Information Technology

Eastern Washington University

Web and Mobile Services

Surveys & Web Forms

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EWU Information Technology provides a number of supported  solutions to assist with the creation of Surveys and Web Forms. These tools provide the ability to create contact forms, short surveys and polls, and other online forms. No knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, or SQL is required.

SurveyMonkey

SurveyMonkey is available to all EWU Students, Faculty, and Staff.

Utilizing its many features and options, you can:

  • Easily create surveys, quizzes, and polls for any audience.
  • Gather feedback via weblink, email, mobile chat, social media, and more.
  • Automatically analyze your results and get powerful analysis features.
  • Export your results or integrate your data with your favorite apps.
  • Use your insights to make better, data-driven decisions.
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GravityForms

Build and publish your WordPress forms in just minutes. No drudgery, just quick and easy form-building. Select your fields, configure your options and easily embed forms on your WordPress-powered site using the built-in tools.

GravityForms is automatically enabled on InsideEWU. There are additional add-ons that you may want enabled. If so, please fill out a Help Desk Ticket and we would be happy to assist you.

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Google Forms

Google Forms is a survey administration app that is included in the Google Drive office suite along with Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides. Forms features all of the collaboration and sharing features found in Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

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Microsoft Forms

Microsoft Forms is an online survey creator, part of Office 365. Released by Microsoft in June 2016, Forms allows educators to create surveys and quizzes with automatic marking. The data can be exported to Microsoft Excel.

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Friendly URLs & Web Redirects

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If you no longer are using a web page or need to move/disable a web page IT can assist you to make sure that your traffic is optimized and managed using site redirects.

Short URL Options

URL shortening is a technique in which a URL may be made substantially shorter and still direct to the required web page or document. This is achieved by using a redirect that links to the web page that has a long URL.

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InsideEWU Web Redirects

WordPress site administrators can create redirects using the Safe Redirect Tool.

Please be aware

  • Only create redirects to EWU owned or trusted web pages
  • Redirects to web pages you don't manage (and those you do) often break and must be maintained by you
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Web Reports

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Web reports help you evaluate the usability, quality, and performance of your site. By returning data and highlighting problem areas, these reports give you powerful insight into your site’s strengths and weaknesses, and how they might be improved. Features include Analytics, Search Engine Optimization, Accessibility and Quality Assurance.

Web Content Management

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Campus Main Website

The first place people go to learn about EWU, top level pages are managed by the Marketing department. Department pages are available to and managed by academic programs. The target audience for this service is prospective students and their families.

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InsideEWU

InsideEWU provides websites to faculty and staff for academic and adminstrative use. InsideEWU websites have a consistent EWU look and feel and ensure that content is accessible, available, and easily maintained.

Built with WordPress, InsideEWU provides the ability to create modern, full-featured web content with permission control, workflow, using flexible layout and design options.

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Google Sites

Build project hubs, team sites, websites, and more—all without designer, programmer, or IT help. With Google Sites, building websites is easy. Just drag content where you need it.

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Web Calendars

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Calendars managed by 25Live can be integrated into other university websites. University websites can also make use of the WordPress plugins Events Calendar Pro & iCal Importer to pull and display data via iCal feed or native entries.

25Live Web Calendars

EWU departments and programs have the opportunity to create and publish custom calendars for events they host or sponsor.

  • Events must reside in 25Live
  • Consult with Web and Mobile Services to create a 25Live search to pull the events you want to promote
  • Web and Mobile Services will process your information through 25Live Publisher and provide you with a URL or code block to add to your website
  • Work with Web and Mobile Services to enhance the look and feel of your custom calendar

There are a variety of display and control options to choose from for your custom calendar.

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WordPress Events Calendar

The Events Calendar is a WordPress plugin that adds calendar functionality to your site. The calendar has multiple view options, including month, week and day views, and a mini calendar and events list for your sidebar. You can make single events, a series of recurring events, and you can import events from other calendars such as 25Live.

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Importing Events

The WordPress Events Calendar plug in has an importing tool called the Event Aggregator. The Event Aggregator enables you to import calendars from other sources, including Facebook, iCalendar, Google and more. You can even import EWU's calendars, such as the Academic Calendar and the EWU Events Calendar. In this way, you can have a full calendar on your WordPress site without needing to manually create events.

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Web Hosting

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Departments, Faculty, & Staff

EWU IT offers a range of services to meet the web publishing needs of colleges, departments, faculty, and staff.

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Students Clubs & Organizations

Resources including websites, calendars, and forms are available to clubs and organizations through Student Activities, Involvement and Leadership (SAIL).

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Students

The GitHub Student Developer Pack gives students free access to the best developer tools in one place so they can learn by doing.

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