In pursuit of its mandate to enhance veteran fencing in Ontario, the OFA Veteran Committee is undertaking an initial baseline survey of existing and prospective veteran fencers to identify opportunities for improvement and to set priorities for the 2015-2016 and subsequent fencing seasons.
We greatly appreciate your taking 10-15 minutes to complete the survey. Please complete the survey as soon as possible. We will be compiling an interim report to the OFA based on results as of August 31, but are holding the survey open until mid-September after which time we will prepare a comprehensive report.
Please be assured that your individual survey responses will be maintained in complete confidence by futureInnovate, which is supporting the survey on a pro bono basis. Only aggregate data that does not disclose the identity of individual respondents will be made available to the Veterans Committee and OFA.
Based on the response data and other research, the OFA Veterans Committee intends to make comprehensive recommendations to the OFA Board and colleague committees in early September. We also anticipate that we will seek further feedback from veterans as the year progresses, to enable us to measure progress, see what is working and what still needs improvement, and continue to benefit from the input of colleagues.
We look forward to your responses and seeing you on the pistes in the coming season.
Quick start / Table of Contents
1. Registration: This section provides step-by-step instructions on registering to participate in the OFA Veteran Baseline Survey. When prompted for Organization Name, please insert “OFA”.
Browser: For optimum performance, use a reasonably up-to-date standards-compliant web-browser. Javascript and cookies must be turned on. Best viewed with screen resolution of at least 1024×768.
Navigation: Use the “Next”, “Previous” and other navigation buttons at the bottom of each page rather than the back or forward buttons on your web browser.
Timeouts: As a security measure, your session will timeout after 30 minutes of inactivity from the time you last clicked a “Next” button. If your session times out, you will need to logout and login again. In addition to inactivity, timeouts can also be caused by an interruption in network connectivity. You should save your data regularly by clicking “Next”. While your data is saved incrementally each time you click “Next”, there is no automatic save feature on timeout.
To help avoid timeouts:
After 10 minutes of inactivity, the platform will display minutes remaining until timeout near the top of the browser page
After 20 minutes of inactivity, the platform will popup a warning alert. Click “OK” to reset the session timer to 30 minutes
After a timeout, the platform will popup an alert advising you to save any unsaved text input to your clipboard before you re-initiate the login process.
Resuming work on a Survey: If you are not able to complete the survey in a single online session, at any time you may logout, and your input to the last time you clicked “Next” will be saved automatically. You can return later and continue as described in Step 3.2.
Multiple users: Only one individual should be logged into a user account. It is not recommended to have more than one individual logged in on the same user account.
Online Platform Terms and Conditions: Participants should note that they remain bound by the terms and conditions for the online platform.
Step 1.2: Select registration action and enter email address
If you are setting up a new user account, click on “Set up a new account for a first-time user”.
If you already have an account on the futureInnovate platform (for example, if you have previously used the platform in any other capacity), click on “Add this subscription to my existing account” and enter your email address.
Enter your email address in lower-case where prompted
Step 1.3: Supply additional user information as requested
For a new account, you will be asked to provide your name, phone number, organization name, and specify a password. When prompted for “Organization name”, please insert “OFA”.
We recommend that email addresses be specified using lower-case letters only. Provide a secure password that is at least 8 characters in length and includes both letter characters and numerals, and at least one upper case and one lower case character.
Step 1.4: Review and accept Terms and Conditions
You must review the terms and conditions for the online platform, and signify your agreement in order to proceed further. The agreement gives permission to futureInnovate to use the data you provide, on condition that your identity and the confidentiality of individual responses will be maintained. Only aggregate data that does not disclose the identity of individual respondents will be made available to the Veterans Committee and OFA.
You will need to supply your userid (i.e., your email address) and the password you specified on registration.
Passwords are case-specific.
Ensure that you use the above URL to login. If you set a bookmark for subsequent logins, ensure that your bookmark contains only the URL specified above.
Step 2.2: Specify Service
After logging in, select the “OFA Vet Committee Survey Service” service using the pulldown menu. Click “Next” to proceed to the Main Menu.
Begin from the Main Menu. On the Main Menu, you may specify a larger font size. Alternatively, most browsers will let you increase or decrease font size.
Step 3.1: Complete Part 1
The survey is completed in a single Part, but with questions grouped in 7 sections:
A. Demographics
B. Why you participate in veteran fencing
C. Involvement in club activities
D. Involvement in veteran tournaments
E. Potential initiatives for 2015-2016 season
F. Involvement in provincial, national and international tournaments
G. Other suggestions or issues
From the Main Menu, select “Create New Survey Response”. On the subsequent page, select the Organization Name you provided on registration, click “Part 1” and then click Next. You will see the initial group of questions. Complete each answer and click “Next”. Your data is saved incrementally each time you click “Next”. All questions require a response. If you need to gather information to provide an accurate response, we suggest you provide a temporary “placeholder” answer and come back later to update that response (see 3.2 below).
Repeat this process for each of the other groups of questions. After responding to all questions, click “Next” to return to the Main Menu.
Step 3.2: Finish or Edit/Update an Survey
If you need to logout before completing your survey, you may login again, select “Finish Incomplete Survey” from the Main Menu, then select the Part you wish to complete. The platform will take you to the first unanswered question.
Alternatively, if you have completed the survey and wish to edit your responses, select “Update Completed Survey” from the Main Menu, then select the Part you wish to update. Then select the specific question you wish to update.
In your support request, it is important to indicate, by reference to the above instructions, the specific step with which you are having difficulty, and include any error messages or system alerts. To help us respond quickly to your issue, please ensure that the phrase “OFA Help” appears in the subject line of your email. Note that solutions to common issues may be found on the futureInnovate Frequently-Asked Questions site.