Qualtrics usage
Getting started on Qualtrics
Qualtrics offers a few resources for you to get started. Here are the ones we recommend:
- Basecamp training area with videos and courses for all aspects of the platform.
Note: If Qualtrics asks for the Organization ID for your Single-Sign-On (SSO) login, please use “rug” as your ID.
How to secure Qualtrics research data AFTER your research
First of all, Qualtrics is not intended to be used as a storage platform for your data. You can collect your data there while the survey is open, but we advise you to take the data out and store it in a secure UG location once your collection phase is over. Once again: Do not use Qualtrics to store your research data!
To make sure you safely export your surveys, this is what you need to do:
- Log in at Qualtrics
- Export your completed surveys
- Go to Survey → Tools → Export → Export Survey.
- This will download a QSF file with the empty survey, so you can re-use it later in the new research. This file does not contain any research data from respondents.
- Export research data from respondents
- Go to Data & Analysis → Export & Import → Export data, and choose the format you would like to store the data in (e.g. SPSS format)
- More information about data export at Qualtrics.com
- Verify (in e.g. SPSS) that your data has indeed been successfully stored
- Save the QSF file from (2) and your data file from (3) in a UG location suitable to store research data
- Remove the survey from Qualtrics
- In the right hand side of the main menu after the project name you can find the button for Actions → Delete Project
- More information about deleting your data at Qualtrics.com
- Repeat step 2 through 6 for all finished surveys.
If you have any questions, or if you are running into any issues, please contact your local administrator or the DCC.