Please take 5 to 10 minutes to complete the following survey.
Our study examines CoNote and its use and effectiveness in the classroom. Your individual answers are completely confidential and will NOT be shared with CS130 professors or any other teaching staff. We appreciate your time and assistance.
The first series of questions refers to information about you. Please mark or write in the answer that is the most appropriate in describing you.
1. NAME
2. CS130 ID NUMBER
3. What is your classification (e.g. Freshman, Grad, etc.)
4. What is your major?
5. Are you male or female?
6. Why are you taking this class?
7. Do you own your own computer?
( )Yes
( )No
If "Yes", what kind?
8. How experienced do you feel you are with computer networks?
Please place an X in the () before the answer that most closely approximates your experience.
( )Very experienced
( )Somewhat experienced
( )Somewhat inexperienced
( )Completely inexperienced
THE NEXT SET OF QUESTIONS REFER TO YOUR USE OF COMPUTER NETWORK APPLICATIONS
9. How often do you use the following?
Possible responses are 1. Don't use, 2. Use sometimes, 3. Use daily.
Please mark your answer of 1,2, or 3 in each ( ) below.
( )Library resources
( )Chat
( )Just the Facts
( )Usenet News
( )World Wide Web
10. How competent do you feel as a computer programmer?
( )Very competent
( )Somewhat competent
( )Somewhat incompetent
( )Very incompetent
11. How competent do you feel about designing software?
( )Very competent
( )Somewhat competent
( )Somewhat incompetent
( )Very incompetent
FINALLY, YOU HAVE BEEN USING CO-NOTE IN THIS CLASS AS A WAY OF RESPONDING TO OTHER STUDENTS' WORK. THESE QUESTIONS RELATE TO THAT USE.
1. Had you used CoNote before (in other classes)?
( )Yes
( )No
If so, please describe how you have used it.
2. Have you found CoNote to be (please make an X in the ( ) before your chosen response)
( )Easy to use
( )Neither easy to use nor hard to use
( )Hard to use
3. Have you used CoNote to make the required comments on other students’ projects?
( )Yes
( )No
4. Have you used CoNote to make comments on other students’ projects that were
NOT required?
( )Yes
( )No
5. Have you read all of the CoNote comments made regarding your projects?
( )Yes
( )No
6. What difference did CoNote make in YOUR design of the class projects?
7. Did you find using CoNote to evaluate other students' work made you think more about your own work?
( )Yes
( )No
In what way?
8. Why do you think YOU were required to use CoNote in this class? (Please list all reasons you can think of)
Write your answer here:
9. Do you think using CoNote helped you to design a better web site?
( )Yes
( )No
If "Yes," in what ways?
10. Do you think using CoNote helped you to learn the course material in CS130?
( )Yes
( )No
If "Yes," in what ways?
11. Do you think other courses could use CoNote to help students learn?
( )Yes
( )No
If "Yes," in what ways?
12. How helpful did you find the various CoNote resources accessed through the CS130 web site?
Please ORDER the resources by helpfulness by placing a 1 in front of the most helpful, a 2 in front of the next most helpful, etc.
( ) Comments from other students
( ) CoNote exchange, "Graphics" topic
( ) CoNote exchange, "JS and HTML" topic
( ) CoNote Exchange, "Publishing" topic
13. Do you think that other students read your comments on their projects?
( )Yes
( )No
If "Yes," do you think your comments were helpful to them in their design? Why?
14. How would you rate the effort that you put into using CoNote this semester?
( ) I put in a great deal of effort
( ) I put in an average amount of effort
( ) I did not put in very much effort
15. If CoNote had been used differently, would it have made a difference in how much you learned in this class?
( )Yes
( )No
If "yes," how could it have been used differently?
16. What features would you add to CoNote to improve its effectiveness?
17. What design changes would you make to CoNote to simplify its use?
18. Finally, we’d appreciate any other comments that you have about CoNote or this survey.