NVivo 11 for Windows Software Classroom Training
Course Syllabus
Course Syllabus
Note: NVivo 11 for Mac users can still attend this workshop, but they will need to find the locations of the functions on their Mac platform as the class proceeds.
Introduction:
NVivo is a useful qualitative data analysis software program used by researchers in education, governments, NGOs and the commercial sector worldwide. In this workshop, we will learn the key functions of the software. Learning will be interactive and hands-on with sufficient time for participants to practice. Participants can walk out the classroom and start using NVivo in their projects right away!
Learning objectives:
Instructor:
Neville Li
NVivo trainer and consultant
MAXQDA professional trainer and ambassador
ATLAS.ti certified trainer and consultant
Email: [email protected] | Phone: 1-604-353-2638
Website: http://nevilleliresearch.weebly.com
Duration: 6 hours plus 1 hour lunch break
Date: September 30, 2017 (Saturday) Time: 9am-12noon, 1pm-4pm (US Pacific time - PST)
Location: SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W Hastings St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 5K3
Cost: CDN$250 (tax included) in Canadian dollars, flat rate
Language of Instruction: English
Registration: Please contact the instructor at email: [email protected] if you are interested in enrolling in this course. The instructor will answer any questions you may have, send you a link for registration and provide payment methods via email. An instructor biography can be found on the research website http://nevilleliresearch.weebly.com. Spaces are limited.
Technical requirements: Student will need to have NVivo version 11 already installed on their computer. It can be a purchased full license or a 30 day free trial downloaded from the company’s website. Students MUST bring their own laptop along with own project files (e.g., Word, PDF and Photo files) to work on. This class is for NVivo 11 for Windows only and is designed for the beginner and intermediate level.
Introduction:
NVivo is a useful qualitative data analysis software program used by researchers in education, governments, NGOs and the commercial sector worldwide. In this workshop, we will learn the key functions of the software. Learning will be interactive and hands-on with sufficient time for participants to practice. Participants can walk out the classroom and start using NVivo in their projects right away!
Learning objectives:
- To identify what NVivo is and how it is different from other QDA software;
- To learn the basic functions of NVivo including creating a project, coding, running queries, and creating models for presentations and team meetings;
- To learn in a hands-on learning environment and be able to use NVivo in your own project right after the class.
Instructor:
Neville Li
NVivo trainer and consultant
MAXQDA professional trainer and ambassador
ATLAS.ti certified trainer and consultant
Email: [email protected] | Phone: 1-604-353-2638
Website: http://nevilleliresearch.weebly.com
Duration: 6 hours plus 1 hour lunch break
Date: September 30, 2017 (Saturday) Time: 9am-12noon, 1pm-4pm (US Pacific time - PST)
Location: SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W Hastings St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 5K3
Cost: CDN$250 (tax included) in Canadian dollars, flat rate
Language of Instruction: English
Registration: Please contact the instructor at email: [email protected] if you are interested in enrolling in this course. The instructor will answer any questions you may have, send you a link for registration and provide payment methods via email. An instructor biography can be found on the research website http://nevilleliresearch.weebly.com. Spaces are limited.
Technical requirements: Student will need to have NVivo version 11 already installed on their computer. It can be a purchased full license or a 30 day free trial downloaded from the company’s website. Students MUST bring their own laptop along with own project files (e.g., Word, PDF and Photo files) to work on. This class is for NVivo 11 for Windows only and is designed for the beginner and intermediate level.
Course Outline
I. Introduction to NVivo
a. PowerPoint presentation -20 minutes
i. What is NVivo?
ii. Differences of NVivo from other similar software
iii. License options
b. Basics of NVivo –20 minutes
i. Understand the user interface
ii. Toolbars and icons
iii. Save project and backup
iv. Import sources/documents
v. Organize documents
II. Coding – 2 hours
i. How to code text files (e.g., doc, rtf), PDFs, pictures, audio and video files?
ii. Inductive vs. deductive coding
iii. Open coding vs. in vivo coding vs. a priori coding
iv. Organize a code hierarchy/codebook
v. How to use coding stripes?
vi. Coding for literature review
vii. Coding strategies for different methodologies (e.g., thematic analysis, grounded theory, framework analysis)
viii. Coding exercises
III. Other useful functions
a. Memos, Links and Annotations – 20 minutes
i. What are memos and how to use memos effectively?
ii. Create links
iii. Create annotations
---- lunch break ----
IV. Attributes/variables - 40 minutes
i. What are attributes (variables) and why are they important?
ii. Create case nodes from your sources with attributes
iii. Attributes in single interviews, groups interviews and focus groups
iv. Use attributes in data analysis
v. How to effectively collect demographic data in your research?
V. Data analysis and exploration – 1 hour
a. Text search query
i. How to run a text search query on all or part of my data?
ii. When to run a text search query?
b. Word frequency query
i. When to run a word frequency query?
ii. Interpret results in various formats (e.g. Word cloud, tree map)
c. Coding query
d. Matrix coding query
i. What kinds of questions does a matrix coding query answer?
ii. Design and interpret matrix coding query results
VI. Visualize your data with models - (optional)
VII. Generate report - (optional)
VIII. Mini-test/practice exercises - 35 minutes
IX. Questions & answers
X. Debrief
I. Introduction to NVivo
a. PowerPoint presentation -20 minutes
i. What is NVivo?
ii. Differences of NVivo from other similar software
iii. License options
b. Basics of NVivo –20 minutes
i. Understand the user interface
ii. Toolbars and icons
iii. Save project and backup
iv. Import sources/documents
v. Organize documents
II. Coding – 2 hours
i. How to code text files (e.g., doc, rtf), PDFs, pictures, audio and video files?
ii. Inductive vs. deductive coding
iii. Open coding vs. in vivo coding vs. a priori coding
iv. Organize a code hierarchy/codebook
v. How to use coding stripes?
vi. Coding for literature review
vii. Coding strategies for different methodologies (e.g., thematic analysis, grounded theory, framework analysis)
viii. Coding exercises
III. Other useful functions
a. Memos, Links and Annotations – 20 minutes
i. What are memos and how to use memos effectively?
ii. Create links
iii. Create annotations
---- lunch break ----
IV. Attributes/variables - 40 minutes
i. What are attributes (variables) and why are they important?
ii. Create case nodes from your sources with attributes
iii. Attributes in single interviews, groups interviews and focus groups
iv. Use attributes in data analysis
v. How to effectively collect demographic data in your research?
V. Data analysis and exploration – 1 hour
a. Text search query
i. How to run a text search query on all or part of my data?
ii. When to run a text search query?
b. Word frequency query
i. When to run a word frequency query?
ii. Interpret results in various formats (e.g. Word cloud, tree map)
c. Coding query
d. Matrix coding query
i. What kinds of questions does a matrix coding query answer?
ii. Design and interpret matrix coding query results
VI. Visualize your data with models - (optional)
VII. Generate report - (optional)
VIII. Mini-test/practice exercises - 35 minutes
IX. Questions & answers
X. Debrief
--Total time: 6 hours--
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