Inquisite at VCU
VCU has obtained a limited number of licenses for the Inquisite web survey system for Windows from Inquisite, Inc.
What is Inquisite?
Inquisite is an easy-to-use automated survey software system that allows non-technical users to easily manage their own Web surveys. Inquisite eliminates the high cost of outsourcing and puts you in control of the entire survey process.
Inquisite makes it easy to complete the "survey cycle":
- Create a survey with the Inquisite Survey Builder.
- Publish your survey to the web.
- Send e-mail invitations.
- Analyze responses and publish your results.
Note: The current release of Inquisite for Survery Administrators is NOT supported under Microsoft VISTA.
VCU Departmental Licenses
Accounts are distributed to departments. Generally, only one license per department is distributed.
The annual fee for using an account is currently set at $800. This fee may change in the future, depending on various factors, but it is expected to remain fairly stable.
The department can install the client software on one or more PCs and use it to create surveys and publish them to the web, via the department's Inquisite account.
Each department designates an account administrator. The administrator obtains Inquisite training from VCU Technology Services and provides services to their department, such as:
- training users
- publishing surveys
- managing invitations
- managing email lists
- generating reports
- downloading response data (to SPSS, MS Access, or text files)
- ensuring content follows VCU policies and guidelines
To request a departmental account, please contact the VCU Technology Services Help Desk at help@vcu.edu or 828-2227.
Documentation
Inquisite documentation from Inquisite, Inc., is available on the web.
This documentation is also available within the Help menu of the Inquisite client software program.
An Inquisite user manual has been developed by VCU Technology Services. It provides a tutorial on various fundamentals of Inquisite, including creating and publishing surveys, sending e-mail invitations and reminders, analyzing survey results and reports, exporting survey results, and managing your account. This manual is distributed to each department owning a license. It is also available on the web in both PDF and MS Word formats:
For More Information
For additional information about Inquisite, please contact the VCU Technology Services Help desk at help@vcu.edu or 828-2227.
