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Course Entrance Survey Results, Fall 2000

6 student surveys received for this graduate seminar

 

Major (or Dept.): English: 6
Year (if graduate student, year in program):

First Year Graduate Student: 4
Second Year Graduate Student: 2

Home Page (if any):

The following students have personal home pages:
Robert Adlington
Jeremy Douglass

Do you own or have access to a personal computer(s) in your residence?
IBM: 5
Mac: 1                                Laptop? 2
None: 1
If you own or have access to a personal computer in your residence, how do you connect to the Internet? less than 28.8 Kps modem:
28.8 Kps modem: 1
56 Kps modem: 3
ISDN
ADSL:
Cable Modem:
Ethernet: 1
Do you have a commercial Internet Service Provider (e.g., AT&T, Earthlink, AOL) Name of ISP:

Dnai.com: 1
Earthlink:
2
No ISP or None Yet: 3

Which, if any, computers provided by campus facilities do you use? None:
Instructional Computing, Phelps Hall:
Humanities & Social Sciences Computing, Ellison Hall: 1
Humanities & Social Sciences Computing, Humanities Bldg. 1
Kerr Hall:
Library Netstations: 2
Other Netstations: 2
English Dept. Transcriptions Studio 4
English Dept. Early Modern Center 1
English Dept. Grad Student Computing Rm. 2
Other: Writing Program, 1
Which operating system(s) do you use? Windows 95/98: 6
Windows NT: 1
Mac OS: 1
Unix:
Linux: 1
What word-processing program do you use? MS Word: 4
WordPerfect: 1
NoteTabPro: 1
Other: 1 unknown


What is your level of Internet experience? Just E-Mail: 1
Intermediate: 3
Advanced: 2
What e-mail programs do you use?

Pine: 2
A POP or IMAP mail client: 4
Unknown: 1

Can you send and receive e-mail attachments? No: 1
Yes: 5
Don't know what this means:
Can you view Adobe Acrobat (".PDF") files (that is, do you have the free Adobe Acrobat reader or browser plug-in on the computer you use)? No:
Yes: 5
Not sure:
Don't know what this means: 1
Which if any "instant messaging" program do you use (e.g., ICQ, AOL's Instant Messenger, etc.; include version number if known)? AOL Instant Messenger:
MSN Messenger Service: 1
Yahoo Messenger Service:
CompuServe:
ICQ: 1
IRC:
None: 4
Do you have any experience with the following? E-mail discussion lists: 5
Chat rooms: 4
MOOs
Online games: 2
Online music or video: 4
What Web browser do you primarily use (add version number if known)?

Netscape: 1
    version if known: [4.x:  1   ] [3.x:      ]
Internet Explorer: 4
    version if known: [5.x:   3] [4.x:      ] [3.x:       ]
Other: Compuserve 2000:
Don't Know or Still To Be Determined: 2

Do you have any experience creating Web pages? None: 2
Beginner: 2
Intermediate: 2
Advanced
Do you have any experience using graphics or multimedia software? None: 2
Beginner: 1
Intermediate: 3
Advanced
Have you previously taken courses that use information technology (other than e-mail)?

No: 3
Yes: 3

What Transcriptions courses, if any, have you previously taken?

Liu, Culture of Information: 2
Other: 1

When you need assistance with computing, who helps you (e.g., a friend, a campus computing support person, a vendor, etc.)? Friend, roommate, neighbor: 4
Relative: 1
Teacher:
Campus technical support person or facility: 1
Vendor technical support: 2
Ex-coworkers in a company tech department: 1
What technical concerns (hardware or software) do you have in taking this course? [not tabulated]
Other comments, if any: [not tabulated]
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