What do you want to find out from your students? How can you quickly gather information from colleagues in order to make a decision? Well, Flashlight may be the answer.

Flashlight is an internet-based survey system used to gather and analyze information to enhance learning with technology. We, as Valencia employees, have access to this program through a licensing agreement. To access the system, you will need a user name and password. Email Angelique Smith at AngSmith@valenciacc.edu to get your account established.

Before you start to create an assessment in Flashlight, it is important to do some pre-planning. The system has two important drawbacks. The first is lack of spell-check. This tool may be added in the future as the system is undergoing constant upgrades. Second, some aspects of the survey questions are difficult to edit after they have been added to the survey. This makes pre-planning your survey very important. The worksheet on the next page is designed to help you do this. Several sample question types follow it. You will have to decide on the question format (multiple choice, open-ended, etc.) BEFORE you can start to enter the questions. You can mix question types in the same survey. Flashlight does have a question bank available. A table of contents of the question bank is provided in this packet.

To learn more about survey construction, or to brush up on skills that may be rusty, please view this instructive powerpoint by Patti Derbyshire of Mt. Royal College.

View the Flashlight User Pack
Word | PDF

Contains:

• Flashlight Survey Planning Sheet
• Sample of Survey Question Types
• Flashlight Question Bank Contents by Category
• Flashlight Step-by-Step Online User's Guide
• How to Copy a Survey

Flashlight QuickStart Guide

Instructive Powerpoint (IE Only)

 

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