ATLAS.ti Mobile for the iPad
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1. Currywurst 4 Quotations Traditions 1 Quotations Figure 21 Moving from the Quotations to the Codes Screen ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH CODES 27 Working With Codes Coding With A New Code You can either add a code directly when creating a quotation or any time later If you enter or modify a code later you need to activate the quotation again In both cases you see the fly out window at the right hand side of the screen with the quotation name on top Press Link Copes in the fly out window to code a quotation To code a quotation with a new code press Create Cope and enter a name Press Done Repeat the process if you want to enter more than one code Codes 2 Type of question Done gt Products b 2 Codes Figure 22 Creating a new code The code s for a quotation are listed in the lower half of the fly out window ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH CODES 28 Previous Quotations Next different academic lt et research and depth understanding Delete Quotation Comment tion only on the 8 only propositions to seek empirical Link Codes 1 Code Type of question 1 Quotations Figure 23 Display of codes Click on the text pane to view the margin area with the coded segment If you do not return to the margin area the selected code will be applied to the next selection you are making without having to create a quotation fi2. Noice Organisation i 1 Quotation The Romans everywhere Noice Figure 30 Changing code properties Alternative At the main project page select the Codes tab at the bottom see Figure 27 L To enter a definition or description for the code tab the commend field ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH CODES 32 To change the color tab on the grey rectangle and choose a color from the palette that opens The Romans everywhere Construction side Noice Figure 31 Change code colors in code pane Display Of Code Colors Code colors show up in various places In the margin ares the code labels in the quotation bars display the selected colors Jerman beer is ais very beautiful 9 German ag with the Sovereignty and public and almost stion of the n all the 0 claim today that Es Figure 32 Display of code colors in the margin In the Code screen Figure 33 each code field hows a small color stripe at the right hand side The code name below a quotation is also displayed in the user defined code color You will also see this in the quotation screen as well as in the fly out window when coding a data segment ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH CODES 33 Workshop Practice 2 Quotations 2 Quotations urich late su Leisure Practice l Perception 00 10 68 00 10 Actor Tom Practice Everday life story Act
3. If you are looking for a particular quotation or quotations that include a particular word enter it into the search field As the quotation names include the full text for text quotations this is a way to quickly search through all tagged material given that you have also entered meaningful names for image audio and video quotations as recommended You can use the Quotation Screen to delete quotations see page 24 ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH QUOTATIONS 26 mn Beer only Fieldnotes 12 9 13 Last Modified 21 11 13 21 57 Created 20 09 13 14 48 by mobile Tap to edit Comment of sausage used and the ingredients Currywurst Your evening out in Berlin contemporary design Currywurst Actor Tom Beer only Currywurst Currywurst Traditions 4 Quotations Public place Traditions Actor Tom Workshop n 1 Quotations German tradition is a Brauhau Perception Zurich late summer Zurich late summer Church Z rich late summer Practice Z rich late summer Ziirich late summer Activities Z rich late summer Figure 20 The Quotation Screen On the right hand side of the screen you see the name of the selected quotation underneath the comment field and below the comment field the list of codes that have been applied to the selected quotation 4 I If you tap on the below in a code field this brings you to the Code Screen see
4. ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL MAIN STEPS IN WORKING WITH ATLAS TI 10 General Steps The following sequence of steps is of course not mandatory but describes a common script Create a project see Creating A New Project on page 11 It serves as an idea container and encloses your data all your findings codes memos and structures under a single name Next add documents text PDF graphic audio and video files to your ATLAS ti project See Adding Documents in page 11 segments in your audio or video file that are of further interest assign key words codes and write comments and memos that contain your thinking about the data See Working With Quotations on page 20 Working With Codes on page 27 Working With Memos on page 35 Compare data segments based on the codes you have assigned possibly add more data files to the project Review your data and retrieve coded segments See Retrieving Coded Quotations on page 33 Export your mobile project to do further work in the desktop version like grouping objects by families sorting and structuring your codes list asking more complex questions using the various analytical tools and build semantic prepositional or terminological networks from the codes you have Read and select text passages or identify areas in an image or select created See Project Export And Import on page 38 ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL START A NEW MOB
5. igure 38 Exporting a project to the Dropbox and it takes a bit longer than saving the project to the iPad document folder ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL PROJECT EXPORT AND IMPORT 39 Accessing Your Project In The Documents Directory To access your project via the Documents Directory connect your iPad to your Mac or PC Wait for iTunes to start Select your IPad from the sidebar Select the Apps tab 3 Scroll down to the Fite SHarina interface Select ATLAS ti from the list of File Sharing applications on the left Select the folder with your project name and click on the Save as button at the bottom of the screen Freigabe Apps Dokumente von ATLAS ti Cy ATLAS ti AudioMemos Downloader gt lt Files Pro Figure 39 List of file sharing applications Accessing Your Project In The Dropbox 3 Open your Dropbox folder and look for the folder Aprs Within the Apps folder you find an ATLAS ti folder and therein a folder that has the same name as your project Importing A Mobile Project To ATLAS ti Desktop Double click on the project folder that you either downloaded from iTunes or the one in your ATLAS ti Dropbox folder Inside the folder you ll find a folder that contains your documents plus your project file compare the explanation provided in the section Project on page 8 ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL PROJECT EXPORT AND IMPORT 40 di documents Dateiordner amp Child
6. If you want to use the photo you will see the Add Document to Project screen Enter a name and tap App To Probect Add A New Video Recording Tap App pocuments and then select the Record Vipeo option This opens the camera of your iPad and you begin to record a video as usual If you like the video tab Use otherwise tab the Retake button If you want to use the video you will see the Add Document to Project screen Enter a name and tap App To ProsecT ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL START A NEW MOBILE PROJECT 17 Add A New Audio Recording Tap the App pocuments option and then select Recorp Aupio This opens the Audio Recorder Close Audio Recorder Done O Figure 8 Audio recorder I Press the Record button To end the recording press you ve guessed it STOP Enter a name for the new audio document Then select Done If you want to use the video you will see the Add Document to Project screen Enter a name and tab on App To Project Documents With Geo Tags If your documents contain geographical information you can view the location where the documents were taken on a map This applies to image and video documents as well as to text documents created in ATLAS ti Prerequisite is that have given the respective apps permission to tag your documents To view the geo location open a document and tab the i next to the project or document name If the document contains a geo tag the map will be di
7. has a name this name is already entered You can accept it or enter a different name Press App To PROJECT Next select the project to which you want to add the document Click on the button New Project if you want to add it to a new project ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL START A NEW MOBILE PROJECT 16 Images and Videos Photo video and drawing apps won t allow sending content directly to other apps Almost all of them allow saving to the Photo Library though So save the images or videos to the Photo Library from the app Switch to ATLAS ti Mobile and add your documents from the Photo Library A second option is to upload documents to a dropbox folder and to import it from there Via An E Mail To Yourself Not all apps support sending documents to other apps For those cases Send the document to yourself via e mail Once you ve received the mail you sent yourself select the document in the Mail program tap and hold it and choose Open In ATLAS ti The Mail program won t allow this for audio video and image documents PDF Some applications may not support sending PDFs to other apps but may allow mailing the PDFs to yourself or uploading them to a dropbox folder Collecting Data Image Audio And Video Files Take A New Photo Tap App pocuments and then select Take PHoro This opens the camera of your Ipad and you can a photo as usual If you like the photo tap Use otherwise tap the Retake button
8. E lt a l k i CU atlas ti ATLAS ti Mobile for iPad User Manual ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL ATLAS ti Mobile User Manual Copyright 2013 by ATLAS ti Scientific Software Development GmbH Berlin All rights reserved Version 182 20131202 Author Dr Susanne Friese QUARC Consulting Programming Design Layout www hypertexxt com Copying or duplicating this manual or any part thereof is a violation of applicable law No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including but not limited to photocopying without written permission from ATLAS ti GmbH Trademarks ATLAS ti is a registered trademark of ATLAS ti Scientific Software Development GmbH Adobe Acrobat is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated Microsoft Windows Excel and other Microsoft products referenced herein are either trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or in other countries Google Earth is a trademark of Google Inc All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned in this document are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL Contents ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL INTRODUCTION 5 Introduction ATLAS ti the powerful workbench for the qualitative analysis of large bodies of textual graphical audio
9. Example text Huge Example text Q W R all U 0 py ON N 7 Figure 37 Writing or editing a memo Deleting Memos On the Memo screen press Ebit Tap the little x in the upper left corner of the memo you want to delete Press Done if you are finished ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL PROJECT EXPORT AND IMPORT 38 Project Export And Import Exporting A Mobile Project To continue your work in the desktop version e g to run more sophisticated analysis to link various objects or to create network views export your Mobile project Two options are available You can export your project to the document directory of your IPad or to a Dropbox account If you export it to the document directory you can download the project from iTunes to your Mac or PC If you upload your project to Dropbox for the first time ATLAS ti Mobile will ask you to enter your access data You can log out from your Dropbox account any time tap the Settings button This is necessary for instance if you want to change the Dropbox account that is linked to your ATLAS ti Mobile app Export A Project Select a project and then tab Export Project Select the destination Documents Directory or Dropsox You will see a progress report If you selected Dropbox as destination the data are uploaded to your Dropbox account thus you need an internet connection Documents Directory Dropbox Uploading to Dropbox 46
10. ILE PROJECT 11 Start A New Mobile Project Creating A New Project 3 Open ATLAS ti Mobile and press the App Provect button Enter a name and press Done Add Project Q Search Projects Done Figure 2 Add a new project Mo a i rey rent TT o Pe res ast de Adding Documents ATLAS ti Mobile supports the following document formats Text PDF image audio and video There are three ways of adding documents to your ATLAS ti Mobile projects e Via App Documents in the app The App Document function offers you to select a photo or video from your camera roll photo stream or any of your albums to record a new audio or video to take a new photo or to create a new text document e Import documents from your Dropbox e Via the Open it button from other apps e Sending yourself a document via Email text and PDF only ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL START A NEW MOBILE PROJECT 12 Tap App Documents and select one of the following options Q Search Documents Add Document New Text Document Record Audio Take Photo Record Video ur evening out in Be Add Photo from Library 05 Add Audio from Library Add Video from Library Import Documents From Dropbox Add Documents From Other Apps Figure 3 Add documents Adding An Existing Document For instance select the option Choose Photo or Video from Libra
11. alysis of text PDF image audio and video files These documents are always stored independently of your ATLAS ti project file This becomes relevant when importing the mobile project to your desktop version In the desktop version the term primary documents or P Docs is used The two terms however refer to the same thing the documents you are analyzing in your project Quotations A quotation is a segment from a document that is interesting or important to the analyst In textual documents a quotation is an arbitrary sequence of characters that can range in size from a single character to a word a sentence a paragraph up to the entire data file Usually quotations are created by the researcher However if repetitive words or phrases are found in the text the auto coding feature can be used to automatically segment these quotations and assign a code to them Auto coding is not yet implemented in ATLAS ti Mobile but may well be in the future Although creation of quotations is almost always part of a broader task free quotations can be created that indicate interesting parts in the primary data for which a meaningful classification has not yet been found Free quotations resemble notes scribbled in the margin of a book ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL MAIN CONCEPTS AND FEATURES Codes Keep code names brief and succinct Use the comment pane for longer elaborations Memos Quotations As Layers Quotations are s
12. an enter a name recommended If you do not enter a name the start and end positions are shown in the quotation list See Retrieving Coded Quotations a Figure 17 Adjusting the length L Tap on the commend field to describe the newly created video segment Adjusting The Size Of Quotations Select a quotation so that the blue handles are shown For text and image quotation tap on the quotation in the margin area so that it becomes active Then double tap Audio or video quotations simply need to be tapped Move the handles to the desired position to modify start and end positions Done ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH QUOTATIONS 24 Deleting Quotations Open a document and select a quotation in the margin area then double click so that the fly out window pops up again OR Select a quotation in the quotation list and select the option SHow IN Document Press DELETE OR Open the Quotation screen by pressing the Quotations tab at the bottom of the screen see Figure 27 Tab Ent next to the search field Select the quotation you want to delete by pressing the red circle and confirm by tabbing the Deere button S of sausage used and the ingredi Currywurst Germany each year Delete Currywurst Actor Tom Figure 18 Deleting quotations 3 When you are finished press Done Navigating Through Your Quotations Load a document To jump from one quotation to the next click on Previou
13. and video data has now received a companion ATLAS ti Mobile for the iPad With this app you can begin to collect and analyze data wherever you are and can take your iPad along Perhaps you want to work on a document while on a long train plane or boat ride Simply add it to an ATLAS ti Mobile project read it write comments and perform coding work You can later import the result in the full desktop program and even merge it with existing an ATLAS ti project Supported file formats are Text PDF images audio and video For details see Adding Documents on page 11 below ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL MAIN CONCEPTS AND FEATURES 6 Main Concepts And Features ATLAS ti Mobile utilizes the same concepts as you know them from your desktop application Primary documents quotations codes and memos If you are not familiar with them yet please read this section The most basic level of an ATLAS ti project consist of the documents that you want to analyze Quotations are your selections from the documents On the next level codes equivalent to tags or keywords are applied to quotations In addition you can write down your thoughts and ideas in comments and memos Comments are always attached to a specific object in ATLAS ti Mobile that would be either quotations or codes Memos are independent objects think of them as pages of a note pad for writing more extended text Documents ATLAS ti mobile supports the an
14. building Activities for children Previous Quotations Next N Delete Quotation Link Codes No Codes Figure 15 Creating an image quotation In the field Quotation Name you can enter a name for the quotation recommended If you do not enter a name the coordinates of the quotation are shown in the quotation list See Retrieving Coded Quotations Tap on the commend field to describe the newly created image quotation Creating Audio Or Video Quotations Hold your finger on the audio wave form and pull it down A quotation is immediately created when you release your finger ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH QUOTATIONS 23 lt Napel illegal tour Sunday morning traffic Gi Previous Quotations Next wie White car Edit Details 00 04 48 ia 00 07 68 1x Normal Add Quotation Figure 16 Display of a video quotation 44 gt To review the segment size tap on the quotation that is drawn over the wave form and select Play As soon as you tap the quotation the start and end position as well as the total length of the quotation are shown at the right hand side of the video main screen ig traffic i Previous Quotations Next To adjust start and end positions use the regular video controls in the main video window Stop the video at the desired position and pull the blue handles to the red line As for image quotation the Quotation Name field is empty and you c
15. ding For practical purposes the length of a code should be restricted and should not be too verbose If textual annotations are what you want you should use quotation comments instead Memos capture your thoughts regarding your data and your project and are an important device for project management and writing up analysis In ATLAS ti Mobile memos are standalone objects Once you transfer your mobile project to the desktop version you can link them to quotations codes and other memos You can sort them according to types method theoretical descriptive etc and group them into families The following library articles are available on memos e http downloads atlasti com library Friese 2009 09 1 pdf ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL MAIN CONCEPTS AND FEATURES 8 Project Your ATLAS ti project consists of two things A project file plus the documents you add to a project Thus the project file itself in most cases does not actually contain your documents You will notice this when exporting your mobile project there will be a project file plus a folder that contains your documents ATLAS ti will know what to do with this file and folder Thus you do not have to be concerned about it the only thing you shouldn t do is to delete the additional folder If you are already familiar with the desktop version of ATLAS ti the exported project is similar to a copy bundle file For those already familiar with ATLAS ti In the de
16. her you can work with the Code Screen to create new codes see page 30 or to delete codes see page 30 Currywurst a Pra ctice 4 Quotations Actor Tom 4 Quotations Tap to edit Comment Church 1 Quotations Activities 2 Quotations Workshop 2 Quotations Last Modified 21 11 13 21 53 Created 15 10 13 11 06 by iPad von Susanne Friese n Zurich late summer Leisure Practice 3 Quotations 10 68 00 10 68 E if Perception 00 10 68 00 0 68 Everday life story g Quotations Actor Lizzy 0 Quotations Traditions 0 Quotations 10 Codes Figure 35 The Codes Screen ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH MEMOS 35 Working With Memos Writing memos is an important task in every phase of the qualitative analysis process The ideas captured in memos are often the pieces of a puzzle that are later put together in the phase of report writing Theory building often associated with building networks also can involve the use of memos Suggested uses for memos 1 To take methodological notes 2 Serve as a bulletin board in team projects 3 As a project planning device 4 A space to write up your analysis Difference Between Memos And Codes Code names are or should be succinct dense descriptors for concepts emerging during the stage of closely studying the data They often reduce complex findings to crisp placeholders and or theoretically relevant co
17. ined earlier in the section Coding With An Existing Code Unlinking Codes Creating New Free Codes You can also create new codes without coding data segments at the same time In order to do this Press the Codes tab at the bottom of the screen to open the Codes screen Documents 8 Quotations 25 Codes 22 LL Memos 1 Figure 27 Accessing code properties l Tab Create Cope at the top left hand side of the screen to enter a new code name Create Code Q Search Edit n z Done Walk 2 Quotations Tap to edit Comment Figure 28 Create new code in code screen Deleting Codes Press the Cones tab at the bottom of the screen to open the Code screen ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH CODES 31 Tap Ent next to the search field All codes display the delete icon in front of the name Tab the icon in front of code that you want to delete and confirm by pressing the Derete button Press Done when your are finished Create Code Q Search Done Route E lo Fun Figure 29 Deleting a code in the code screen Setting Code Colors And Writing Code Definitions There are two ways to access the pane where you can modify code properties When opening the Code list by tabbing on a quotation in a document select a code and click on the i Codes 22 lt Codes 22 Construction side Create Code Q Search f Construction Freedom fe Roman ruins Construction side
18. n tradition is a Brauhaus A place where original German beer is brewed still based on traditional mixture but different at each location This very beautiful Zrxk v brewery shows up each month with a different tasting beer Beer only No German traditional food is served more than you will be able to enjoy Figure 6 Text Search Adding Documents From Other Apps You can add PDF text audio video and image documents from other apps to your ATLAS ti Mobile projects To do so open the app that contains the document you want to add and locate the Open in button by tapping on the top right corner of the document hy downloads atlasti com Ss Db ATLAS ti ATLAS ti Library Ho friese_nl201108 pdf Cisneros_2009 03_17 6 Concepts and Functions Werung friese_nl201108 pdf In iBooks ffnen 4 Tal sae atlas ti In iBooks In PDF Printer Files Pro In ATLAS ti In iPIN ffnen ffnen ffnen ffnen ATLAS ti The True Qualitative Tool Figure 7 Add a document from another app via Open in ATLAS ti You may see the button Open in ATLAS ti or Open in The apps to select from are of course dependent on what you have installed on your iPad So this will look different on your iPad Select one of the two available options You will then be taken back into ATLAS ti Mobile where you can choose a name for the new document If the document already
19. ncepts Beginners often stuff lengthy treatises into a code name blurring the distinction between codes comments and memos and thereby mistaking codes for their more appropriate siblings If you find yourself using more than a few words as code word consider making use of the code comment field to describe the code more extensively or if you have some thoughts on the data segment you are coding write your thoughts into the quotation comment field Like codes memos have names Just like code names a memo s title should be short concise and descriptive Don t confuse the name with its content How Memos And Comments Differ Memos are similar to comments in that both are intended to hold lengthy texts as opposed to codes that are simply naming a concept Comments exclusively belong to one entity They are not displayed separately from the object to which they belong ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH MEMOS 36 Adding Memos The memo screen currently allows you to add edit and to delete memos Press the Memo tab to open the Memo screen Project description Figure 36 Adding a new memo Tap App Memo and enter a name for the new memo Press Done An editor opens Press Font Size to select a larger or smaller font Write your text and press CLose when you are done ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH MEMOS 37 Tiny Example text a Small Example text Medium Example text Large
20. odes listed in the fly out window see Figure 25 Die Tour beginnt Tap to edit Comment Codes 4 Create Code Q Search ide die Demoversion vo _ en des Programms kenn Softwarepakete fiir die AS ti gerade gekauft un Products Programm 2 Quotations len auch auf Sie zutrifft h e Sie konzipiert ser Quick Tour sind thr Act ors ramm zu vermitteln si 7 2 Where 4 Quotations nachen und Ihnen eini 1 Quotations T gt ype of question 2 Quotations Figure 25 Coding with multiple codes To unlink a code from a quotation simply tap it in the list so that it is no longer highlighted It will also disappear from the list in the fly out window Linking Codes To Existing Quotations If you do not code a quotation right away or later want to add more codes or remove some you need to activate the quotation first Tab on the quotation and select the option Edit Details or double click on the quotation bar in the margin area ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH CODES 30 Das Bild der Wissenswerk ba ngais menhang mit ATLAS ti mehr als nur eine lebendige Analogie carmine DI beinhaltet durchweg greifbare Elemente Forschungsmat rial erfordert detailliertes Zerlegen und Neuzusammensetzen Umarbeiten e zu visualisieren und Ihre Ergebnisse mitzuteilen Figure 26 Tab Edit Details if you want to add or modify codes Proceed as expla
21. or Lizzy Traditions Figure 33 Display of code colors in the codes screen Retrieving Coded Quotations lt Community building Q The Code Screen Press the Copes tab at the bottom of the screen Figure 27 Select a code You will see the quotations that have been coded with this code on the right hand side see Figure 33 above To view the quotation in context tap the i This loads the document and the quotation will be displayed in context 2 Quotations Z rich late summer Practice 00 10 68 00 10 68 Everday life story Actor Tom Practice Cop ure 34 Viewing quotations in context To review other quotations also coded with this code you need to go back to the previous screen To do that tap on the project name button at the top left hand side of the screen L To access the Code Screen press the Copes tab at the bottom of the screen The Code Screen lists all codes on the left hand side On the right hand side you see the details for the selected code The name and code color is displayed on top directly below you see the code comment field e g for writing a code definition Below the comment field all quotations coded with this code are listed If you tab on the right arrow of a quotation field this brings you too the Quotation Screen from where you can access the quotation in context see Retrieving Coded Quotations ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH CODES 34 Furt
22. r to find the exact beginning or end of the selection Tap the Create Quotation button that appears above the selected text Your Evening in Berlin Al you Cah th colleague he most interesting cities in the world and there are more thin discover t ount Therefore we are giving you some handpicked tips to en evening with es and friends places where you can eat amp meet and hopefull Surely B Purely Berlin is one of the most interesting cities in the world and there are more things amp places to discover than you can count Therefore we are giving you some handpicked tips to enjoy your evening with colleagues and friendd places where you can eat amp meet and hopefully have some fun Figure 12 Select a text passage A fly out window appears from the right The quotation name is shown at the top By default the content of the quotation is used Tap into the field if you want to rename it ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH QUOTATIONS 21 Previous Quotations Next lt quotation name field Delete Quotation lt quotation comment field Link Codes No Codes Figure 13 Fly out window after creating a quotation In PDF documents you can only select text no images This is different from the desktop version where you can select both Writing Quotation Comments Below the entry Detete Quotation you see a field where you can enter a comment Tap if you want to write
23. ren amp happiness hprx HPRX Datei 17 KB Figure 40 Document folder and project file Open ATLAS ti on your computer and select Prosect Import IMPORT ATLAS tI IPAD PROJECT Go to the folder where your iPad project is stored and select the project file You may not see the file extension hprx if your Windows Explorer is not set to show file extensions A progress bar tells you how far the process has come along Once finished ATLAS ti opens a new HU This HU has the name of your iPad project Alternatively Open ATLAS ti on your PC and drag the project file onto the title bar of the ATLAS ti window You do not need to create a new Hermeneutic Unit first Just drag the file onto the title bar of the currently opened HU ATLAS ti will create a new HU from your iPad project gi documents Children amp happiness hprx New Hermeneutic L Project Edit Documents Quotations Codes Memos Networks Analysis T PU E a Fr a amp P Docs i Quotes No Document drag amp drop the project file onto the title bar to import the Mobile project Figure 41 Importing the Mobile project to ATLAS ti desktop ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL
24. roject and copy it press and hold a word then choose Select All from the menu then select Copy Go back to your ATLAS ti Mobile app and select App Document New Text DOCUMENT document will be loaded immediately Hold down your finger on the top left corner in the new text document and Enter a name for your new text document and press App To Project The wait until you see the Paste button Press the Paste button to insert the text Editing Text Documents When you load a new text document for the first time it will be loaded in edit mode If you do not want to make any changes accidentally press the KeyBoarD Lock button This is especially important when you begin to code the document If you want to make changes unlock the button This automatically activates the keypad Figure 5 Keyboard Lock Keyboard Lock ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL START A NEW MOBILE PROJECT 14 Searching Documents Enter a search term into the search field The first hit is highlighted Tab the next and previous icon to navigate through the document from one hit to the next ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL START A NEW MOBILE PROJECT 15 Next and Previous icons Use to move from one hit to the next Places to go to in Berlin Q place Previous Quotations Next Teacher training Brauhaus in Spandau Neuendorfer StraBe 1 13585 Berlin 11 km www brauhaus spandau de A very typical Germa
25. rst POON ag ON id Neh SN aN SS ence ern a OU pa N gua GSO Qualitative research is a method of inquiry employed in many different academic adi disciplines traditionally in the social sciences but also in market research and further contexts 1 Qualitative researchers aim to gather an in depth understanding of human behavior and the reasons that govern such behavior The qualitative BRERA method investigates the why and how of decision making not just what where when Hence smaller but focused samples are more often used than large samples In the conventional view qualitative methods produce information only on the ai particular cases studied and any more general conclusions are only propositions informed assertions Quantitative methods can then be used to seek empirical support for such research hypotheses Figure 24 Display of codes in the margin area All segments that have been set as quotation are highlighted If segments are overlapping this is indicated by a different shade of the highlight color see Figure 24 The code names are displayed at the top of each quotation box in the margin area ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH CODES 29 Coding With An Existing Code Unlinking Codes You can select multiple codes from the code list by simply tapping on each code The code field turns light blue A second tab removes the selection You also see the selected c
26. ry or Import Documents trom Dropbox Select a document You will be prompted to enter a name or accept the existing one Then press App 10 PROJECT Add Document to Project Add to Project Figure 4 Adding an existing photo ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL START A NEW MOBILE PROJECT 13 The photo will immediately be loaded and you can begin to make selections or to code it Documents from the dropbox need to be downloaded first You see a red line showing the progress If you want to add further documents press the return button that shows the project name Then press App Documents again Adding A New Image Audio Or Video Document Select either of the following options Record Audio Take a Photo Record Video Add Photo Audio or Video from Library Take a new photo or make a new recording After you press Done enter a name and press App Prosect Or After selecting a file from the library from your camera roll photos stream or album enter a name and press Add Project Adding A New Text Document Let s copy some text first before we create the new document You may find some interesting data on the internet using Safari or any other browser on your iPad You may previously have written some notes using any of the note apps or you may have some text stored in Evernotes Anywhere you already have or come across interesting text highlight the section you want to add to your ATLAS ti p
27. s or Next on top of the margin area ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH QUOTATIONS lt Community building Q Your evening out in Berlin Your Evening in Berlin gt Hard Rock Caf Berlin Kurf rstendamm 224 10719 Berlin walking distance Relocated to the heritage protected Bauhaus building on Kurf rstendamm 224 from its original 1992 opening location of Meinekestrasse the new Hard Rock Cafe Berlin features modern architecture with contemporary design Rare pieces of authentic music memorabilia a Rock Shop with limited edition merchandise and Hard Rock s delicious cuisine continue the cafe s world renowned rock tradition With the cafe the iconic Trabi once used as a stage prop for U2 s Zoo TV Tour is the only piece of memorabilia to make the move from the former venue to the new location Figure 19 Navigate through your quotations The Quotation Screen evening with colleagues and friends places where you can eat amp meet and hopefully have some fun 25 Navigate through your quotations Tab Previous and Next Previous Quotations Next Currywurst Actor Tom l To access the Quotation Screen press the Quotations tab at the bottom of the screen The Quotation Screen provides an overview of all quotations you have created On the left hand side you see a list of all quotations sorted by document If a quotation is coded the code is displayed underneath the quotation name
28. sktop version project files are called Hermeneutic Unit HU for short 1 The only exception is if you add text files as internal documents In this case your project file also contains these documents ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL MAIN STEPS IN WORKING WITH ATLAS TI 9 Main Steps In Working With ATLAS ti The diagram below illustrates the main steps of working with ATLAS ti Mobile starting with the creation of a project adding documents identifying interesting things in the data and coding them Memos and comments can be written at any stage of the process Once your data is coded it is ready to be queried ATLAS ti mobile offers simple queries based on a single code For more complex queries you need to import your mobile project to the desktop version The insights gained from working with and querying your data can then be visualized using the ATLAS ti network view function in the desktop version atlas ti Creating a project Adding Identifying relevant documents data segments Coding Creating families Export to ATLAS ti Sorting amp structuring desktop SY Gb Analyzing amp Querying data Developing models amp Visualize Figure 1 Workflow when working with ATLAS ti mobile Some steps must be taken in sequence like creating a project first adding documents and noticing interesting things in your data that you comment on or code But other than that there are no strict rules
29. something about the quotation This could be an initial interpretation an idea you how the quotation might be linked to other pieces of data a more detailed explanation based on context knowledge you have etc If you do not want to enter a code right away tap on the text pane The fly out window disappears You now see a white box in the margin area indicating the length of the quotation Display of quotations Surely Berlin is one of the most interesting cities in the world and there are more things amp places to discover than you can count Therefore we are giving you some handpicked tips to enjoy your evening with colleagues and friends places where you can eat amp meet and hopefully have some fun Display of currently active quotation evening with colleagues and friends places where you can eat amp meet and hopefully have some fun Figure 14 Display of quotations in the margin area Tap to activate a quotation It will be highlighted in a brighter yellow color Double click to make the fly out window to come up again e g if you want to code the quotation or want to edit already linked codes see below Working With Codes on page 27 ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH QUOTATIONS 22 Creating Image Quotations Hold your finger on the image and draw a frame Pull at the blue handles to adjust the size ATLAS ti Mobile immediately creates a quotation from the selection lt Community
30. splayed below the comment pane See Figure 9 ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL START A NEW MOBILE PROJECT 18 Close Market 2 If documents have a geo tag the location can be shown ona Renaming A Document Or Your Project 4 di I If you want to rename your project or a document tab the i next to the project or document name Tab inside to edit name Close Naples 01 31 2012 Figure 10 Editing a project or document name Removing Documents From A Project Open the project so that you see all documents that you have added yo your project Press Epit at the top right All documents show a black circle with an X ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL START A NEW MOBILE PROJECT 19 Children s entertainment 1 0 2 Figure 11 Removing documents Tap the little x in the upper left corner of the document that you want to remove from the project i Press Done to continue to work on your project Saving The Project The project does not have to be saved explicitly All changes are saved immediately ATLAS ti Mobile USER MANUAL WORKING WITH QUOTATIONS 20 Working With Quotations Creating Text Quotations Press and hold over a word within the text segment that you want to select as quotation After around 2 seconds a magnifying glass appears and the word highlighted in blue Drag the blue handles at the beginning and end the desired positions A magnifying bar will appear to make it easie
31. tored inside the project file independent of the document to which they belong Quotations can be regarded as a transparent layer overlaid on top of a document From a technical standpoint a quotation consists of a name and a pair of coordinates that specify the beginning and end of the quotation The content a document is therefore not altered by the creation deletion or modification of quotations Read more about the basics of quotations http downloads atlasti com library Maietta_2009 05_6 pdf The term code is used in many different ways in everyday and professional life First we would like to define what that term means in qualitative research and then in ATLAS ti From a methodological standpoint codes serve a variety of purposes They capture meaning in the data They also serve as handles for specific occurrences in the data that cannot be found by simple text based search techniques Codes are used as classification devices at different levels of abstraction in order to create sets of related information units for the purpose of comparison From a low level tool perspective codes are typically short pieces of text referencing other pieces of text graphical audio or video data Their purpose is to classify a frequently large number of textual or other data units In the realm of information retrieval systems the terms tag index or keyword are often used for what we call code or co
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