Analyse what? - Simple ways of finding out what your students want

In my previous post I suggested that you find out what the student needs are before starting any e-learning project. Remember, without a clear picture of what the needs are in your environment, you could be creating a lot of work for yourself designing a fantastic project or intervention that will never be used or appreciated.
There are different ways of determining what you should be focusing on, and I would like to share a few with you:

• Discuss potential issues with colleagues (often, what you identify as a problem is something that a colleague has already addressed and found a solution for)
• Conduct a short 'desktop analysis' of student feedback that has been received over time for your module.
• Send out a survey to students asking what their problem areas are in a module

These are just three ways of finding out where an intervention is needed. For the third idea, sending out a survey, a Google Form is a quick and easy way of collecting data.  Here is a short video clip on how to create and send the survey. I've also included the view that students will get as well as the results you can expect to see.