I started to look around for OS solutions for conducting online surveys. Thereby, I found UCCASS ... now evaluating it whether it meets my requirments... I tried to find all the necessary information online but there are still some facts where I am not sure about it.. please can you answer/verify the following:

- is there any further release activity? the last release was in May 31, 2005 (if yes, when approx.?)
- the following question types are not feasible: comparative rating scales, constant sum scale, semantic differential scale, staple scale
- can I incorporate a screening test in the following manner: if the respondents fails he/she should still have the chance to complete the questionnaire but his contribution (answers) should be discard
- login names/passwords: are dashes & hyphens are allowed?
- there is no total number of answers and questions within a survey or?
- exists a site map of the questionnaire (which can also shown to the respondent)
- is it possible to incorporate flash animations?
- can i see somewhere the size of the total web content
- can i export a printable version of the survey which user can fill-in --> found that I can print it out --> is there a way the user can print the whole survey if he likes to?
- security: is the data encrypted?
- is there somehow a guarantee whether the questionnaire works on different browsers

is it right, that the following features/functionalities are NOT included:
* randomized answers / questions
* simple plausability checks (besides mandatory fields)
* editing of the error message (e.g. changing of the text of: Required questions were not answered.)
* data IMPORT is not possible (e.g. information on respondents have to be typed in manually? I suppose I can write at least an SQL sheet and import it directly in the MySQL database or?)

sorry for all the questions but I really tried to evaluate the tool in depth

THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR EFFORT! as this tools also allows poor students to conduct potential online surveys!!!

> - is there any further release activity? the last release was in May 31, 2005 (if yes, when approx.?)

There's nothing planned at this time. My job is taking me to Afghanistan for 15 months, shortly, so I don't envision any time to work on the program.

> - the following question types are not feasible: comparative rating scales, constant sum scale, semantic differential scale, staple scale

No, I don't think so. I'd have to see examples of each, but I don't think those types are available. The raw data is exportable to other tools, though.

> - can I incorporate a screening test in the following manner: if the respondents fails he/she should still have the chance to complete the questionnaire but his contribution (answers) should be discard

You can filter the answers to not show results for a certain question/answer combo. The answers aren't discarded, just simply filtered out.

> - login names/passwords: are dashes & hyphens are allowed?

Yes

> - there is no total number of answers and questions within a survey or?

Question and answers are unlimited. A recent survey gathered over 30K results (they used a separate tool to analyze the results, however).

> - exists a site map of the questionnaire (which can also shown to the respondent)

No

> - is it possible to incorporate flash animations?

Yes. You can set questions to use Full HTML, so you can link directly to a Flash file so long as it's accessible on the web server. There's no automated way for inserting images, tables, Flash, etc., but you can write HTML as you would for any web page.

> - can i see somewhere the size of the total web content

No

> - can i export a printable version of the survey which user can fill-in --> found that I can print it out --> is there a way the user can print the whole survey if he likes to?

There's no printable version unless the entire survey is on the same page - then you can print it out like any other web page. The user could do the same thing, but there's nothing specifically made for printing.

> - security: is the data encrypted?

No

> - is there somehow a guarantee whether the questionnaire works on different browsers

No guarantee, but I test the program on as many browsers as I can. The survey code is pretty basic HTML, nothing fancy, so there's no reason it shouldn't work on any browser. The administrative pages use a little JavaScript, so it could have issues (but has worked on any browser I've tested).

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> is it right, that the following features/functionalities are NOT included:
> * randomized answers / questions

No implemented

> * simple plausability checks (besides mandatory fields)

Not sure exactly what this is. You can make questions mandatory to answer. If a question allows multiple answers you can make a minimum amount of answers mandatory.

> * editing of the error message (e.g. changing of the text of: Required questions were not answered.)

This can be changed by editing the appropriate template or PHP file. Most of this is contained within HTML template files.

> * data IMPORT is not possible (e.g. information on respondents have to be typed in manually? I suppose I can write at least an SQL sheet and import it directly in the MySQL database or?)

No, not supported.

Please let me know if you need anything else. Take care.

---John Holmes...