University Educational Technology Survey

This is a survey of your knowledge base of and experience with the technologies and resources available for your use at this University. This provides important information utilized in planning and implementing this and other computer literacy courses and experiences. Please answer each of the survey questions below.

To complete this survey form, for each question select one of the choices that follow each question. In some cases, click the small circle (called a radio button) in front of one of the choices, or click the phrase [select one] next to the triangle to select from a pull down list of choices and drag to your choice. When you are done with all survey questions, remember to click the Send Information button at the bottom of the form.

University Standing

  1. First Name:
    Last Name:

    You are currently enrolled in the course: If your course or workshop is not listed above, please write the title of your course or event below:

  2. You are currently a:
  3. Your certification program is: If your choice is Other/Graduate student, please write the title of your graduate program below:

    Computer Literacy Experiences

  4. Have you taken CS101, WCU's introductory 5 week computer literacy course, or a higher level course that waived the CS101 requirement?
    • No, have not taken CS101;
    • Yes, have taken CS101;
    • Have taken higher level course.
  5. Please estimate your average touch typing speed in words per minute?
  6. Other than CS101 or replacement, how many other courses in High School and College have you taken that provided significant instruction about or significant use of computers and other educational technology?
  7. What is your degree of experience with word processing?
  8. What is your degree of use of a University Library's electronic card catalog system?
  9. What is your degree of use of an email account?
  10. What is your degree of access to personal computers outside of the several University computer labs?
  11. What is your speed of access to computer networking outside of the University labs?
  12. What is your access to email accounts and networks beyond the University campus?
  13. Which choice is closest to your average degree of use of a campus computer lab during the last semester?

    What is your degree of use of these ClarisWorks features:

  14. ClarisWorks word processor
  15. ClarisWorks outlining features
  16. ClarisWorks database
  17. ClarisWorks spreadsheet
  18. ClarisWorks paint
  19. ClarisWorks draw
  20. ClarisWorks newsletter
  21. ClarisWorks presentations

    What is your degree of use of these Microsoft Office suite of applications:

  22. Microsoft Word (word processor)
  23. Microsoft Word outlining features
  24. Microsoft Excel (spreadsheet)
  25. Microsoft PowerPoint (presentations)
  26. Microsoft Access (database)
  27. What is your degree of use of Web browsers, such as Netscape or Internet Explorer?
  28. What is your degree of experience with Web page creation, sometimes called HTML authoring?
  29. What is your degree of use of multimedia clipart as (such as graphics, charts, audio, video or photographs)?
  30. What is your average degree of use of paint and/or draw type programs, such as PhotoShop, to create or modify still images?
  31. What is your degree of experience with scanner?
  32. What is your degree of experience with digitizing audio (sound) using a microphone or sound from a CD, radio or live performance?
  33. What is your degree of experience with digitizing video (from television or videotape)?
  34. How many programming languages can you use to create at least the most basic of computer programs?
  35. How many other applications not mentioned so far in this survey do you feel comfortable using?
    Please list the names of those other applications:

    Educational Curriculum Technology

  36. Do you feel comfortable and competent in using a variety of standard audio-visual (A-V) systems common in today's school buildings? [Such as overhead projector, tape recorders for both play and recording, camcorders, copy machines, slide projectors, videodisc players, etc. As of Fall, 1997, the A-V checkoff program is no longer required.]
    • Yes
    • OK with all but 1 of these.
    • OK with some, but not others.
    • A little.
    • No
  37. What is your degree of use, on average, of the electronic database of educational literature known as ERIC?
  38. Do you know about WCU's North Carolina Computer Literacy Endorsement program that extends your teaching certification to teach computer literacy classes at your certification level.
  39. Have you used the K-12 curriculum guidelines known as the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCSCS).
  40. What is your experience with the state satellite K-12 teaching and inservice system known as the TI-IN or STAR network?

    Please note below any other distance education experiences and delivery system with which you may have had experience:

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