Introduction to Transana

In general, I am considering myself a late adopter of technology, however this semester is a kind of turning point in my life in terms of including more digital tools in my research practice. In my quest for learning CAQDAS, I have found chance to explore various qualitative data analysis software programs including digital tools for writing the literature review and generating data.  Now is the time to learn a new digital tool. This week I am going to be introduced with the Transana.

Based on my search at websites, Transana was first developed by Chris Fassnacht, and is now maintained by David K. Woods at the Wisconsin Center for education research. It is a software package that helps researchers to transcribe and analyze the video and audio data. I have not used any video as a data in my previous research studies, however audio data is always an important component of  them. 

Now, I am very curious about how Transana facilitate the process of managing and analyzing video and audio data. I will see and share my reflection when I start to working on Transana by upcoming Tuesday.