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Available tools to facilitate online survey / voting / e-Form approval via self-service

A number of self-serve tools are available for staff members of Faculties / Departments to streamline the process associated with

  1. Collection of data via online survey / opinion polling exercise
  2. Arranging online voting to select representatives or decide on a motion
  3. Student application review and approval

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With the following tools provided by the University, staff members can invite target users to participate in online survey, issue online voting to eligible voters or the general public. The eligible users can be restricted to a specific group of internal community.

  • Microsoft Forms
    Microsoft Forms is a cloud-based application to create simple surveys, quizzes and polls in a few clicks.

  • MySurvey
    MySurvey is a tool for conducting web-based opinion surveys or online voting for teaching, learning or research activities. Staff members can create a questionnaire with complex validation rules and conditional logics such as skip logic or branching.

  • PolyU Form Service
    PolyU Form Service (PFS) is an easy-to-use, full-featured, web-based tool for building e-forms for information collection from target user group(s) in support of administration activities (e.g. online registration forms to seminar / event / conferences; online application form for review & approval and etc.)

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The following table is a comparison across
the three self-service tools:

 

Microsoft Forms

mySurvey

PFS

Eligible Users

Individual staff

Individual student

Individual staff

Individual student

Departmental nominated users

 

Form Accessibility

Form limit access to authenticated user

This form can be used for collecting data from staff and students who have NetID.

Separate form is required for staff and students (on Connect tenant of O365) if authentication is required.

 

No

This form can be used for collecting data from staff and students who have NetID.

 

User information, such as NetID, email address and department, can be captured from user profile during authentication and captured in the form.

Target Invitation

No

Access to the survey / voting form is granted by email invitation only. The invited participants can be PolyU staff / students or external parties.

 

Invited participants will receive an access token through email. They need to present this token to grant access to the online survey or voting form.

Access to the form is granted by email invitation only. The invited participants can be internal or external users.

 

Invited participants will receive an access token through email. They need to present this token to grant access to the online form.

Open Form access

This form can be used for collecting data from the general public. No user authentication is required.

This form can be used for collecting data from the general public. No user authentication is required.

This form can be used for collecting data from the general public. No user authentication is required.

Form Logic

Skip Logic / Branching

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Validation rules and range/threshold checking

Yes

Yes

Yes

Use quota management

 

No

Yes

Yes

Anonymization & Participant Management

Anonymous survey/voting

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Prevent multiple submission

 

Yes

 

Authenticated form must be used to enable “one response per person” rule.

 

Yes

 

Eliminating the worry of people voting multiple times, you can keep track of who has or hasn’t responded while keeping votes anonymous.

 

Yes

 

Eliminating the worry of people voting multiple times, you can keep track of who has or hasn’t responded while keeping votes anonymous.

 

Reminder for invitee not yet participated

No

Yes

 

Reminder can be sent to participants who have not yet submitted their votes.

Yes

 

Reminder can be sent to participants who have not yet submitted their votes.

Answer Options

Multiple Choice

Yes

Yes

Yes

Free Text

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multiple selection

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multiple selection with commentary

Yes

Yes

Yes

List selection box

Yes

Yes

Yes

Option field list

Yes

Yes

Yes

List with comment field

Yes

Yes

Yes

Equation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multilingual surveys

Yes

Yes

Yes

Collected Data Management

Export to CSV

Yes

Yes

Yes

Export to PDF

Yes

Yes

Yes

Export to Excel

Yes

No

Yes

Export to SPSS

No

Yes

Yes

Data Upload

No

Yes

Yes

Integration with Other IT Infrastructure

PolyU Identity Management Infrastructure

Yes

No

(Does not support authenticated form)

Yes

 

Integration with Power Automate for simple low code workflow development

Yes

No

Yes

Integration with PolyU payment gateway

No

No

Yes

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e-Form with complex workflow based on in-form data

ITS has established a University level workflow engine to facilitate complicated business workflow operation and provide workflow development service upon request. Please contact IT HelpCentre at 2766 5900 for more information.

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