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Qualtrics is a university-approved, online platform that allows users to create forms and surveys, collect data and complete analysis.
Using Qualtrics, you can:
All active undergraduate and graduate students have access to Qualtrics at no cost. Note: This subscription is not available to continuing education students or alumni.
Qualtrics can only be used for research, academic or quality assurance purposes and can only be used by current Laurier faculty, students and staff. Any surveys created by users outside of the university, without the proper approval, will be immediately removed.
The use of Qualtrics must:
Support and training are offered directly through Qualtrics' support website, which has a significant amount of material on functionality.
Get started with the following suggested resources:
The Qualtrics Support Team is only able to provide support assistance for the account that you use to log in to the support site.
The Qualtrics Support Team provides 24/7 support by:
Custom themes are available to demonstrate affiliation with Laurier and allow you to adhere to brand guidelines.
Laurier themes are based on your target audience. Select the purple leaf theme for students, and the gold leaf theme for faculty, staff and external members.
Maintaining high standards in our process of collecting, housing and deleting data collected is important to ensure the privacy and security of Laurier faculty, staff, students and external community members.
The data you collect is required to be kept for at least one year prior to properly removing all records of the information. Always streamline the collection of information; if you do not need the information, do not ask for it.
To maintain the integrity of Laurier's data collection, please ensure you are following all related university policies regarding privacy, information technology and research compliance. The related policies are listed on the left-hand side of this page.
At a minimum, when collecting data from individuals, the preamble/informed consent of any survey should identify the following to the intended audience:
Visit the guidelines related to Research Ethics Board (REB) and/or quality assurance (administrative research) reviews for more detailed information and requirements.
In particular, it is important to familiarize yourself with the procedures and policies regarding internal (type 2) and restricted (type 3) data types outlined in policies 9.4 Information Security Policy Statement and 10.4 Records Management prior to any data collection on Qualtrics. The following are examples of restricted (type 3) data; please review the specific instructions associated with each:
The collaborate feature allows you to give other Qualtrics users access to your surveys when they log in to their accounts.
You can work on the same project without giving out your account information.
Read instructions on how to access your shared surveys.
Surveys are saved by default, even if they have not been published. The survey will appear in the list of surveys found on the My Surveys tab.