http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent en-us Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:48:07 +0100 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:48:07 +0100 QAPoll module http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/118/
[1 votes] Solution #1: Using Light Window type interface
One solution is to use a light window type interface. Whenever user submits (clicks next button) the page, all unanswered questions will be popped out in a light window notifying the user that they are mandatory. This provides a easy UI and a good surveying experience. After filling these missed mandatory questions he'll be taken forward as usual.

]]> Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:53:37 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/118/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/117/ The user might get bored in the middle (happens usually for long surveys) and/or close his browser window (can be sometimes unexpectedly ) which results in incomplete survey.

[1 votes] Solution #1: Option to email the link
Whenever the user closes the browser in the middle of the survey, a confirmation screen should pop out asking him to enter his email so that he can continue answering that particular survey at a later stage if he wish to.
A link to that particular session should be mailed to the user

]]> Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:51:02 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/117/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/116/
[1 votes] Solution #1: Drupal / Limesurvey modules
Some research needs to be done to decide what should be integrated and how that can be accomplished. I think the most important is to synchronize or share the users:
- from Limesurvey, Drupal users could be invited to fill out a survey;
- users of a Drupal site could fill out (and create?) surveys without logging in again (single sign on);
- a logged-in user could see in Drupal which surveys are available for him.

At least, a Drupal module would be needed. Depending on the architecture and API's of Limesurvey2, a module/mod/plugin/addon for Limesurvey might be needed as well.

]]> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:20:51 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/116/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/115/
[1 votes] Solution #1: Include a surveyid.css
Have the template check if a .css exists and include it when it does. (could be generated for a new survey but left blank initially)

Add an edit survey css button to the survey toolbar where one can jump to a special template editor screen where you can edit this sid.css
Would be nice if there were links in the screen to point people to the appropriate item in the wiki for help.

]]> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:42:02 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/115/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/114/
To manage this limit, you have to babysit LimeSurvey and press the button in batches.

If you exceed the hourly limit, bunches of emails will not go out and often you will receive bounced email messages. It is a mess to determine who did get your invitation / reminder and who did not.

[1 votes] Solution #1: Email throttling similar to PHPList
PHPList is an open source newsletter package that I use to keep in touch with my subscribers.

It has an email queue that automatically works through batches of emails until it has sent all them all. The email queue can process automatically using cron jobs.

Since PhPList is open source and LimeSurvey is open source, maybe PHPList would share some lessons learned and allow sharing of some of theri current code?

]]> Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:59:59 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/114/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/113/
However, most CAPI-Tools are old and boring and additionally you have to have still another program.

However, wouldn't it be greate to be able to use Limesurvey for all those purposes. However, even with UMTS/3G it is not always possible or reliable enough to do it with a online survey tool.



[1 votes] Solution #1: Limesurvey CAPI feature
In times of Google Gears and HTML5 I was wondering if it would be possible to use the survey offline?

Tine20.org for example is using Gears to make the application usable offline. Or Gmail, etc.

I am not sure if this is possible with a very complex and flexible tool like Limesurvey, but maybe it is?

]]> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:31:31 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/113/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/111/
[0 votes] Solution #1: Add three additional attributes for Array (Multi Flexi) (Text) (numbers only)
1 it might be worth making the question Array (Multi Flexi) (Text) (attribute: numbers only) into it's own question type

2 add the following attributes:
Show totals
* row = total for each row (an additional column)
* col = total for each column (an additional row)
* both = totals for both columns and rows (an additional row and column)

store totals in results
* 1 = store column/row totals in results

Grand total
* 1 = show grand total only
* 2 = store grand total in results (do not display)
* 3 = show grand total and store in results

Java script would calculate totals for columns/rows and would be able to hand negative numbers and floating point numbers.

for visual example see
http://apps.acu.edu.au/~evanw/LimeSurvey_custom-q-type_array-mulit-flexi-text-numbers-only.html

Please ignore styling as this should be done with CSS.

I can help with the HTML side but can't help with JS, DB LS admin stuff.

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:42:17 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/111/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/107/
For my last survey, I had a committee deciding the groups and questions. We used FreeMind to come up with our structure.


[-2 votes] Solution #1: Visual Question Tree using MindMap structure
It would seem to me that someone very smart person could make some script to convert survey data into mindmap data.

This would be a straight export from LimeSurvey to the mindmap data structure.

Branches can be colorcoded to denote conditions.

[1 votes] Solution #2: Solution #2: Use a normal "folder visualisation"
I agree that the MindMap Structure wouldn't really work.

But I know some survey tools, that use a kind of "folder structure" as we know it from file explorers, etc.

I think this can display filters and so on pretty well. At the moment Quotas, Filters, and questions are somehow displayed very seperate and it difficult to get a good overview of the survey (I do agree with the GregB here).

But with the folder tree, you can show loops, filters, pages/groups and questions, which can be especially helpful for long and complicated surveys.

]]> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:28:38 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/107/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/106/


[0 votes] Solution #1: Cookie placed when saving a form
The proposed change: place a cookie when saving a form. The cookie blocks the possibility to open a second form and informs the respondent that he/she should open the link in the received email.

Ofcourse cookies can be removed if you really want to fill in a second form, but at least it will bring awareness to those who forgot they saved the form.

Redirecting a respondent to the saved form is also important because it makes the tool appear more reliable.

]]> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:25:34 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/106/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/105/ the client wants to validate and approve all questions textes before giving GO/NOGO to the launch. This includes also: question help text.

Rationale:
This is a likely checkpoint in a project. Since the questions are to be delivered to users, the client requests a final REVIEW/APPROVE to validate the textes before the launch.

The same applyes to groups. This time, the to-be-approved textes are: group title, group description.

Being able to edit the textes on-the-fly is considered a plus.

[-1 votes] Solution #1: add a review all questions,groups page
This can be done with a single page, 2 tables.

Table0: REVIEW ALL GROUPS
| gID | qTitle | gDesc |

Table1: REVIEW ALL QUESTIONS
| qID | qText | qHelp |

Edit on-the-fly:
Every table is also a form, and a final [Update] button applies the changes to all the fields.


[-1 votes] Solution #2: the same, with a variation
Keep all the tables in solution #1
Instead of a [Update], put a column at the end of every row, it's a "Edit" link that shortcuts to proper edit page of the question. That way, you reuse a php page and cut short on time.

]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:53:43 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/105/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/103/
I would like to have as well a preview of a Question Group. This would help me to get an idea about the order and being lost in details. Would help especially for those questions at the end of a survey.

[5 votes] Solution #1: Button for group preview
To have a button same as the Question Preview a Question Group Preview-Button.

]]> Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:09:37 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/103/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/102/ 1 Survey configs, with tuples (name-value) .e.g. Allow Saves Y/N
2 Survey textes, with survey title, welcome, endmsg.

The first part of settings are set at start of your work with a survey, and rarely fixed later.
The behaviour of a survey is technical choice, with a tendency of no change over time.

The second part is very frequently used, I believe it stays at the same level of questions and aswer, often modified for the same aesthetic or pratic reasons.



[5 votes] Solution #1: split in 2 pages
The use case can be safely split in 2 use cases, by looking at the level of interaction the user need with the settings.

A "survey messages" +
A "survey settings " (Retain old name)

]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:12:56 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/102/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/101/ Mantain them from there (Edit, add, delete) is considered a plus.

[3 votes] Solution #1: add a page "Logic Management"
Add a button to the survey button bar, next to "Token management"
Create a page to review all conditions in the current SurveyID

]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:10:11 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/101/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/100/
[8 votes] Solution #1: Copy survey button
Right next to the Export Survey Structure button, add a Copy Survey button. When you click on it, it asks for a new survey name. Click on that and it creates an exact duplicate (except the survey name) of the current survey structure and design. From there, you can open the new "inactive" survey and make any necessary changes.

]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:12:16 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/100/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/99/
We'd like to see support for exporting LimeSurvey data into a format SAS can use, as has been done for SPSS and R.

[3 votes] Solution #1: Add export option for SAS
As was done for R and SPSS, add an export option for SAS.

SAS can import CSV if needed, but our users are asking for something that's easier - like they see for SPSS in LimeSurvey.

SAS can read SPSS files if need be, so I guess that's another option:

http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/mult_pkg/faq/fromSPSS_toSAS.htm

though it would be nice to be able to export directly in SAS format.

]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:43:48 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/99/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/98/
In the 1.87 version, it's now impossible. The user have to be super-administrator to do this.

[0 votes] Solution #1: Add "modify results" in the rules option for a survey
If it's possible, add a "Modify/delete" option rule for the survey users.

]]> Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:40:13 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/98/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/97/
See this sketch: http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5295/10403feb10095848.gif

benefits: easy read, make it clear it's a slider with discrete values, catch where the handle is in respect to left and right limits.

Details:
type = multiple numerical input
options:
use slider layout = 1
slider min = 0
slider max = 10
slider accurancy = 1



[2 votes] Solution #1: add an option
show_tics = 0 (default). Just as it is.
show_tics = 1 : the slider shows tics under the bar, between the slider_min and the slider_max values.

]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:06:24 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/97/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/94/
[0 votes] Solution #1: Enforce the mandatory option on (Multi Flexible) (Numbers) checkbox layout
I would like to see the mandatory checkbox on this question type work as it does on all the other question types I've used or be removed so survey designers do not make a mistake in assuming that a respondant will be forced to consciously select an appropriate ansnwer.

]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:59:03 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/94/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/93/
[0 votes] Solution #1: Check on the server
Validate data on the server. Only after successful validation the responses should be stored.

]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:40:17 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/93/ http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/92/ There are few adequated test surveys available.




There are no real life surveys we can get access to learn from.

I suggest a new forum catagory - best survey showcase.

So that anyone in the community can submit a real life survey.

[0 votes] Solution #1: new forum catagory - best survey showcase.
new forum catagory - best survey showcase.


]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:18:15 +0100 http://ideas.limesurvey.org/ideatorrent/idea/92/