36 student surveys received for this undergraduate course (For an interesting comparison between graduate and undergraduate access to technology, see the survey results for a graduate Transcriptions course in Winter 2000) |
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| Major (or Dept.): |
English: 8 |
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| Year (if graduate student, year in program): |
Senior: 19 |
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| Home Page (if any): |
No students mentioned having a home page. |
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| Do you own or have access to a personal computer(s) in your
residence? |
IBM: 29 Mac: 4 Laptop? 7 None: 4 |
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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: 1 28.8 Kps modem: 7 56 Kps modem: 10 ISDN ADSL Cable Modem: 1 Ethernet: 5 |
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| Do you have a commercial Internet Service Provider (e.g., AT&T, Earthlink, AOL) Name of ISP: |
23 students have a commercial ISP. ISPs are: AOL: 10Earthlink: 2 MSN: 2 Mindspring: 1 GTEnet: 2 MCI Worldcom: 1 Netzero.com: 1 JPSnet: 1 CNM: 1 AT&T: 2 Juno: 1 Compaq.com: 1 |
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| Which, if any, computers provided by campus facilities do you use? | None: 9 Instructional Computing, Phelps Hall: 16 Humanities & Social Sciences Computing, Ellison Hall:1 Humanities & Social Sciences Computing, Humanities Bldg.1 Engineering I: 3 Kerr Hall: 4 Library Netstations: 12 Other Netstations: 4 English Dept. Transcriptions Studio English Dept. Early Modern Center English Dept. Grad Student Computing Rm. 1 Other: UCEN: 1, CAD Lab: 2 |
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| Which operating system(s) do you use? | Windows 95/98: 30 Windows NT: 4 Mac OS: 3 Unix: 4 Linux: 1 |
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| What word-processing program do you use? | MS Word: 27 WordPerfect: 4 MSWorks: 2 Notepad: 1 StarOffice: 1 Lotus: 1 MSPublisher: 1 AppleWorks: 1 Office2000: 1 |
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| What is your level of Internet experience? | Just E-Mail: 8 Intermediate: 19 Advanced: 8 None |
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| What e-mail programs do you use? | Pine: 15 A POP or IMAP mail client: 15 |
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| Can you send and receive e-mail attachments? | No: 8 Yes: 22 Don't know what this means: 6 |
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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: 12 Yes: 19 Don't know what this means: 6 |
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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: 7 AIM: 1 Yahoo Messenger Service: 1 Mirc: 1 ICQ: 7 Smitch: 1 98A: 2 Beta: 2 None: 15 |
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| Do you have any experience with the following? | E-mail discussion lists: 13 Chat rooms: 19 MOOs 1 Online games: 13 Online music or video: MP3, streaming media, etc.: 16 |
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| What Web browser do you primarily use (add version number if known)? | Netscape: 19 version if known: [4.x: 10 ] [5.x: 2 ] Internet Explorer: 18 version if known: [5.x: 9 ] [4.x: 6 ] Other: AOL: 3 |
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| Do you have any experience creating Web pages? | None: 24 Beginner: 7 Intermediate: 3 Advanced: 2 |
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| Do you have any experience using graphics or multimedia software? | None: 18 Beginner: 10 Intermediate: 5 Advanced: 3 |
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| Have you previously taken courses that use information technology (other than e-mail)? |
No: 25 |
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| What Transcriptions courses, if any, have you previously taken? | English 162ci: 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: 22 Relative: 7 Teaching Assistant: 1 Campus technial support person or facility: 6 Vendor technial support: 4 Self: 1 |
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| What technical concerns (hardware or software) do you have in taking this course? | ||
| Other comments, if any: | [not tabulated] | |
