Recurring workshops
Keep a core set of questions across dates. Check whether comments point to changes in pace, materials, or practical exercises.
Turn paper training feedback into your next session’s improvements
Collect ratings and written suggestions at the end of a workshop. Scan your PaperSurvey forms, review the answers, and bring paper and online feedback into one dataset for your training team.
For training providers, workshop facilitators, and learning teams running recurring sessions.
Use your office printer and document scanner. Review the results before you export.
Feedback that helps you improve the next workshop
Use recurring questions to understand the participant experience. Keep session and trainer identifiers with the responses so feedback reaches the right team.
Several trainers or locations
Label each collection batch by session, trainer, and location. Check those labels before comparing groups.
Mixed attendance
Offer printed forms in the room and a web version when useful. Decide how to handle repeated submissions before collecting through both channels.
From the last five minutes of a session to a reviewed dataset
Test the questionnaire and export before the first workshop. Reuse the process for later sessions while keeping collection labels distinct.
Explore the help centerDesign a short feedback form
Start with a template or import questions from Word, PDF, or text. Include ratings and space for a specific suggestion, then generate new PaperSurvey forms.
Prepare session and trainer labels
Use question fields, prefilled values, or response tags appropriate to your workflow. Check the labels in a pilot export and keep the paper batches organized.
Collect, scan, and review
Scan completed PaperSurvey forms and review marks and transcribed comments against their images. Include spot-checks of accepted answers in your review process.
Compare results and plan changes
Export reviewed values to Excel, CSV, or SPSS. Check group sizes and missing answers, then read the comments alongside the ratings before deciding what to change.
Start with a printable course feedback form
This sample from our template library shows how ratings and open questions appear on paper. Adapt the wording to your workshop and generate forms in your own account before collecting responses.
Rehearse the next collection
- Choose the questions that will inform a training decision.
- Generate a few forms and complete them with practice answers.
- Scan, review, and check an export with the colleague who prepares your reports.
You can also start with the Training Feedback Form in our template library. The downloadable dataset below is a separate, synthetic example for exploring coding and analysis.
Course feedback form
Actual printable paper questionnaire
Use this paper templateOpen printable PDFView full template
Customize the template in your account, print your forms, collect answers on paper, then scan the completed sheets.
Keep the work practical for your trainers
Use the equipment you have
Print on ordinary paper and scan with an office document scanner. Test your equipment before the full print run.
Read the reasons behind a score
Review written suggestions alongside rating questions. Handwriting transcription helps reduce typing, with corrections available before analysis.
Share the collection workflow
Use browser access to prepare, upload, and review from different computers. Check the included users and capacity on your chosen plan.
Prepare a useful training debrief
Bring a checked dataset to the people planning your next session. The sample files below let you inspect coding and missing values without creating an account.
Compare like with like
Keep scale direction and wording consistent. Show how many responses each session received and check whether collection methods differed.
Keep comments with their context
Read suggestions alongside the session and rating. Avoid publishing comments that identify participants when reporting group feedback.
Work in your analysis tool
Export to Excel, CSV, or SPSS. Confirm your plan or trial access and check a small export before committing to a full collection.
Inspect a survey dataset before you start
Explore 18 fictional responses across three training sessions and two trainers, with paper and web collection, rating questions, multiple selections, and written comments.
Synthetic example, not customer results. These files illustrate data structure and review decisions. They were prepared from fictional responses, not recognized from completed scans, and do not measure accuracy or processing speed.
Excel workbook
Inspect the response columns in Excel.
Download XLSXCSV dataset
Import the response values into your preferred tool.
Download CSVSPSS dataset
Inspect variables, labels, and missing values in SPSS.
Download SPSS .savFollow the example review
Open the training questionnaire preview below to see the questions behind this dataset. Use the codebook to interpret the fields, then compare the intended answers with the illustrative review log to explore corrections, missing answers, and invalid marks. The questionnaire pictured earlier on this page is a separate template.
- Training questionnaire preview (PDF)
- Download the codebook
- Download the intended answers
- Download the example review log
No account is needed for these downloads. The PDF is marked PREVIEW; generate your own live forms in PaperSurvey before collecting responses and check a pilot export against your analysis requirements. Read the export guide.
Pilot one workshop before rolling out the process
Bring your blank questionnaire and reporting needs. Request a demo and setup quote for your next training round.
A proposed pilot includes
- Review the questionnaire and comment space
- Plan session, trainer, and collection-mode labels
- Test scanning and review with practice responses
- Check the export and handoff to your reporting colleague
Tell us about your collection
Include your session dates, expected forms, pages per questionnaire, handwriting needs, and number of reviewers.
Request a training feedback pilotComplete the short enquiry form. We’ll reply by email and agree on scope and pricing before setup begins.
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Before you print
PaperSurvey reads completed forms generated by PaperSurvey. You can import the questions from an existing document, but completed forms from another system cannot be scanned through this workflow.
Start before your next collection round, and test a few printed copies first.
Prepare for your team’s review
Check how data is stored and processed, and request a Data Processing Agreement when your organization needs one.
Questions before you start
Yes. Both channels can feed the same survey dataset. Decide how to record collection mode and resolve repeated submissions before the session.
PaperSurvey reads forms generated by PaperSurvey. Import the questions from your blank questionnaire and generate new forms before your next workshop; use your existing process for already-completed external forms.
Yes. Keep trainer and session labels with your responses using your chosen fields or tags, and check them in the export. Your reporting team decides how to compare groups and interpret the results.
Yes. Review transcribed comments against the scanned answers and correct them. Test the handwriting styles and languages you expect during your pilot.
No. They contain fictional responses for learning how to structure and inspect a dataset. They do not measure recognition accuracy, processing speed, or customer outcomes.
PaperSurvey also has test grading features. This workflow is for participant feedback about a training session; see our test grading page for answer keys and scoring.