UW-L Surveys powered by Qualtrics

What is Qualtrics?
How do students access Qualtrics?
How do faculty and staff access Qualtrics?
Are students limited at all when using Qualtrics?
Can groups work together on a single survey?
Where do I go for help using Qualtrics?
What will happen to SelectSurvey?

What is Qualtrics?
Qualtrics is web based survey software that is currently being used by UW-La Crosse. Students, faculty, and staff are able to use Qualtrics for academic projects and other university business.

How do students access Qualtrics?
Before a student can use Qualtrics a faculty or staff member must request an account on their behalf. To request an account for a student (or students) complete the form at www.uwlax.edu/itssupport/forms/request-stu-survey.htm.

How do faculty and staff access Qualtrics?
Faculty and staff members are able to login to Qualtrics at www.uwlax.edu/surveys to begin using the system.  No setup is required beforehand, faculty and staff are able to login at any time.  If you have any problems logging in please contact the ITS Support Center at (608) 785-8774 or itssupport@uwlax.edu.

Are students limited at all when using Qualtrics?
Qualtrics is a sophisticated tool that allows for different levels of access for each individual.  By default, faculty and staff have very few restrictions placed on their accounts.  Students are allowed very broad access to all of the features in Qualtrics, but are more limited than faculty and staff.  Most notably, students cannot send more than 1000 survey invitations to a survey sample through Qualtrics.  If a student needs their permissions in Qualtrics modified to complete their project the student's faculty advisor should contact the ITS Support Center on behalf of the student to see if permission changes are able to be made to meet the student's needs.

Can groups work together on a single survey?
Yes, providing each person is able to access Qualtrics.  They can then create surveys and share them amongst themselves to work collaboratively.  To share a survey click the Collaborate button to the right of the survey from within Qualtrics.

Where do I go for help using Qualtrics?
After logging into Qualtrics you can access an extensive online help section by clicking the Help and Tutorials link at the top of the screen.  If you need any additional assistance please contact the ITS Support Center.

What will happen to SelectSurvey?
Previous to Qualtrics UW-L used SelectSurvey to create surveys online. We are transitioning away from SelectSurvey and over to Qualtrics. You will still be able to access your surveys in SelectSurvey until August 2010, but you will no longer be able to create new surveys in SelectSurvey.  In August 2010 SelectSurvey will be retired permanently.  We highly recommend downloading any data you would like to keep from SelectSurvey as soon as possible.  Any survey that you have in SelectSurvey that you would like to continue to use in Qualtrics will need to be recreated.

Please Note: The servers that run SelectSurvey are old and can no longer be considered reliable.  It is our intent to keep SelectSurvey active until August 2010, but if the servers should fail before then there is no guarantee that we will be able to restore SelectSurvey. We strongly recommend downloading any data you would like to save from SelectSurvey and transitioning to Qualtrics as soon as possible.  If you need assistance making the transition please contact the ITS Support Center.