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March 2010

This month:

  • Vote in this month's Snap poll
  • UK Social Housing Roadshows and Snap user groups
  • Worksheet 59 - Laying out a grid question for a Web survey
  • Snap Profile - Julie Allmayer, Drexel Univeristy, US

Worksheet 59

Laying out a grid question for a Web survey

Snap provides several tools to assist you in laying out questions and adjusting positioning of the separate elements. This worksheet describes adjusting the layout of a grid question.

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Snap Tip

You can set your open response boxes to resize relative to the browser window by selecting Layout in Questionnaire properties and checking the Proportional edit boxes option » See more Snap Tips

Snap ProfileDrexel University logo

Julie Allmayer is an Instructional Technology Support Specialist at Drexel University in Philadelphia and has been using Snap since mid-2008.

Snap is used across the University by Drexel faculty, staff, and students.

Surveys conducted range from course evaluations and research studies to surveys about the services provided by a particular department or office.  Recently, a number of candidate evaluations for high-level positions at the University have also been administered through Snap. 

“We use multiple methods for delivering surveys and collecting survey data.  Although we highly encourage electronic delivery/collection via the web and mobile devices, a number of paper surveys are still utilized.”

   
Julie tells us about one of the more complex surveys that has been conducted in Snap recently … “ a research study by a doctoral student about the effects on workers of after-hours connectivity to organizations via cell and smart phones.  The data gathered by the survey will increase the body of knowledge about this new and emerging area of study, which the student refers to as “electronic tethering,” or “ET” for short.”

We asked what she most enjoys about her job … “I enjoy helping users with survey creation, management, and data analysis.  I try to take advantage of “teachable moments” as I troubleshoot with users -- that way, they’ll be more informed the next time around.”

She says about Snap “I have found that there are very few things Snap can’t do.  The challenge, really, is figuring out how to use the software to accomplish our goals”

We think Drexel University is already using Snap in lots of different and innovative ways and look forward to hearing about many more!

Thank you Julie!

Snap Poll

In the February Snap Poll we asked you to tell us if you were feeling more positive about the economic outlook in 2010. Well 52% of your are feeling more postive which is good news!

For those still not sure, at least Spring seems to be on the way for most of us which is something.

  

You can have a free Snap Poll on your website in minutes » Click to sign-up  

UK Update

Networking seminars - Online Surveys

Want to find out more about what makes a good online survey, how to write great invitation emails and how to communicate results to different stakeholders and audiences?

Come along to our networking seminars between 10:00 - 12:30 in Basingstoke, 12 May and Leicester, 8 June » Click to find out more and to register

Plus you can take advantage of a 2.5 hour Snap WebHost training session too!

Snap User Groups May - June 2010

Last summer we went out on the road to meet our customers in Sheffield, London and Bristol. This Spring the team are in Liverpool, London, Leicester, Basingstoke and Edinburgh.

The user groups are afternoon sessions - Ken Mihill from Snap Training shares with you some hints and tips using Snap and it's also a chance to network and share ideas on surveys with other Snap users too. Short training refresher sessions will also be available in some venues for £50 per head.

» Register interest in attending

Place Surveys

Know your Place?

Most of the feedback we are getting from customers in Local Authorities is that they are already planning for the 2010 Place Survey. Last year our Research Services team undertook 26 Place Surveys on behalf of individual councils and consortia - so why not get ahead and contact us today for a free no obligation quote?

» Find out more about what we do for Local Authorities

The benchmarking analysis has proved very useful for staff and customers. The project ran on schedule and the final report was clear and detailed. Snap were always on hand to answer any queries and the whole process was handled professionally from start to finish. Stoke on Trent City Council

Clinical Audit 2010

It was great to see so many new (and familiar) faces at the Clinical Audit 2010 Show in February. Snap Survey Software is increasingly being adopted by many PCT's as well as individual hospitals as the software tool for Clinical Audit. If you would like a Snap demo online, or face to face, to find out why, give our Health Account Managers, Louise, Matt or Claire a call.

We have found the product easy to use, reliable and very time saving with exceptional support from Snap with any queries that we have had in learning to use the product. Both within the Audit and Effectiveness Team and within the clinical settings, the electronic data collection tools created with Snap have been well received and we are now using this method for some of our Trust wide audits and our smaller speciality specific projects with great success. Birmingham Children's Hospital

US Update

» 2010 TAIR Conference
1- 4 March, Waco Texas, US

Snap customer, Mansour Salami from the University of Texas will be presenting a session on Snap products and services at this year’s conference in Texas.