Features of Seminar Surveyor

• see how many people completed the survey,
• view charts indicating percentages of answers for each question,
• drill down to view individual responses, and
• easily export the survey results into an Adobe PDF document, or into a spreadsheet for further analysis.

Logging in to Surveyor

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Before you start

• The definition file contains detailed information about the questions of the survey. The definition file of a survey is in .mfo format and can be found in the folder you have exported the Seminar module to (see Distributing your Seminar modules in the Seminar Author manual).
• The result file contains all the individual responses to the survey. The result file generated by a Seminar survey can be produced in .csv format (spreadsheet compatible), in .txt format (word-processor compatible) or in XML format. Seminar Surveyor requires the file to be in .csv format. You can find further instructions in the Seminar Author manual under the Distributing your Seminar modules section. The result file can also be referred to as the "score file" or the "usage file".

Loading survey results into Surveyor

The upload process is split into three steps:

1. Definition file: Click Browse to select the definition file (.mfo format). Click Next to load the file and move to the next step.
2. Result file: Click Browse to select the result file (.csv format). Click Next to load the file and move to the next step.
3. Anonymous option: Tick the box if you would like to keep the survey reports anonymous. Click Finish to access the survey analysis. A new window will pop up with the survey results.

Browsing through the survey results and generating reports

1. Title of the survey.
2. Summary of the survey results, as collected in the result file. The total number of responses is given, together with the dates of the first and last sample. The number of questions contained in the survey is also indicated in brackets.
3. Click on the 'FULL REPORT' icon to download a full report of the survey in PDF format. This report contains the individual answers to all the questions of the survey and can therefore be a large file to download. Please click only once and wait for the following message:

   

   Click 'Save' to save the document on your computer or 'Open' to open the report in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

4. Click on the 'SUMMARY' icon to download a summary report of the survey in PDF format. This report contains a statistical summary of the answers to all the questions of the survey. Please click only once and wait for the Open or Save message, as illustrated in point 3 above.
   PDF reports generated by Seminar Surveyor can be read with the Adobe Reader. The Adobe Reader is free software that you can download from the Adobe website. Click on the Get Adobe Reader icon to go to the download page.
5. The survey questions are displayed in order from left to right. Below the title of a question, you can see the question type (Free text, Multiple choice, Multiple Yes/No, True/False, Typed answer, Yes/No). Click on a question to view the results.
6. If you cannot see all the questions on the screen, you can hover the mouse over this region to scroll forward to the next questions.
7. If you cannot see all the questions on the screen, you can hover the mouse over this region to scroll backward to the previous questions.
8. In the central area of the screen you can see a visual summary of the answers given to the question you have selected. If you would like to see the individual answers instead, click on the 'VIEW DETAILS' icon (see point 11 below).
   Seminar Surveyor charts are compatible with the standard JPEG file format. To copy and paste the chart into another document, right-click on the image, select 'Copy' and then paste into your document. You can also simply drag and drop the chart into another document.
9. To download a detailed report for the selected question, click on the PDF icon. The report will include both the statistical summary and the individual answers. Please click only once and wait for the Open or Save message, as illustrated in point 3 above.
10. To download the answers into a spreadsheet document, click on the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet icon. Please click only once and wait for the Open or Save message, as illustrated in point 3 above.
    If you would like to import the results into a Word document, export the results into an Excel spreadsheet first and then copy the spreadsheet table into Word using the standard Copy and Paste options under the Edit menu.
11. Click on the 'VIEW DETAILS' icon to drill down to the individual responses.

    

    Click on the icon again to go back to the summary chart.

Loading another survey

You can then upload the new files.

Further information