Re: [phpesp-dev] (no subject)

[Christopher Z. <zo...@mu...>]

I think what would be cool would to design a generic reporting tool 
that has survey specific modules or tools. I think seperating it from phpESP
or whatever would make it very useful and a great opensource project! :) 

But that is just what I think. :) 

On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 05:34:38PM -0000, John Winstanley wrote:
> Hello all at phpesp I'm happy to help with a lot of whats below heres a few
> ideas,
> 
> Whats everyones thoughs on producing a reporting element to the easy survey
> package?
> 
> If you used something like Jpgraph (http://www.aditus.nu/jpgraph/index.php)
> then you could produce graphs to show the results of a survey.
> 
> Also I think that in the long term you should think about what kind of
> surveys / questionnaires people might want to ask and what sort of results
> you would get given the type of survey
> 
> Examples
> 
> Survey.
> Admin would want get reports on overall answers from users
> 
> Examination.
> 
> Self Reveiw
> Users would see there results compared to an average of other users results
> so that they can see how they compare
> 
> etc
> 
> Also I think that phpesp could easily be improved if each question had
> different attributes.
> 
> Helptext                     - if the user might need some prompting to
> answer the question
> Trainning/Reading/Links - If the user answers incorrectly what do they need
> to go away and do to get better at this type of question
> 
> Further admins should be able to edit the appearance of how  a questionnaire
> will appear (the best way is probably by choosing a css file) but you could
> also add information to the question tables regarding colour/size/font etc
> and go from there
> 
> I think the way questions are added could be improved - you should be able
> to add many questions at once.
> 
> I think that you should be able to break questions up using headers. And if
> you want a header with a description.
> 
> What about using questions in a new questionnaire that you've used in old
> questionnaires? You could do this by saving modules for example all the
> questions under a certain header could be one module.
> 
> What about adding different user types and different organisation types so
> you could have a survey for just managers at Sony or one for gametesters at
> Codemasters.
> 
> Lastly what about users ansering the same questionnaire more than once so
> that they can see how they've improved guess you'd need a versioning system
> for this in the database.
> Best Regards,
> 
> John Winstanley
> 
>