[Qgis-community-team] FW: Proposed questions for QGIS Certification questionnaire
Nathan Woodrow
madmanwoo at gmail.com
Sat Feb 28 14:44:09 PST 2015
Any reason we can't just use Google docs for it? There are no limits there
as are I know.
Nathan
On Sun, 1 Mar 2015 8:30 am Carlos Rivas <carlosrsuazo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> Unfortunately JotForm only allowed me to receive 100 replies/month, so I
> look for other options, and I found an option that has unlimited replies,
> by now I can only embedded in a site, I can share the code for embedding in
> Qgis site. For the meantime I have publish a site
> <http://carlosrsuazo.wix.com/qgis>to host the form.
> The replies can be exported to Excel.
>
> Please try this new option
>
> Best regards,
>
> Carlos Rivas.
>
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 10:12 AM, David Forel <davidforel at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Folks -
>>
>> I don't understand what sex has to do with being a QGIS user. Why not
>> also ask whether people are single or married ?
>>
>> Regards, David
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Carlos Rivas <carlosrsuazo at gmail.com>
>> *To:* Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com>
>> *Cc:* "qgis-community (qgis-community-team at lists.osgeo.org)" <
>> qgis-community-team at lists.osgeo.org>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, February 28, 2015 7:58 AM
>>
>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-community-team] FW: Proposed questions for QGIS
>> Certification questionnaire
>>
>
>> Hello everyone, I am glad you approved the online form, now I will double
>> check if there are no limits of replies, if so I'll design in another
>> platform. Will come back with this in a few hours,
>> Best Regards
>> Carlos R.
>>
>>
>> El 27/02/2015 23:54, "Tim Sutton" <tim at kartoza.com> escribió:
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>>
>> I would be happy to go with the one hosted by Carlos. We should organise
>> with Richard to get it linked to from the QGIS front page and publicise it
>> on all our mailing lists etc. in order to maximise the response levels.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Carlos Rivas <carlosrsuazo at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I have designed the questionaire and is not limited to any number of
>> questions and can be found here
>> <http://www.jotform.co/form/50573680504858>, this is linked to a
>> googledoc spreadsheet that anyone can see (or edit if you want me to do
>> that, will need gmails) here
>> <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GH-KkF37_bPCbd1M-wmsK_0kA-elRGKzAuJsE57hkeA/edit?usp=sharing>
>> .
>>
>> I added a couple of suggestions (gender/region of work), please feel free
>> to use or ask me for changes if you want.
>>
>> I hope this helps,
>>
>>
>> Regards from Nicaragua.
>>
>> *Carlos Rivas S*
>> Especialista SIG, Medioambiente y Turismo
>> www.linkedin.com/in/crivas/es
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 7:39 AM, Jonathan Moules <
>> J.Moules at hrwallingford.com> wrote:
>>
>> (Re-sent as the previous message appears to have been held up with the
>> list moderators.)
>>
>> Hi Randy,
>> If we want to do it with Google Docs, can you (or someone else) do it?
>> I don’t have a GDocs account.
>>
>> It seems that Survey Monkey’s free service has a limit of 100 responses
>> too (not sure if we’ll get that many, but still).
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>> *From:* Randal Hale [mailto:rjhale at northrivergeographic.com
>> <rjhale at northrivergeographic.com>]
>> *Sent:* Monday, February 23, 2015 1:42 PM
>> *To:* Jonathan Moules
>> *Cc:* 'qgis-community (qgis-community-team at lists.osgeo.org)'
>> *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-community-team] FW: Proposed questions for QGIS
>> Certification questionnaire
>>
>> Google docs might allow more "flexibility" in answering. You could set up
>> a form - and allow answering by people who receive the link. Granted it's
>> not as slick as Survey monkey - but it works.
>>
>>
>> Randy
>>
>>
>> *From:* Tim Sutton [mailto:tim at kartoza.com <tim at kartoza.com>]
>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 19, 2015 9:50 PM
>> *To:* Jonathan Moules
>> *Cc:* QGIS Developer Mailing List
>> *Subject:* Re: Proposed questions for QGIS Certification questionnaire
>>
>> Hi Jonathan
>>
>>
>> PS might be nicer to discuss / cross post this to the QGIS community
>> list - I have been trying to marshall QGIS certification discussions there
>> and a number of edut folks are subscribed to it I think.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Jonathan Moules <
>> J.Moules at hrwallingford.com> wrote:
>> Hi Tim (and all),
>> Per the IRC meeting, I've come up with a possible questionnaire that we
>> can spam. Currently it's all text, but it can be converted easily enough.
>> What platform should we stick it on for the question/answers? I can do a
>> free surveymonkey unless someone has something better to suggest.
>>
>> Suggestions as to questions/answers welcome from all. It is a first draft.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>> ===============
>>
>>
>> The QGIS development community is interested in creating a set of QGIS
>> Certifications. We're interested in feedback from the entire community as
>> to what you'd like/use.
>>
>> The following is a set of prospective certificates; open to change.
>> QGIS User - Can operate QGIS to a functional level.
>> QGIS Professional - An expert user.
>> QGIS Developer - (Core or Plugins?)
>> QGIS Trainer - Can train for and test for certifications.
>>
>>
>> Questions:
>>
>> As a GIS professional, would you be interested in getting a QGIS
>> Certification?
>> [Yes / No]
>>
>>
>> If No, why not?
>> [Open question]
>>
>>
>> As a GIS Employer, would you be more interested in candidates who have a
>> QGIS Certification?
>> [Yes / No / Not an Employer]
>>
>>
>> If No, why not?
>> [Open question]
>>
>>
>> Rank these in the order you think they're important in a QGIS
>> Certification?
>> [Rank]
>> Knowledge of GIS Concepts
>> Familiarity with QGIS
>> Time using QGIS
>> Exposure to different areas of QGIS
>> Community participation
>> Other [Open answer]
>>
>>
>> Which of these would interest you:
>> [Choices for each: Not at all, Mildly, Definitely]
>> QGIS User - Can operate QGIS to a functional level.
>> QGIS Professional - An expert user.
>> QGIS Developer - (Core or Plugins?)
>> QGIS Trainer - Can train for and test for certifications.
>>
>>
>> Do you agree/disagree with the proposed certificates? If you disagree,
>> what certificates would you suggest?
>> [Open question]
>>
>>
>> What do you think would be a good way of measuring suitability for a
>> certificate:
>> [Rank]
>> Community participation track record
>> Exam
>> Portfolio of work
>> Professional experience
>> Academic qualifications
>>
>>
>> Any comments or feedback?
>> [Open question]
>>
>>
>>
>> So I think this sounds fine. I noted Trevor's comments below, but I
>> think it will be fine to go ahead with these Questions and see what kind of
>> feedback we get.
>>
>> Thanks for working on this!
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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