Forms
Washington State University has two tools people can utilize when gathering input.
While there is quite a bit of shared functionality between the tools, they each have their strong suits.
Comparison of Form Tools
| Form Types | Gravity Form | Qualtrics |
|---|---|---|
| Credit Card Processing | no | no |
| Sensitive & Protected Data | no | yes |
| General Inquiries | yes | yes |
| Feedback | yes | yes |
| Registration | yes | yes |
| Surveys | yes (Excludes sensitive & protected data) | yes |
Important: Qualtrics is the only tool available for gathering sensitive & protected data. This includes information protected under FERPA.
WSU: WSU FERPA – Rights and Privacy (Directory Information) & FERPA Training and Certification Test
U.S. Department of Education: Protecting Student Privacy: FERPA
Gravity Forms
Labeled as “Forms” in the left menu of your WordPress site’s backend.
Send a request to either your Web Coordinator or submit a web support ticket to general help to add the Gravity Forms Plugin.
Benefits
- Plugin on the WordPress platform
- Good at taking small batches of non-sensitive data (Executive Policy #37: WSU Information Security Policy)
Qualtrics
Signing into WSU’s qualtrics account will automatically create your an account with the ability to create new surveys.
Support Inquiries: WSU Surveys
Benefits
- Third party service that WSU has an enterprise level licence with
- Excellent for large surveys with conditional logic
- Built in Data visualization tools
- Can be distributed anonymously