Web 2.0 Tool for Giving Feedback: Kwiksurveys

“Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.” 

- Andy Warhol - 

The Web 2.0 Tool that I’m reviewing this week is: Kwiksurveys. It can be accessed here: http://kwiksurveys.com/

This tool’s primary category is: Feedback Tool.

Please watch the video below for the tool description:

Kwiksurvey is completely web-based, it does not require us to download and install a program or plug-in for it to work properly.

What do you need to know before using this tool? Know your audience, and what type of questions that work best to collect feedback from your audience

What do you need to have before using this tool? No specific tool.

The basic steps to use this tool:

 1. Create an Account.

Kwiksurveys works well with all social media accounts.

2. Decide What You Want to Create. 

We can create survey, quiz, poll, and form with Kwiksurveys. The next steps described about how to create a survey using Kwiksurveys.

3. Select the Template That You Want to Use. 

Although the template can't be customized under free account, Kwiksurveys provides a number of interesting templates for free users.

4. Select the Type of Questions You Want to Use (e.g. multiple choice, dropdown list, matric, etc.)

5. Begin Typing Your Questions

6. Preview Your Survey

After you've added all of the questions that you want to use in the survey, you can preview it by selecting "preview page" on top of the page. You will see the edit, copy, or delete icons if you move your cursor to a question.

7. Launch the Survey.

You can share the links to your surveys using various social media accounts.

8. Check the Result

Kwiksurvey has a chart wizard that can help create customizable tables and diagrams from the responses collected. The table or diagram can then be exported into pdf, jpeg, or PNG format. The data collected can also be downloaded into spreadsheet for further analysis.

Here’s an example of a brief survey with this tool: http://kwiksurveys.com/s.asp?sid=qwenuxeth30wfti387259. The survey was created for example purpose only.

A scenario of how I might use this tool in a teaching environment:

I think there are numerous scenarios where Kwiksurveys can be used due to its multi-functionality. Using “survey” I can use Kwiksurveys to evaluate the effectiveness of a course or a lesson, or to measure students’ learning satisfaction, or other survey-related activities. I can use the “quiz” feature to do a pretest for a course , or to evaluate student’ understanding of a lesson. The “poll” feature can be used to find the best time or day to meet online with students. 

The advantages and disadvantages of using this tool in a formal or informal teaching environment:

 Plus:

·         Free with NO limitation on the number of questions

·         Very easy to use

·         It creates not only survey, but also quiz, poll, and form.

·         The report can be displayed into interesting tables and diagrams

·         The surveys can be shared using various social media tools

Minus:

·         The surveys created with free version contains ads

·         The free version doesn’t allow open-ended questions

Would you recommend this Web 2.0 tool to others, or suggest that they explore a different tool? Yes, of course. It is a very useful tool, with interesting features even for the free version.