody, and deal with DEMOGRAPHICS (what you want to know about your subjects' background) only:
1. gender
2. age
3. how long they've taught/studied, etc. (professional experience)
4. some detail about experience (which majors; how many children with disabilities, etc.)

Then, we are going to create an Intro for our survey which goes directly under its title (use the EDIT button). It contains the following (look at last year's sample surveys again):


INTRO

1. identify your teacher, course, and university
2. mention whom you are going to interview (your audience)
3. state your research purpose (what you want to find out)
4. mention that you don't need consent of IRB and HSC, because...
5. mention that your survey is anonymous, for in-class use only, and not for publication
6. mention deadline for data submission (how long they can answer before you need the results. ATTENTION: we didn't agree on a date yet, so you can leave the date blank for now!)
7. mention that interviewees can receive the survey results by emailing you at your @grammar300.com email
8. mention that taking this survey does not take longer than 10 min.
9. thank the interviewees for their time/cooperation.



EXAMPLE:

I, first name last name, am a student from Dr. Christina Voss' English 300-1 Language Analysis class at SIUC. For my Fall 2008 project I am exploring the opinions of foreign language instructors to ascertain whether African American English (AAE) is worthy of foreign language status. This survey does not need the consent of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Human Subject Committee (HSC), because I am using this information as an in-class activity only; it is anonymous, and not for publication; I am not taking any blood samples; and I am not surveying minors. The deadline for taking this survey is November 10th, 2008. If you would like to receive the results of this survey, please feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@grammar300.com. This survey will take you about 10 minutes to complete. Thank you very much for your time.


HOMEWORK for Wednesday, Oct. 15th:

On Wednesday, we are finishing up our online surveys in a workshop. You need to bring all your 20 questions on paper.

On Friday, Oct. 17th, we are watching a presentation in LiveText by Jeffrey Ryden. This will take the whole class session. You don't need to prepare anything.

PROMPT: Write the 16 other survey questions (we did the 4 for demographics together in class) on a piece of paper, or into an email to yourself, so all you have to do in class on Friday, Oct. 17th, is to type them into the online builder. MAKE SURE you have 20 questions altogether; some one-choice-only items; some multiple-choice-possible items, some matrices, some single-word textboxes, and some open-ended essay text boxes.................. If you only have yes/no questions, your survey will appear boring. Vary it!!! Check last year's sample surveys for ideas.