MYP 4 & 5: Polls & Surveys

Polls, or surveys, are an effective way to collect information from other people. They are used in many forms and for different purposes, by governments, businesses, and academics, in addition to collecting personal opinions on social matters. Chances are that you have participated in a poll or survey.

To finish up our unit on Public Service Announcements, you will each be creating a survey of your own. It must have at least 5 questions but no more than 10. We will be using www.surveymonkey.com but there are dozens of other online options that you can use in the future. It is a great tool to gain feedback on your work and with the internet, you have the capability of collecting information from people far and wide!

The assignment:

1. Create a survey on www.surveymonkey.com. You will need to create an account (which requires only an email address). Click on "create a survey".

2. Create at least 5 questions. At least 2 must be open ended (meaning that you leave the answer up to the audience). Think about what kind of feedback would be helpful to you. Remember the whole purpose of the PSA was to communicate a message. You each chose a topic that meant something to you and decided on a method of storytelling to most effectively communicate your purpose. You also had a target audience. Ask yourself: What are you trying to say? What are you hoping the audience will walk away with? How can you improve?

3. For examples and ideas you can look at my survey.

Click here to take my survey!

Also check out the Examples that Survey Monkey gives you on its websites of the different kinds of questions you can ask. The phrasing of your question is important. You want to make sure you get the information you are looking for. Sometimes being specific is important. Other times leaving the question open-ended invites helpful feedback you may not have otherwise received.

4. Finished? Click on "collect responses". It will generate a link that you can copy and paste into an email and websites. It will look like the text below. For this class you are required to post it on your blog but may email people if you choose to.

	Create a link to send in your own email message or to place on a webpage
	The simplest and fastest way to collect responses. We generate a link for your survey that you can just copy and paste.

5. Create a blog entry and explain a little about your PSA. Include the title. Include the link to your survey and ask visitors to kindly take your survey after watching your PSA. Publish your video below your text.


6. Log back in to Survey Monkey to "analyze results". It's very interesting and exciting to get feedback this way on your work.

Read through your results and hand in your typed self evaluation latest by Tuesday, January 19th.

** As a reminder, your self evaluation must be done AFTER the survey responses are collected. Hand in a copy of your survey questions along with the answers to the following questions TYPED:

1. What is the message from your finished PSA? Is it different from your original intention?

2. Who is your target audience? From your survey results, did you reach your target audience? Did they understand your message?

3. What were some challenges you ran into during this project? 
Think about the following stages of the Design Cycle:

• Investigate (research, choosing an issue, writing design brief)
  
• Plan (writing script, storyboard, casting, props, setting)
  
• Create (filming, timing, sources, music, editing)
  

4. If you had more time, what would you add, or change?

5. What did you learn from this project?

• About communication...
• About planning...
• Anything else...