Tools and Work Aids For lecturers

Digital surveys and polls

Survey and polling tools at the University of Bern

Members of the University of Bern have various digital survey tools at their disposal that can be used for different purposes in research, teaching, studies, and administration. Here, you can find out which tools are suitable for which type of survey and which features characterize these tools.

Please note that none of the tools listed may be used to process particularly sensitive data, except for REDCap (see Art. 2: KDSG (2024) only german).

  

Collect data or opinions with more complex surveys

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Use case, examples and suitable tools for more complex surveys

Use case

More complex surveys enable a detailed collection of anonymous
or non-anonymous data and opinions. By integrating different types of
questions, they can collect a wide range of information. The data, in turn,
is presented in a detailed format, which eases data analysis.


If you would like to use customized questionnaires to evaluate
specific aspects of your own teaching (interim and/or final feedback),
LEAD can advise you on the creation of suitable questions.


Alternative: Standard questionnaires offered by the VRQ

Practical examples

  • Survey for research purposes
  • Staff survey
  • Opinion survey
  • Evaluation

 

Suitable tools

  • ILIAS Survey
  • MS Forms
  • Zoom Survey
  • (Qualtrics)                                                                                               

See table for details

 

Engage the audience with real-time polls

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Use case, examples and suitable tools for real-time polls

Use case

Actively engage your audience by using tools during your
presentation to ask thought-provoking questions and encourage
interaction. This makes even large events, both online and in
person, lively and dynamic.

 

If you would like to create appropriate questions to activate
students in class, LEAD will be happy to advise you.

 

Practical examples

  • Icrebreaker
  • Comprehension question
  • Short feedback/lightning round
  • Mood snapshot
  • Brainstorm

 

Suitable tools

  • ILIAS LiveVoting
  • Mentimeter
  • Zoom Polls                                                                                               

See table for details

 

Have a vote on a single question or dates

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Use case, examples and suitable tools for single questions and dates

Usa case

Online tools help to arrive at decisions asynchronously. By
displaying available options, for example, they offer a pre-selection,
simplifying the process of reaching a consensus on appointments
and group decisions.

Practical examples

  • Scheduling (for details see: E-Collaboration
  • Selection of topics
  • Meeting format (online/presence/hybrid)
  • yes/no-question
  • Inquiry of interested parties

 

Suitable tools

  • ILIAS Poll
  • MS Scheduling Poll
  • MS Voting Table
  • Zoom Polls                                                                                               

See table for details

 

  

Tool Intended use Participant selection Participant identity Repeated participation Available question types Skip logic Result display options Support

Last update: October 2024

Please note:

If you distribute your survey digitally to students at the University of Bern, please note the university guidelines on the electronic bulletin board and mass emails: "Students or employees are not permitted to send mass emails or mass mailings of other electronic messages via Outlook, ILIAS or similar" (see guidelines).