BP8_2009112_Web2.0-2

http://www.surveymonkey.com/

http://www.survs.com/

One of my AR tasks will involve conducting a survey that will more than likely take place online. I will either do a national survey of journalism educators or a more local survey of our local community/city. Either way, a substantial amount of responses is needed and expected, so I thought I would check out two such survey applications.

One is Surveymonkey that most of us of have heard of and the other was one is Survs that was recommended to me by Dr. Deason in our last class. For any average survey needing quick and easy responses, you can use both websites for free after creating an account.
Both do the following: up to 10 questions per survey
responses gathered through weblink or email;
view live results

After that, it depends on what you are looking for--for free.

Surveymonkey allows you up to 100 responses per survey, a survey completion bar, 15 survey themes to choose from;
Survs: 200 responses, 8 themes to choose from.

Beyond that, paid accounts for $19.95 per month for SurveyMonkey gives you 1000 responses, unlimited questions, a “thank you” page, and most importantly, ways to download and filter results into useable forms like spreadsheets and charts.

Survs is $19 per month 2000 responses, unlimited questions, same other features as SurveyMonkey.

I created a Survs account because it does allow for more free responses. I logged in to find a video tutorial on the front page after logging in.

http://www.survs.com/app/1/wa/welcome?wosid=1Xt9iZzAytJobbPFcWjfuM

After that, it was just a matter of inputting the types of questions I wanted, selecting a theme and how I would distribute it. I look forward to trying it out.