Survey management device and program, and survey management system

Abstract

To provide a questionnaire management device and a system, and a questionnaire management method and a program which can save labor of inputting the same answer for the same questionnaire multiple times, and can prevent an answer mistake.SOLUTION: A questionnaire management device comprises: a questionnaire transmission unit 22 which transmits a questionnaire to a guardian terminal device 30; an answer reception unit 23 which receives an answer for the questionnaire transmitted from the guardian terminal device 30; and a control unit 25 which determines whether or not the same questionnaire has been transmitted to a plurality of answer target persons belonging to the guardian terminal device 30, and controls the device so as to be able to receive the answers of the plurality of answer target persons for the same questionnaire together, when the same questionnaire has been transmitted to the plurality of answer target persons.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a questionnaire management device and system, as well as a questionnaire management method and program, that transmits a questionnaire and receives and manages responses to the questionnaire. [Background technology]

[0002] 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been proposed a device that transmits a questionnaire to a terminal device and receives and manages responses to the questionnaire transmitted from the terminal device.

[0003] For example, Patent Document 1 proposes a system that, when sending multiple questionnaires to the same person's terminal device, displays the answers to past questionnaires on the terminal device to help respondents provide appropriate answers. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2019-144983 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] For example, a school may conduct a survey of parents with two children, asking whether they would like to participate in school events.

[0006] In such cases, it is possible to send a questionnaire to the parent's terminal device and obtain responses to the questionnaire from the terminal device.For example, as described above, if a questionnaire asking whether or not the parent will participate in a school event is sent to the terminal device of a parent with two children, the terminal device will receive the questionnaire as having been sent to each of the two children.

[0007] Because the parents of both children are the same person, the responses to the same questionnaire sent to both children will be the same.

[0008] However, even in such cases, it would be time-consuming to input the same answers to each child's questionnaire individually.Furthermore, if each child answers the same questionnaire individually, there is a risk that they will mistakenly input different answers, even though they should have input the same answers.

[0009] In addition to the cases where a school sends a questionnaire to parents as described above, there are also cases where the same questionnaire is sent to multiple respondents belonging to a specific group, and it may be necessary to enter the same answers for multiple respondents.

[0010] In view of the above circumstances, the present invention aims to provide a questionnaire management device and system, as well as a questionnaire management method and program, which can eliminate the need to enter the same answers multiple times to the same questionnaire when the same questionnaire is sent to multiple respondents, and can prevent incorrect answers. [Means for solving the problem]

[0011] The questionnaire management device of the present invention comprises a questionnaire sending unit that sends a questionnaire to a terminal device, a response receiving unit that receives responses to the questionnaire sent from the terminal device, and a control unit that determines whether the same questionnaire has been sent to multiple respondent subjects belonging to the terminal device, and if the same questionnaire has been sent to multiple respondent subjects, controls the system so that responses from multiple respondent subjects to the same questionnaire can be accepted all at once. [Effects of the Invention]

[0012] According to the questionnaire management device of the present invention, when the same questionnaire is sent to multiple respondents, the responses from multiple respondents to the same questionnaire can be accepted all at once, thereby eliminating the need to enter the same answer multiple times to the same questionnaire and preventing incorrect answers. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0013] [Figure 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a questionnaire management system using an embodiment of the questionnaire management device of the present invention. [Figure 2] FIG. 1 shows an example of a questionnaire data table, a question table, and a question option table in which information about a questionnaire is stored. [Figure 3] FIG. 10 shows an example of a class student table, a home student table, and a home guardian table. [Figure 4] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a question and answer table. [Figure 5] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a question and answer details table. [Figure 6] 1 is a flowchart illustrating the processing of the questionnaire management system shown in FIG. [Figure 7] 1 is a flowchart illustrating the processing of the questionnaire management system shown in FIG. [Figure 8] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a questionnaire creation screen displayed on a school terminal device. [Figure 9] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a home screen of a parental terminal device. [Figure 10] A flowchart for explaining a process for displaying a screen that allows users to answer the same questionnaire all at once. [Figure 11] A flowchart for explaining a process for displaying a screen that allows users to answer the same questionnaire all at once. [Figure 12] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a questionnaire list screen displayed on a parent / guardian terminal device. [Figure 13] 10A and 10B are diagrams showing other examples of the survey list screen displayed on the parent terminal device; [Figure 14] A diagram showing an example of the survey response screen for "Taro" [Figure 15] A diagram showing an example of a questionnaire response screen for "Jiro" [Figure 16] A flowchart for explaining a response reception process in a questionnaire management device DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0014] A questionnaire management system using an embodiment of a questionnaire management device of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a questionnaire management system 1 of this embodiment.

[0015] As shown in Fig. 1, the questionnaire management system 1 of this embodiment includes a school terminal device 10, a questionnaire management device 20, and a parent terminal device 30. In this embodiment, the parent terminal device 30 corresponds to the respondent terminal device of the present invention.

[0016] The school terminal device 10 and the questionnaire management device 20, and the questionnaire management device 20 and the parent terminal device 30 are connected via a communication line. The communication line may be an internet line or a telephone line. The communication line may be wired or wireless.

[0017] First, we will explain the general processing flow of the questionnaire management system 1 of this embodiment. The questionnaire management system 1 of this embodiment is a system used by schools and the parents of students attending those schools, and is a system that mainly manages the transmission of questionnaires from schools to parents and the transmission of questionnaire responses from parents to schools.

[0018] First, a teacher or the like at a school sends a questionnaire to the parents of students using the school terminal device 10. The questionnaire sent from the school terminal device 10 is received by the questionnaire management device 20.

[0019] The questionnaire management device 20 transmits the received questionnaire to the parent terminal device 30. The questionnaire management device 20 then determines whether the same questionnaire has been sent to multiple subjects. Examples of multiple subjects include siblings who belong to the same family (parent). The same questionnaire does not necessarily have to be word for word identical, but refers to questionnaires that are assigned the same questionnaire identifier and are managed (treated) as the same questionnaire. In this embodiment, a questionnaire ID, which will be described later, is used as an example of a questionnaire identifier. Therefore, for example, parts that are unrelated to the questions in the questionnaire, such as "To Taro's parents" and "To Jiro's parents," at the beginning may be different.

[0020] When the same questionnaire is sent to multiple respondent subjects, the questionnaire management device 20 controls the device so that responses from the multiple respondent subjects can be accepted all at once. Specifically, the questionnaire management device 20 causes the parent terminal device 30 to display a screen that allows responses from multiple respondent subjects to be made all at once; this screen will be described in detail later.

[0021] The guardians set and input answers to the questionnaire on a screen that allows them to answer all at once, and the answers of the multiple subjects are sent from the guardian terminal device 30 to the questionnaire management device 20 all at once.

[0022] In this way, by setting and inputting answers to questionnaires on a screen that allows answers to be given all at once, the time and effort required to set and input the same answers to the same questionnaire multiple times can be saved, and incorrect answers can be prevented.

[0023] When the questionnaire management device 20 receives replies from multiple respondent subjects in a batch, it performs a process of accepting the replies from the multiple respondent subjects. The process of accepting the replies will be described later. By performing the process of accepting the replies from multiple respondent subjects using one batch of received replies in this way, it is possible to perform the process efficiently.

[0024] The above is a rough outline of the processing flow of the questionnaire management system 1 of this embodiment. Although only one school terminal device 10 is shown in Fig. 1, in reality, at least as many as the number of schools are provided. Also, although only one parent terminal device 30 is shown, in reality, at least as many as the number of families to which students belong are provided.

[0025] Next, each device constituting the questionnaire management system 1 of this embodiment will be described in detail.

[0026] As mentioned above, the school terminal device 10 is used by school staff such as teachers, and may be, for example, a desktop computer or a notebook computer, but is not limited to these and may also be a mobile terminal such as a tablet terminal.

[0027] The school terminal device 10 includes a control unit 11. The control unit 11 controls the entire school terminal device 10. In particular, the control unit 11 displays a questionnaire creation screen for creating a questionnaire to be sent from the school to the parents of students. The questionnaire creation screen will be described in detail later.

[0028] A display device 12 such as a liquid crystal display is connected to the school terminal device 10, and a questionnaire creation screen is displayed on this display device 12. When a tablet terminal is used as the school terminal device 10, the questionnaire creation screen is displayed on a touch panel of the tablet terminal.

[0029] The school terminal device 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), semiconductor memories such as ROM (Read Only Memory) and RAM (Random Access Memory), storage such as a hard disk, and a communication I / F (Interface).

[0030] A school application is installed in the storage of the school terminal device 10. When this school application is started by the CPU, a survey creation screen is displayed on the school terminal device 10, and settings such as survey recipients and questions can be input. Note that instead of using the school application installed in the storage as in this embodiment, a school application provided via a web browser may be used.

[0031] In addition, in this embodiment, the display of the questionnaire creation screen is controlled by executing the school application using the CPU, but some or all of the functions executed by the school application may be configured using hardware such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), or other electrical circuits.

[0032] The questionnaire management device 20 is a server device that accepts questionnaires sent from the school terminal devices 10 and stores the questionnaires. It then transmits the stored questionnaires to the parents (parent terminal devices 30) of the students (respondents) who are the recipients of the questionnaires. It then receives responses to the questions in the questionnaire sent by the parents, stores the responses, and transmits the stored responses to the school terminal devices 10.

[0033] Specifically, the questionnaire management device 20 includes a questionnaire receiving unit 21, a questionnaire transmitting unit 22, a response receiving unit 23, a response transmitting unit 24, and a control unit 25.

[0034] The survey management device 20 includes a CPU, semiconductor memories such as ROM and RAM, storage such as a hard disk, and a communication I / F. An embodiment of the survey management program of the present invention is installed in the storage of the survey management device 20. When this survey management program is executed by the CPU, the above-mentioned survey acceptance unit 21, survey transmission unit 22, response acceptance unit 23, response transmission unit 24, and control unit 25 function.

[0035] The questionnaire receiving unit 21 receives and stores questionnaires sent from the school terminal device 10. Specifically, a questionnaire sent from the school terminal device 10 contains, in addition to the questions in the questionnaire, information such as a questionnaire ID for identifying the questionnaire, the title of the questionnaire, the sender of the questionnaire, and the date and time of sending the questionnaire. In addition, the questionnaire also contains identification information (hereinafter referred to as class ID) of the class at the school to which it was sent.

[0036] The questionnaire reception unit 21 receives a questionnaire sent from the school terminal device 10, and stores various information related to the questionnaire in the questionnaire data table shown in Fig. 2A, the question table shown in Fig. 2B, and the question option table shown in Fig. 2C. The various information related to the questionnaire is managed by being linked to a questionnaire ID.

[0037] Based on the class ID added to the questionnaire, the questionnaire sending unit 22 identifies students who belong to the class identified by the class ID. Then, the questionnaire sending unit 22 identifies the family to which the identified students belong, identifies the guardian of that family, and identifies the parent / guardian terminal device 30 linked to the parent / guardian ID of that guardian. Then, the questionnaire sending unit 22 transmits information related to the questionnaire to the identified parent / guardian terminal device 30.

[0038] Specifically, the questionnaire sending unit 22 stores a class-student table as shown in FIG. 3A, a home-student table as shown in FIG. 3B, and a home-guardian table as shown in FIG. 3C.

[0039] The class-student table is a table that associates a class ID with the student ID of a student who belongs to the class identified by that class ID. The family-student table is a table that associates a student ID with the family ID of the family to which the student identified by that student ID belongs. The family-guardian table is a table that associates a family ID with the guardian ID of the guardian who belongs to the family identified by that family ID.

[0040] Based on the class ID added to the questionnaire, the questionnaire sending unit 22 refers to the class-student table shown in Fig. 3A to identify the student ID corresponding to the class ID, refers to the home-student table shown in Fig. 3B to identify the family ID corresponding to the student ID, and refers to the home-guardian table shown in Fig. 3C to identify the guardian ID corresponding to the identified family ID. Then, the questionnaire sending unit 22 sends information about the questionnaire to the guardian terminal device 30 linked to the identified guardian ID.

[0041] The answer receiving unit 23 receives answers to the questionnaire sent from the parent terminal device 30. When a questionnaire is received by the questionnaire receiving unit 21, the answer receiving unit 23 creates a question and answer table shown in Fig. 4 for the questionnaire ID of that questionnaire. The question and answer table includes the questionnaire answer ID, the class ID of the destination of the questionnaire, the questionnaire ID, the student ID, and an answer flag.

[0042] The answer flag is a flag that indicates whether answers have already been accepted (whether the guardians have already sent answers). If the answer flag is "FALSE", it indicates that answers have not yet been accepted, and if the answer flag is "TRUE", it indicates that answers have already been accepted. In the question and answer table shown in Figure 4, a survey with survey ID "QID1" was sent to two students, student ID "STID1" and student ID "SIID2", and answers have not yet been accepted from either student.

[0043] The survey response ID is an ID assigned to each student's response to the survey. A survey response ID is generated for each combination of a survey ID and a student ID.

[0044] The answer receiving unit 23 stores the question and answer details table shown in FIG. 5, and the question and answer details table stores the answer contents (question number and option number) linked to the survey answer ID.

[0045] When an answer to a questionnaire is accepted by the answer accepting unit 23, the answer sending unit 24 refers to the questionnaire ID attached to the answer, identifies the sender of the original questionnaire, and sends the answer to the school terminal device 10 used by the sender.

[0046] The control unit 25 has a CPU and controls the entire questionnaire management device 20. In particular, the control unit 25 determines whether or not the same questionnaire has been sent to multiple subjects as described above.

[0047] When the same questionnaire is sent to multiple respondent subjects, the questionnaire management device 20 controls the device so that responses from the multiple respondent subjects can be accepted all at once. Specifically, the questionnaire management device 20 causes the parent terminal device 30 to display a screen that allows responses from multiple respondent subjects to be accepted all at once. When responses from multiple respondent subjects are accepted all at once, the control unit 25 performs response acceptance processing for the multiple respondent subjects.

[0048] In this embodiment, the above-mentioned parts of the questionnaire management device 20 are made to function by executing the questionnaire management program by the CPU, but some or all of the functions executed by the questionnaire management program may also be configured using hardware such as ASIC, FPGA, or other electrical circuits.

[0049] Next, the parent terminal device 30 is used by the parent as described above, and is, for example, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or tablet terminal. However, it is not limited to these, and may also be a desktop computer or a notebook computer.

[0050] The parent terminal device 30 includes a control unit 31. The control unit 31 controls the entire parent terminal device 30. In particular, the control unit 31 displays on the touch panel a survey list screen that displays a list of surveys sent from the school terminal device 10 and received via the survey management device 20, and a survey response screen that accepts input of survey questions and their answers. The survey list screen and the survey response screen will be described in detail later.

[0051] Furthermore, when displaying the questionnaire response screen, the control unit 31 displays on the touch panel a screen that allows responses from multiple respondent subjects (students) to be made at once.

[0052] Then, the control unit 31 transmits the answers entered on the questionnaire answer screen to the school terminal device 10 via the questionnaire management device 20.

[0053] The parent terminal device 30 includes a CPU, semiconductor memories such as ROM and RAM, storage such as a hard disk, and a communication I / F (Interface).

[0054] A parental application is installed in the storage of the parental terminal device 30. When this parental application is started by the CPU, the various screens described above are displayed on the parental terminal device 30, and various settings can be input. Note that instead of using a parental application installed in the storage as in this embodiment, a parental application provided via a web browser may also be used.

[0055] In addition, in this embodiment, the display of various screens is controlled by executing a parental application using a CPU, but some or all of the functions executed by the parental application may be configured using hardware such as an ASIC, FPGA, or other electrical circuits.

[0056] Next, the processing of the questionnaire management system 1 of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

[0057] First, a school staff member (here, "Riso Hanako") starts up the school application installed in the school terminal device 10 (S10), and displays a questionnaire creation screen as shown in Fig. 8 (S12). Then, a questionnaire is created on the questionnaire creation screen shown in Fig. 8 (S14).

[0058] On the questionnaire creation screen shown in Figure 8, the title of the questionnaire, sender, message, recipient class, and questions are entered. In the example shown in Figure 8, a "PTA General Meeting Participation Questionnaire" has been created, and the recipient classes are specified as "1st Grade Class 1" and "6th Grade Class 1" for the 20XX academic year. The year of the sending class is selected from a pull-down menu.

[0059] On the questionnaire creation screen shown in Figure 8, two questions are set: "Would you like to participate on 20XX / 2 / 10?" and "Would you like to participate on 20XX / 2 / 11?". The options for each question are "Yes, I will participate" and "No, I will not participate."

[0060] Furthermore, when the "Add Choice" button is selected, a choice is added, and when a given choice is selected and the "Delete Choice" button is selected, that choice is deleted.

[0061] Furthermore, when the "Add Question" button is selected, a question is added, and when a given question is selected and the "Delete Question" button is selected, that question is deleted.

[0062] Furthermore, when the maximum number of options is set, the "Add option" button is displayed in a lighter color, and when the maximum number of questions is set, the "Add question" button is displayed in a lighter color.

[0063] Regarding the deletion of questions, a trash can icon may be displayed next to each question, and the question may be deleted when the trash can icon is selected. The trash can icon may be displayed for all questions when there are two or more questions, and may be hidden when there is only one question.

[0064] Then, when the "Send Registration" button on the questionnaire creation screen is selected, the questionnaire created on the questionnaire creation screen is sent to the questionnaire management device 20 (S16). At this time, the school terminal device 10 adds a questionnaire ID to the questionnaire before sending it.

[0065] The questionnaire transmitted from the school terminal device 10 is accepted by the questionnaire management device 20 (S18). When the questionnaire management device 20 accepts the questionnaire transmitted from the school terminal device 10, it stores information about the questionnaire together with the questionnaire ID in the questionnaire data table, question table, and question option table shown in Figs. 2A to 2C (S20).

[0066] Then, the questionnaire management device 20 identifies the parent ID as described above based on the destination (class ID) of the questionnaire sent from the school terminal device 10 together with the questionnaire, and sends the questionnaire to the parent terminal device 30 having that parent ID (S22).

[0067] The questionnaire sent from the questionnaire management device 20 is received by the parent terminal device 30.

[0068] Then, the parent application is launched in the parent terminal device 30 (S24), and the questionnaire is confirmed (S26). Specifically, when the parent application is launched, the home screen shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. Then, when the "Survey" button on the home screen is selected, a questionnaire list screen is displayed. The questionnaire list screen displays the title, sender, and date and time of sending of the questionnaire, etc.

[0069] When a specific questionnaire displayed on the questionnaire list screen is selected, a questionnaire response screen for inputting and setting answers to the selected questionnaire is displayed. The questionnaire response screen displays the questionnaire questions and fields for inputting and setting answers.

[0070] Next, on the questionnaire response screen, an option for the question is selected and a response operation is performed (S28). When the response on the questionnaire response screen is completed, the response is transmitted from the parent terminal device 30 to the questionnaire management device 20 (S30). At this time, the parent ID and the questionnaire ID are transmitted from the parent terminal device 30 to the questionnaire management device 20 together with the response to the questionnaire question.

[0071] When the questionnaire management device 20 receives the parent / guardian ID and the answer, it refers to the home / guardian table shown in Fig. 3C and the home / student table shown in Fig. 3B based on the parent / guardian ID, and identifies the student ID. Then, the questionnaire management device 20 identifies the questionnaire answer ID in the question / answer table shown in Fig. 4 based on the student ID and the questionnaire ID, and stores the answer content (question number and selected option number) in the column for that questionnaire answer ID in the question / answer detail table shown in Fig. 5 (S32). Then, when the questionnaire answer content is stored, the control unit 25 of the questionnaire management device 20 changes the answer flag in the question / answer table shown in Fig. 4 from "FALSE" to "TRUE" (S34).

[0072] Next, the questionnaire management device 20 transmits the answer contents stored in the question and answer detail table to the school terminal device 10 together with the questionnaire ID and the student ID (S36). The questionnaire answer contents are received and confirmed by the school terminal device 10 (S38).

[0073] Here, if multiple students (brothers or sisters) are registered in the parent terminal device 30 and the same questionnaire is sent from the questionnaire management device 20 to the parent terminal device 30 for the multiple registered students, the parent terminal device 30 will receive the same questionnaire for each child.However, if, for example, the same answers are to be given to the same questionnaire, it would be time-consuming to set and input the same answers individually for each child's questionnaire.

[0074] Therefore, in this embodiment, when an operation to respond to a questionnaire is performed on the parent terminal device 30, the control unit 25 of the questionnaire management device 20 determines whether the same questionnaire has been sent to multiple respondent persons registered on the parent terminal device 30. If the control unit 25 determines that the same questionnaire has been sent to multiple respondents, it controls the parent terminal device 30 to display a screen on which all respondents can answer the same questionnaire at once. The process for displaying the screen on which all respondents can answer at once will be described in more detail below with reference to the flowcharts shown in Figures 10 and 11.

[0075] After the parent terminal device 30 receives the questionnaire, an operation is performed to display a questionnaire response screen for answering the questionnaire (S40). Specifically, as described above, a predetermined questionnaire is selected on the questionnaire list screen, and the operation to display the questionnaire response screen is performed.

[0076] In response to the display operation of the questionnaire response screen, the parent terminal device 30 transmits the parent ID and the questionnaire ID of the questionnaire selected in the display operation of the questionnaire response screen to the questionnaire management device 20 (S42).

[0077] The questionnaire management device 20 then receives the parent ID and the questionnaire ID (S44). The control unit 25 identifies the student ID corresponding to the parent ID based on the received parent ID (S46). Since parent IDs and parent terminal devices 30 are linked one-to-one, the process of identifying the student ID corresponding to the parent ID is a process of identifying the student ID belonging to the parent terminal device 30.

[0078] Specifically, the control unit 25 refers to the home guardian table shown in FIG. 3C and identifies the home ID corresponding to the received guardian ID.

[0079] Next, the control unit 25 refers to the home / student table shown in FIG. 3B based on the identified home ID, and identifies the student ID corresponding to the identified home ID.

[0080] The control unit 25 then acquires the student's response status to the questionnaire based on the identified student ID and questionnaire ID (S48). Specifically, the control unit 25 references the question and answer table shown in FIG. 4 based on the student ID and questionnaire ID. The control unit 25 then acquires the state of the answer flag in the question and answer table to acquire the student's response status to the questionnaire. At this time, if the control unit 25 determines that multiple student IDs exist for the same questionnaire ID, it acquires the response status of the questionnaire corresponding to each student ID. A case where it is determined that multiple student IDs exist for the same questionnaire ID occurs when the same questionnaire has been sent to multiple students (respondents).

[0081] Then, the control unit 25 transmits the status of the students' responses to the questionnaire to the parent terminal device 30 (S50). Specifically, the control unit 25 transmits the questionnaire ID, the IDs of the students, and the status of their response flags to the parent terminal device 30.

[0082] Then, the control unit 31 of the parent terminal device 30 displays a questionnaire response screen based on the received multiple student IDs and the state of the response flag (S52).

[0083] For example, if there are multiple student IDs received and there is a student ID whose response flag is "FALSE" other than the student ID for which the questionnaire response screen is displayed (S54, YES), the control unit 31 of the parent terminal device 30 displays a screen that allows multiple students to respond to the same questionnaire at once. Specifically, the control unit 31 of the parent terminal device 30 displays the names and check boxes of students other than the currently open student at the bottom of the questionnaire response screen of the currently open student (S56). Then, the check boxes of the students who will respond at once are checked (S58), and the questionnaire responses are accepted in the parent terminal device 30 (S60). As described above, by displaying a screen that allows multiple students to respond to the same questionnaire at once, it is easier to input responses from multiple students to whom the same questionnaire was sent.

[0084] In S54, if only one student ID is received, or if there are no student IDs with a response flag of "FALSE" other than the student ID that displayed the questionnaire response screen (S54, NO), the above-mentioned check box will not be displayed, and only the response of the currently open student will be accepted (S60).

[0085] In this embodiment, it is also possible to select not to check the checkboxes of students who have not yet responded. In this case, only the responses of the currently open student are accepted. In other words, in this embodiment, it is possible to select whether to accept responses from multiple respondent candidates at once or to accept responses from multiple respondent candidates individually. This allows for flexibility in responding to the questionnaire, improving usability.

[0086] Here, an explanation will be given with reference to a specific example of a screen. Fig. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a survey list screen. The survey list screen shown in Fig. 12 displays the survey title "PTA General Meeting Participation Survey," the sender "Vice Principal," and the sent date and time "2021 / 12 / 6 9:00," etc.

[0087] Furthermore, the survey list screen shown in Figure 12 displays tabs for each student ("Taro" and "Jiro"). Figure 12 shows the state in which the "Taro" tab is selected. When the "Taro" tab is selected, a list of surveys sent to "Taro" as the respondent is displayed, and when the "Jiro" tab is selected, the screen switches to the one shown in Figure 13, where a list of surveys sent to "Jiro" as the respondent is displayed. Note that this shows the survey list screen when the same survey, "PTA General Meeting Participation Survey," is sent to "Taro" and "Jiro."

[0088] For example, when the "Taro" tab is selected and the "PTA General Meeting Participation Survey" displayed on the survey list screen is selected, a survey response screen for setting and inputting responses to the selected survey is displayed. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the survey response screen for "Taro." The survey response screen for "Taro" displays the survey questions and fields for setting and inputting the answers. In the example shown in FIG. 14, the two questions set and input on the survey creation screen shown in FIG. 8 are displayed on the survey response screen, and options for the questions are displayed as radio buttons. Furthermore, the survey response screen for "Taro" shown in FIG. 14 displays a check box for "Jiro" at the bottom.

[0089] On the other hand, when the "Jiro" tab is selected and a specific survey displayed on the survey list screen is selected, a survey response screen for setting and inputting answers to the selected survey is displayed. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the survey response screen for "Jiro." As with the survey response screen for "Taro," the survey response screen for "Jiro" also displays the survey questions and fields for setting and inputting answers. Furthermore, the survey response screen for "Jiro" shown in FIG. 15 displays a check box for "Taro" at the bottom.

[0090] When answering the same question for multiple students (for example, "Taro" and "Jiro") displayed on the parent terminal device 30, the answers to the questions in the currently open student questionnaire are entered on the currently open student questionnaire response screen, and the check boxes displayed at the bottom of the questionnaire response screen are checked.

[0091] Then, when the "Submit" button is selected on the survey response screen shown in Figure 14 or Figure 15, the responses of multiple students are sent in bulk from the parent terminal device 30 to the survey management device 20.

[0092] Next, the response reception process in the questionnaire management device 20 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

[0093] First, as described above, the parent terminal device 30 accepts the questionnaire responses, and when the "Submit button" on the questionnaire response screen is selected, the parent terminal device 30 sends the questionnaire ID, student ID, and questionnaire response of the answered questionnaire to the questionnaire management device 20 (S62).

[0094] When the control unit 25 of the questionnaire management device 20 receives the questionnaire ID, student ID, and questionnaire answers transmitted from the parent terminal device 30 (S64), it performs an answer acceptance process. Specifically, the control unit 25 refers to the question and answer table shown in FIG. 4 and identifies the questionnaire answer ID from the received student ID and questionnaire ID. Then, based on the identified questionnaire answer ID, the control unit 25 refers to the question and answer detail table shown in FIG. 5 and stores the question number and option number. Thereafter, the control unit 25 changes the answer flag in the question and answer table from "FALSE" to "TRUE."

[0095] At this time, the control unit 25 checks whether the checkboxes at the bottom of the questionnaire response screen are checked (S66), and if the checkboxes are checked (S66, YES), the control unit 25 also stores the checked students' answers in the question and answer detail table and changes the answer flag corresponding to that student ID from "FALSE" to "TRUE." If the checkboxes at the bottom of the questionnaire response screen are not checked (S66, NO), the control unit 25 only performs the answer acceptance process for each individual student.

[0096] In the questionnaire management system 1 of the above embodiment, the questionnaire management device 20 manages the sending of questionnaires from schools to parents and the receiving of their responses, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this. For example, when the same questionnaire is sent to multiple respondents who belong to a specific group such as a club or extracurricular activity, the questionnaire management device 20 may control the batch response processing of multiple respondents. In other words, the sender and recipient of the questionnaire in the present invention are not limited to the school and parents.

[0097] The present invention further discloses the following supplementary notes. (Addendum)

[0098] In the questionnaire management device of the present invention, when the control unit receives responses from a plurality of respondent subjects all at once, it can perform response reception processing for the plurality of respondent subjects.

[0099] Furthermore, in the questionnaire management device of the present invention, the control unit can selectively control whether to accept collectively responses from a plurality of respondent subjects or to accept individual responses from a plurality of respondent subjects.

[0100] The questionnaire management system of the present invention comprises the questionnaire management device of the present invention described above, and a terminal device that receives questionnaires sent from the questionnaire management device and sends responses to the questionnaire, and when the questionnaire management device determines that the same questionnaire has been sent to multiple respondents, the terminal device displays a screen that allows the responses of multiple respondents to the same questionnaire to be submitted all at once.

[0101] The questionnaire management method of the present invention determines whether the same questionnaire has been sent to multiple respondent subjects belonging to a terminal device, and if the same questionnaire has been sent to multiple respondent subjects, controls the system so that the responses from the multiple respondent subjects to the same questionnaire can be accepted all at once.

[0102] The survey management program of the present invention causes a computer to execute the steps of determining whether the same survey has been sent to multiple respondent subjects belonging to a terminal device, and, if the same survey has been sent to multiple respondent subjects, controlling the system so that responses from the multiple respondent subjects to the same survey can be accepted all at once.

[0103] In the present invention, the sender of the questionnaire can be a school staff member (for example, a teacher), and the respondents to the questionnaire can be students of the school. [Explanation of symbols]

[0104] 1. Survey management system 10 School terminal equipment 11 Control section 12 Display device 20. Questionnaire management device 21 Survey Reception Department 22 Survey Sending Department 23 Response Reception Department 24 Response sending section 25 Control Unit 30 Parental terminal device 31 Control Unit

Claims

1. a questionnaire sending unit that sends a questionnaire to the terminal device; a response receiving unit that receives responses to the questionnaire sent from the terminal device; A questionnaire management device comprising: a control unit that determines whether the same questionnaire for multiple respondent subjects belonging to one terminal device has been sent to the one terminal device, and if the same questionnaire for the multiple respondent subjects has been sent to the one terminal device, controls the one terminal device so that the responses of the multiple respondent subjects to the same questionnaire can be accepted all at once.

2. 2. The questionnaire management device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit, when accepting collectively the responses of the plurality of respondent subjects, performs a process of accepting the responses of the plurality of respondent subjects.

3. 3. The questionnaire management device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls to selectively accept collectively responses from the plurality of respondent subjects or accept individually responses from the plurality of respondent subjects.

4. The questionnaire management device according to any one of claims 1 to 3; the terminal device receives the questionnaire transmitted from the questionnaire management device and transmits responses to the questionnaire, A survey management system in which, when the survey management device determines that the same survey for the multiple respondent subjects has been sent to one of the terminal devices, the one terminal device displays a screen on which the multiple respondent subjects can respond to the same survey all at once.

5. A step of determining whether the same questionnaire has been sent to multiple respondent subjects belonging to one terminal device; and a step of controlling the terminal device so that, when the same questionnaire for the multiple respondents is sent to the single terminal device, the responses of the multiple respondents to the same questionnaire can be accepted all at once.

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