Zoomerang


 * Zoomerang for Tests and Quizzes**

__**Introduction**__ Zoomerang is a tool a web 2.0 based survey application. Using a web survey will make the survey process faster and more efficient. Zoomerang, MySurveyLab, FluidSurveys, SurveyMonkey, and Survey Gizmo all offer free plans for web surveying, although there are benefits and challenges for using each of the applications. Zoomerang is the survey tool recommended for users on a budget or wanting to an application for free (“Comparing Survey Applications: Zoomerang, Survey Monkey, FluidSurveys, and MySurveyLab”, 2009).

The benefits and challenges of using Zommerang are outlined below (“Comparing Survey Applications: Zoomerang, Survey Monkey, FluidSurveys, and MySurveyLab”, 2009; The Balcom Group, 2009).
 * __Benefits and Challenges__**

**Benefits and // Challenges // of Zoomerang** Zoomerang also offers a monthly subscription for $199 a year. Additional features available with the paid subscription include unlimited surveys, customizable templates, some templates offered in different languages, and advance reporting. The $599 premium plan offers mobile surveying (Zoomerang, 2010).
 * **Feature** ||  **Plan**  ||  **Comments**  ||
 * 30 questions || Basic-free || An acceptable number of questions and inbetween SurveyMonkey at 10 and SurveyGizmo at 250. ||
 * 100 responses || Basic-free || A 100 responses typically will meet the need of an instructor. ||
 * Data expires after 10 days || Basic-free || Data expiring is the biggest challenge of using Zommerang. SurveyGizmo will not delete your data. ||
 * Create survey questions from scratch or template || Basic-free || Compared to the other free plans, Zoomerang is the only one that offers templates in the free plan. ||
 * Copy a previous survey || Basic-free || The ability to copy a survey provides a lot of flexibility if teaching multiple sections, although the 10 day expiration of data is a drawback for reusing the survey semester to semester. ||
 * Support-online via console and forums || Basic-free || Navigation is easiest with Zoomerang, which has simpler and active graphic style that makes it easy to understand what is happening. The dashboard is visual and easy to understand. The ease of use makes the on-line support sufficient. ||
 * Advertising || Basic-free || Advertisements will appear on your survey when using the free plan, which may cause problems using Zoomerang in K-12. ||

__**Application & Learning Objective **__ An instructor could incorporate Zoomerang into the classroom for formative assessments and for getting general feedback from the class. In the course Foundations of Quality, the learning objective - //Students will display their ability to choose appropriate quality tools for specific scenarios by completing an online survey with at least 90% accuracy.// The same survey could also be used to ask students which quality tool they believe they understand the best and which quality tool they would like additional instruction on. Due to the fact the data is deleted after 10 days, I would not recommend using the free plan version of Zoomerang for summative assessments.

__**Zoomerang provides an instructor the opportunity to survey students easily and at no cost. Zoomerang is recommended as the easiest free web survey tool to use and the most visual appealing, but only retains data for 10 days.
 * __Summary

Contributed by Kim Hollman

__**Resources**__ Comparing survey applications: //Zooerang, SurveyMonkey, FluidSurvey, and// // MySurveryLab //. (2009, 16 January). Retrieved January 30, 2010 from [surveymonkey-fluidsurveys-and-mysurveylab/]

The Balcom Group. (2008, 7 March). //Online survey site comparison-// // SurveyMonkey, SurveryGizmo and Zoomerang. // Retrieved January 30, 2010 from []  Zoomerang. (2010). //Sign-up for Zommerang today//. Retrieved January 31, 2010 from []