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SSS Software

Overview
Before Survey Monkey or other online survey resources, I wrote the Student Survey System (SSS). It still provides more information than generalized online tools, but it is a localized program and not online. Student would be guided to a kiosk to answer the survey after their appointment with an advisor. Multiple computers could be used and to calculate the statistics the files from one computer would just have to be copied to another before the calculations were done.

The purpose of the Student Survey System (SSS) is to provide an easy way to survey students without needing to use college IT resources. The software enables advising administrators to minimize the time needed in administrating Academic Advising surveys of students and to minimize the time needed to consolidate all the student surveys and report the results.

The software consists of three MS-Excel files. A new MS-Excel file will be created for each student taking the survey. The software can easily be changed to use your own survey questions (the SSS User’s Manual will tell you how).

And the software is free of charge! I hope you find it useful.

The Files
The Student Survey System Users Manual (a pdf about 547K)

 Here is a zipped folder containing the SSS files. (about 196K) (last updated on 2009 March 7)
Note that these files are in MS-Excel format. It’s not rocket science, but it does use macros to calculate the statistics.
Here is an image of the first few questions in the student survey:

sss_users_manual.pdf
File Size: 559 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

sss_files.zip
File Size: 200 kb
File Type: zip
Download File

Note that these files are in MS-Excel format. It’s not rocket science, but it does use macros to calculate the statistics.
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“Developmental counseling or advising is concerned not only with a specific personal or vocational decision but also with facilitating the student's rational processes, environmental and interpersonal interactions, behavioral awareness, and problem-solving, decision-making, and evaluation skills.” – Crookston, 1972

“Academic advising is the only structured service on the campus in which all students have the opportunity for on-going, one-to-one contact with a concerned representative of the institution.” - W. R. Hably
NACADA 
The National Academic Advising Association 
NACADA Clearinghouse 
A useful list of Advising topics from NACADA 
The Mentor 
A scholarly publication about academic advising in higher education