Summary
Ithaca College provides support for four principal form tools: Formstack, Microsoft Forms, Qualtrics, and Slate (Student).
Body
Ithaca College provides support for four principal form tools: Formstack, Microsoft Forms, Qualtrics, and Slate (Student).
- Formstack: Recommended for both straightforward and complex data gathering tasks. It's suitable for basic approvals, intricate workflows involving College faculty, staff, and students, and for processing online payments. For HIPAA-related data collection, Formstack HIPAA provides a specialized environment, though it lacks workflow functionality.
- Microsoft Forms: An excellent choice for both simple and advanced data collection needs.
- Qualtrics: Primarily utilized for survey creation and distribution.
- Slate (Student): Specifically tailored for student-focused data collection.
- Additionally, Point & Click is available for collecting HIPAA-compliant information in certain areas.
For work requests related to the Slate (Enrollment) instance, refer to the Enrollment Operations and Strategy Work Request form.
Features
| Feature |
Formstack |
Microsoft Forms |
Slate |
Qualtrics |
| Intent |
Advanced data collection, workflows, online payments, surveys, questionnaires |
Simple data collection |
Data collection, workflows |
Surveys, questionnaires |
| Collect Medical-Related Information |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Document Merges |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Electronic Signatures |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| File Uploads |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| HIPAA |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Online Payments |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Student Information |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Workflows |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Support
Information Technology & Analytics (ITA) provides technical and user support for Formstack and Microsoft Forms. While ITA provides user support for Qualtrics, technical questions should be referred to the Customer Success Hub.