MAXQDA 24 for Windows and Mac - One Day Express Online Course
Course Syllabus
Course Syllabus
PLEASE NOTE:
--The course will have new AI Assist contents starting in January 2025, and is therefore subject to minor changes.
--Participants who complete my course can receive a 20% discount code to purchase any MAXQDA license within 4 weeks after the course, upon request.
Introduction
MAXQDA is a powerful 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 MAXQDA in their projects right away!
Learning objectives
Instructor
Neville Li
MAXQDA certified trainer and consultant
ATLAS.ti certified trainer and consultant
NVivo trainer and consultant
Email: [email protected] | Phone: 1-604-353-2638
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Website: http://nevilleliresearch.weebly.com
Date: June 28, 2025 (Saturday) Time: 9am-2pm* (US Pacific time - PST)
*This time is suitable for participants in North America (daytime), Western Europe (evening), and elsewhere.
Duration: 5 hours in total including 2 short breaks
Cost: USD$200 per participant (tax included) in US 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 (e.g., credit card) via email. An instructor biography can be found on the research website http://nevilleliresearch.weebly.com. Space is limited. Participants who complete my course can receive a Certificate of Completion with the official MAXQDA logo, upon request.
Technical requirements: Students will need to have a device with MAXQDA 24 or MAXQDA 2022 installed. It can be a purchased full license or a 14 day free trial downloaded from the company’s website. The class is conducted online with a shared screen from the instructor’s computer. This class is suitable for both MAXQDA for Windows and Mac and is designed for the beginner and intermediate levels.
--The course will have new AI Assist contents starting in January 2025, and is therefore subject to minor changes.
--Participants who complete my course can receive a 20% discount code to purchase any MAXQDA license within 4 weeks after the course, upon request.
Introduction
MAXQDA is a powerful 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 MAXQDA in their projects right away!
Learning objectives
- To identify what MAXQDA is and how it is different from other QDA software;
- To learn the basic functions of MAXQDA including creating a project, coding, using visual tools, conducting text retrieval, and creating models for presentations and team meetings;
- To learn in an interactive online learning environment and be able to use MAXQDA in your own projects right after the class.
Instructor
Neville Li
MAXQDA certified trainer and consultant
ATLAS.ti certified trainer and consultant
NVivo trainer and consultant
Email: [email protected] | Phone: 1-604-353-2638
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Website: http://nevilleliresearch.weebly.com
Date: June 28, 2025 (Saturday) Time: 9am-2pm* (US Pacific time - PST)
*This time is suitable for participants in North America (daytime), Western Europe (evening), and elsewhere.
Duration: 5 hours in total including 2 short breaks
Cost: USD$200 per participant (tax included) in US 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 (e.g., credit card) via email. An instructor biography can be found on the research website http://nevilleliresearch.weebly.com. Space is limited. Participants who complete my course can receive a Certificate of Completion with the official MAXQDA logo, upon request.
Technical requirements: Students will need to have a device with MAXQDA 24 or MAXQDA 2022 installed. It can be a purchased full license or a 14 day free trial downloaded from the company’s website. The class is conducted online with a shared screen from the instructor’s computer. This class is suitable for both MAXQDA for Windows and Mac and is designed for the beginner and intermediate levels.
Course Outline
First Half of Course - 2 hours
I. Introduction to MAXQDA
a. PowerPoint presentation –20 minutes
i. What is MAXQDA?
ii. Differences of MAXQDA from other similar software
iii. License options
b. Basics of MAXQDA –10 minutes
i. Understand the user interface
ii. Toolbars and icons
iii. Two windows
iv. Save project and backup
v. Import sources/documents
vi. Create document groups
II. Coding - 1 hour
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. What are coding stripes?
v. Organize a code hierarchy
III. Memos – 20 minutes
i. What are memos and how to use memos effectively?
---- 20 minute break ----
Second Half of Course - 2.5 hours
IV. Variables -20 minutes
i. What are variables (attributes) and why are they important?
ii. Assign variables to documents (setup for data analysis and mixed methods functions)
V. Modeling - Using MAXMaps to visualize your data -20 minutes
i. What are MAXMaps and the pre-made models?
ii. One-case model
iii. One-code model
iv. How to create a New Map?
VI. Data Analysis and Exploration
a. Simple text retrieval – 15 minutes
i. How to run simple text retrievals (coding query)?
ii. How to understand the outcomes?
b. Visual tools – 15 minutes
i. Document portrait
ii. Codeline browser
iii. Word/code clouds
---- 15 minute break ----
VII. Mixed Methods Analysis - 20 minutes
i. What is mixed methods analysis in MAXQDA?
ii. Variable revision
iii. Activation by variable (i.e., how to filter your documents and results?)
VIII. AI Assist - 20 minutes
i. Summarize document/text segments
ii. Code/subcode suggestion
iii. Automatic coding
IX. Teamwork (optional)
X. Practice Exercises/Mini-test (optional)
XI. Questions & Answers
XII. Debrief
First Half of Course - 2 hours
I. Introduction to MAXQDA
a. PowerPoint presentation –20 minutes
i. What is MAXQDA?
ii. Differences of MAXQDA from other similar software
iii. License options
b. Basics of MAXQDA –10 minutes
i. Understand the user interface
ii. Toolbars and icons
iii. Two windows
iv. Save project and backup
v. Import sources/documents
vi. Create document groups
II. Coding - 1 hour
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. What are coding stripes?
v. Organize a code hierarchy
III. Memos – 20 minutes
i. What are memos and how to use memos effectively?
---- 20 minute break ----
Second Half of Course - 2.5 hours
IV. Variables -20 minutes
i. What are variables (attributes) and why are they important?
ii. Assign variables to documents (setup for data analysis and mixed methods functions)
V. Modeling - Using MAXMaps to visualize your data -20 minutes
i. What are MAXMaps and the pre-made models?
ii. One-case model
iii. One-code model
iv. How to create a New Map?
VI. Data Analysis and Exploration
a. Simple text retrieval – 15 minutes
i. How to run simple text retrievals (coding query)?
ii. How to understand the outcomes?
b. Visual tools – 15 minutes
i. Document portrait
ii. Codeline browser
iii. Word/code clouds
---- 15 minute break ----
VII. Mixed Methods Analysis - 20 minutes
i. What is mixed methods analysis in MAXQDA?
ii. Variable revision
iii. Activation by variable (i.e., how to filter your documents and results?)
VIII. AI Assist - 20 minutes
i. Summarize document/text segments
ii. Code/subcode suggestion
iii. Automatic coding
IX. Teamwork (optional)
X. Practice Exercises/Mini-test (optional)
XI. Questions & Answers
XII. Debrief
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