36 student surveys received for this course
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| Major (or Dept.): | English: 13 History: 1 Art Studio: 1 Communications: 2 (Communications or Psych: 1) Sociology: 2 Law & Society: 2 Global Studies: 1 Business Economics: 1 Biopsychology: 1 Pre-Biology: 2 Electrical Engineering: 1 Double Majors: English/Philosophy: 1 English/Econ.: 1 Film Studies/Psychology: 1 Electrical Engineering/Business Economics: 1 Undeclared: 4 |
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| Year (if graduate student, year in program): |
Freshmen: 3 |
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| Home Page (if any): |
Students who have personal home pages: 2 |
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| Do you own or have access to a personal computer(s) in your
residence? |
IBM-compatible: 31 Mac: 2 Laptop: 6 Both IBM & Mac: 1 Other: None: |
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| 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 modem: 1 36.6 modem: 1 56 Kps modem: 6 ISDN: DSL: 3 Cable Modem: 12 Dorm Ethernet: 9 No Internet Access from Residence: 3 |
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| Do you have a commercial Internet Service Provider (e.g., AT&T, Earthlink, AOL) Name of ISP: |
AOL: 12 |
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| Do you own a handheld or PDA? | Yes: 4 | |
| Which, if any, computers provided by campus facilities do you use? | None: 11 Instructional Computing, Phelps Hall: 9 Humanities & Social Sciences Computing, Ellison Hall: Humanities & Social Sciences Computing, Humanities Bldg. 1 Kerr Hall: 5 Library Netstations: 16 Other Netstations: 5 English Dept. Transcriptions Studio English Dept. Early Modern Center English Dept. Grad Student Computing Rm. Other: Engineering Dept., UCEN, Residence Hall, ASTO Office, Bookstore, Arts E-Studio |
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| Which operating system(s) do you use? | Windows 95/98: 31 Windows 2000/NT: 8 Mac OS: 2 Unix: 2 Linux: 3 |
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| What word-processing program do you use? | MS Word: 30 MS Works: 4 WordPerfect: 1 Claris Works: 1 Apple Works: 1 |
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| What is your level of Internet experience? | Just E-Mail: 11 Intermediate: 16 Advanced: 9 |
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| What e-mail programs do you use? |
Pine: 10 |
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| Can you send and receive e-mail attachments? | No: 5 Yes: 29 Don't know what this means: 2 |
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| 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: 5 Yes: 21 Not sure: 1 Don't know what this means: 9 |
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| 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: 26 ICQ: 9 IRC: 2 MSN Messenger Service: 2 Yahoo Messenger Service: 1 Jabber/WinJab: 1 None: 7 |
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| Do you have any experience with the following? | E-mail discussion lists: 15 Chat rooms: 24 MOOs: 1 Online games: 19 Online music or video: 28 |
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| What Web browser do you primarily use (add version number if known)? |
Netscape: 9 |
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| Do you have any experience creating Web pages? | None: 24 Beginner: 7 Intermediate: 4 Advanced: 1 |
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| Do you have any experience using graphics or multimedia software? | None: 19 Beginner: 9 Intermediate: 7 Advanced: 1 |
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| Have you previously taken courses that use information technology (other than e-mail)? |
No: 18 |
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| What English Dept. Transcriptions /Literature & Culture of Information courses, if any, have you previously taken? | English 165SS: Scroll to Screen: 1 English 102: Enlightenment Communications: 2 |
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| When you need assistance with computing, who helps you (e.g., a friend, a campus computing support person, a vendor, etc.)? | Friend, roommate, neighbor: 31 Relative: 6 Teacher: Campus technical support person or facility: 1 Vendor technical support: 6 Ex-coworkers or boss in a company: 3 |
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| What technical concerns (hardware or software) do you have in taking this course? | [not tabulated] | |
| Have you ever read a work of hypertext fiction? | Yes: 6 | |
| Have you ever read William Gibson's Neuromancer? | Yes: 2 Other works of "cyberpunk" SF: 7 (including works by Bruce Sterling, William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and related authors) |
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| Have your ever worked in a corporate office: | Yes: 8 | |
| Why are you taking this course? If you are taking it to fill a requirement, which one? | GE requirement: 10 English major lower-division requirement: 4 English major elective requirement: 1 English minor requirement: 7 English major Literature & Culture of Information specialization: 5 Want skills pertinent to IT: 4 Primarily because of interest in topic: 7 Other: 2 |
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