{"id":258,"date":"2016-10-05T09:08:39","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T08:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fedstaff\/?p=258"},"modified":"2016-10-05T09:08:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T08:08:39","slug":"macro-of-the-month-survey-and-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fedstaff\/2016\/10\/05\/macro-of-the-month-survey-and-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Macro of the month: Survey and Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Introduction<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Survey<\/strong> and <strong>Vote<\/strong> are straightforward to set up and can be used in different ways. They enable the gathering of information, opinions and general feedback from visitors. <strong>Survey<\/strong> allows you to ask several questions and offers a list of responses from which to choose, <strong>Vote<\/strong> allows only one question; apart from this they operate in the same way.<\/p>\n<h3>Application(s)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Survey<\/strong> and <strong>Vote<\/strong> have the following function:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>allows you to present questions to the user to elicit their knowledge, opinions, needs etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to add Survey\/Vote<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Place you cursor where you want the <strong>Survey <\/strong>or<strong> Vote<\/strong> macro to appear<\/li>\n<li>Click on Insert (in the tool bar above) then Other Macros from the drop-down menu<\/li>\n<li>In the pop-up window, type <em>survey <\/em>or<em> vote<\/em> into the search box<\/li>\n<li>Set the variables up as you wish (you may wish to experiment with the settings)<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Save<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Type your list of questions into the macro box that appears (for <strong>Vote<\/strong> the question is within the settings)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to use Survey\/Vote<\/h3>\n<p>Having some interactive elements in your space is a good way of getting your visitors to engage and a great way for you to get some feedback on your work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Survey\/Vote<\/strong> can be a good way to find out from your visitors how they find using one particular page or the whole space. You can use <strong>Survey\/Vote<\/strong> to find out how visitors would like you to develop the space further or what parts of the space they value most. You can also ask questions that determine what they have learnt from a resource or their opinion on some content.<\/p>\n<h3>Example<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.bath.ac.uk\/display\/~tm422\/Staff+support\">Staff support<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fedstaff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2016\/10\/image2016-10-4-18-32-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-259\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fedstaff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2016\/10\/image2016-10-4-18-32-3-300x104.png\" alt=\"Survey\" width=\"505\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fedstaff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2016\/10\/image2016-10-4-18-32-3-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fedstaff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2016\/10\/image2016-10-4-18-32-3-768x267.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fedstaff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2016\/10\/image2016-10-4-18-32-3-1024x356.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fedstaff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2016\/10\/image2016-10-4-18-32-3.png 1285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a>(click on image to enlarge)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Survey and Vote are straightforward to set up and can be used in different ways. 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