Nvivo Masterclass OFFICIAL: Qualitative Analysis Using Nvivo

Create your first sample qualitative Nvivo project, manage multiple file types, and explore collaboration, naming, language options, auto save, and project recovery.

Discover how to create a blank project, explore inbuilt Nvivo sample projects, and navigate between the Nvivo interface and the project screen using auto coding for qualitative data analysis.

Explore the Nvivo interface, including the quick access bar and project screen. Learn to open existing and cloud projects, and navigate profiles, learning resources, and the Nvivo community.

Explore the Nvivo interface, including quick access, import options for diverse data sources, open coding and organizing codes, case classifications, notes, sets, queries, visualizations, and collaboration features for qualitative analysis.

Import and organize unstructured qualitative data in Nvivo, including documents, images, audio, video, pdf files, web pages, and references from diverse sources.

Explore the import data tab in Nvivo, understanding file, file classification, and externals. Learn how classification enables comparisons and how externals link sources like Google Books for analysis.

Organize your data in Nvivo by creating folders and subfolders for articles, interviews, audio, images, social data, surveys, videos, and web pages.

Learn to import word and pdf documents in Nvivo, create cases and classifications, and code text segments with references for qualitative analysis.

Import pdf documents in Nvivo by right-clicking the articles folder, selecting import items, and importing all articles; note there are no codes or references yet.

Import images in Nvivo by using import items from your image folder, importing images into the project; these images are not cases, and you can preview and later code segments.

Learn how to import an audio file in Nvivo by selecting the folder, importing, and previewing the waveform before playing, with later transcribing or coding of audio segments.

Import video files into Nvivo by selecting a folder, right-clicking to import, verify playback, view transcripts linked to video or audio, and troubleshoot with the K-Lite codec if needed.

Learn how to import web pages into Nvivo by converting HTML to PDF, preserving formatting, and importing the PDF documents for analysis and coding.

Import an HTML page into Nvivo using the end capture plugin, then import the downloaded page, and compare it with PDF print for clearer text suitable for coding.

Learn to import social network data into Nvivo using the End Capture plugin for Chrome, manage extensions, and prepare accounts to enable data import for qualitative analysis.

Import Twitter data in Nvivo and capture LinkedIn data as web pages using end capture, with advanced search, language filters, and hashtags to study Covid-19 humor by medical professionals.

Learn to export bibliographic data from EndNote, Mendeley, and Zotero, and import it into Nvivo as XML, and to understand how PDFs determine placement in files versus external folders.

Demonstrate exporting Mendeley bibliographic data to a RIS file and importing it into Nvivo, handling pdf attachments, metadata, and potential compatibility issues during import.

Learn to import bibliographic data from Zotero into Nvivo, export the library as RIS, manage bibliographic and external folders, and attach PDFs to open-access articles for accurate metadata import.

Discover how to import qualitative survey data into Nvivo by formatting Excel so the first row lists questions and metadata like case IDs, gender, and experience, rating-scale and text responses.

Import survey data into Nvivo from Excel or text files, including Qualtrics and SurveyMonkey, and define cases, attributes, and codes, including open and closed ended questions.

Learn how to define and classify cases in qualitative research, assign attributes to participants, and prepare data for group comparisons on humor use among doctors and nurses.

Identify what constitutes a case in nvivo, distinguish case classification from case attributes, and learn to assign documents, classifications, and attributes for individuals, groups, or organizations.

Create cases in Nvivo for each interview, assign files and references to those cases through coding by cases, and manage case properties while linking multiple documents and utterances.

Learn to create case classifications and attributes in Nvivo, define interviewee occupation and gender, and assign these attributes to cases for organized qualitative analysis.

Learn how to code cases in Nvivo manually and via auto coding, linking text segments and documents to individual interviewees like Nurse Rekha or Doctor Bhargava.

Learn to auto code a case in Nvivo using the auto code wizard, by speaker name, style, or structure, ensuring uniform references and refining uncoded items.

Learn to edit and organize codes in Nvivo by renaming, deleting, and merging codes, reorganizing code hierarchies, and efficiently assigning references through drag-and-drop and code selection.

Identify in vivo coding as the practice of using exact text segments as codes in qualitative analysis, yielding grounded in data concepts and rapid coding in Nvivo.

Examine how coding stripes visualize coded text in Nvivo, link to coding density, and learn to activate, color, and highlight coded references across documents.

Explore coding density in qualitative analysis, learning how to identify and visualize densely coded text segments, like challenges or severity, to reveal core themes in Nvivo.

Explore memos and annotations in Nvivo, learn how memos differ as comments on codes or documents, and create, link, and organize memos for documents and supervisor reviews.

Learn practical and theoretical approaches to qualitative coding in Nvivo, practice coding interviews, audio and video data, and build a foundation for developing qualitative theories and frameworks.

Learn how coding turns qualitative data into themes by labeling text segments with codes in Nvivo, using grief and empathy as examples.

Explore inductive and deductive approaches to qualitative coding, from bottom-up grounded theory to top-down analysis, and learn a flexible noticing, collecting, thinking framework for Nvivo.

Code different document types in Nvivo, including images, word, HTML, audio, and video, and organize files into folders to reveal themes and relationships.

Open a word document in Nvivo, read and select text segments, then apply codes to create references. See how overwhelmed codes link segments across documents and display in coding stripes.

Code an audio file in Nvivo by transcribing or coding directly on the audio timeline, applying codes like high transmissibility and severity, using inductive or deductive approaches for coding.

Learn to code a video file in NVivo by selecting segments, applying codes like severity, and creating nested codes such as state government under stakeholder effort.

Code an image in Nvivo by creating a top-level emotions code with hopelessness and a nested humor code, and view coding stripes.

Explore how to transcribe audio or video interviews into text in Nvivo, improve accuracy, and use transcription controls. Prepare your data and practice with your own data or example files.

Explore how to use Nvivo's transcription interface, compare manual and AI-based transcription, and understand time stamps and editing controls for qualitative data analysis.

Explore three play modes in NVivo transcription: normal, transcribe, and synchronize, learning how audio controls support previewing, transcription, and aligning spoken statements with transcripts.

Explore how the loop feature in transcription works in Nvivo’s play mode, replaying media from the beginning after it ends.

Explore Nvivo transcription controls, including go to start, go to end, skip back and forward intervals, and skip back on play in transcribe mode, to improve audio and video transcription.

Learn how to use rewind and fast forward in Nvivo to skip portions of audio and speed up transcription, making your analysis more efficient.

Increase or decrease the audio level and adjust the player speed in Nvivo to improve transcription from field interviews and focus groups with varying mic proximity and noise.

Explore Nvivo's play speed controls to tailor audio playback for precise transcription, balancing comprehension and typing speed, with options from 50% to 120% and quick presets.

Master Nvivo transcription by using play, pause, and stop hotkeys, label interviewer and participant, and compare manual versus automatic transcription in Nvivo Cloud.

Master Nvivo transcribe mode: use stop to generate timestamps, and start in the timestamp column. Learn to handle music segments and compare Nvivo version differences.

Export your Nvivo transcript to Word documents, pdf files, or html, with timestamps and row numbers, and optionally include the audio file for sharing with your team.

Explore how to use Nvivo's automated transcription to convert audio to text with an AI-powered cloud workflow, including setup, language selection, trial options, and editing transcripts for accurate qualitative analysis.

Export automated Nvivo transcriptions as txt or docx, review a three-column file with speaker, timestamp, and beginning time, and prepare it for coding in Nvivo.

Learn to import a transcript and sync it with an audio file in Nvivo by mapping fields and using synchronize to highlight the matching segments.

Compare verbatim, clean, and edited transcription styles and apply them to legal, research, or public contexts to preserve accuracy or readability.

Explore guidelines for transcription that preserve meaning in qualitative interviews by balancing verbatim text with non-textual cues, and organize metadata, storage, and usage practices for clear, future-ready transcripts.

apply transcription metadata guidelines covering text formatting (Arial, 10pt, one-inch margins) and essential identifiers (participant, interviewer IDs) with GPS coordinates, date, confidentiality, and start/end times, including focus groups.

Master verbatim transcription guidelines, capturing non-verbals in parentheses and preserving speaker wordings without edits. Learn how to handle mispronunciations, fillers, repetitions, inaudibles, and crosstalk.

Learn how to transcribe pauses in qualitative interviews using ellipses, distinguishing short pauses under five seconds and long pauses over five, with proper formatting rules and examples for Nvivo transcription.

Learn how to indicate doubtful or questionable text during transcription by enclosing it in parentheses and prefixing and suffixing with a question mark, as demonstrated with the Milan example.

Identify sensitive information in transcripts and protect privacy by coding personal identifiers with two point symbols at both ends, and use equal signs when you need to show identifiers.

Proofread transcripts with a professional or teammate; apply a three-pass per stage policy: listen to the audio thrice and match it to the text, audit with the interviewer when possible.

Learn why starting with a mind map in Nvivo qualitative projects helps conceptualize a priori models, brainstorm with your team, and test relationships before coding.

Compare project maps, mind maps, and concept maps to understand their purposes, coding potential, and their roles on inductive and deductive continua in Nvivo for thematic analysis or grounded theory.