In
this survey, you will be asked to respond based on your confidence level
with the statements below. Please use the following rating
scale to respond.
SD
= Strongly Disagree; D = Disagree, N = Neutral, A
= Agree, SA =
Strongly Agree
If
you don't know what a statement means,
choose "Strongly Disagree".
Questions
about using the Internet (Internet Competencies) SD =
Strongly Disagree;D =
Disagree;N
= Neutral;A =
Agree;SA = Strongly
Agree
I
feel confident...
SD
D
N
A
SA
4.
Opening
a web browser (e.g. Netscape or Internet Explorer).
5.
Clicking
on a link to visit a specific web site.
6.
Reading
text from a web site.
7.
Accessing
a specific web site by typing the address (URL) in the browser.
8.
Printing
a web site.
9.
Conducting
an Internet search using search engines (e.g. Yahoo or Google).
10.
Downloading
(saving) an image from a web site to a disk.
11.
Copying
a block of text from a web site and pasting it to a document
in a word processor.
Questions
about using an e-mail system such as Pegasus, Netscape
Mail, or Outlook to communicate with friends, instructors,
or other students SD =
Strongly Disagree;D =
Disagree; N
=
Neutral;A
= Agree;SA=
Strongly Agree
I
feel confident...
SD
D
N
A
SA
12.
Logging
on and off an e-mail system.
13.
Sending an e-mail message to a specific person (one-on-one
interaction).
14.
Sending
one e-mail message to more than one person at the same
time.
15.
Replying
to an e-mail message.
16.
Forwarding
an e-mail message.
17.
Deleting
an e-mail message.
18.
Creating
an address book.
19.
Saving
a file attached to an e-mail message to a local disk and
then viewing the contents of that file.
Questions
about posting a message to a "Discussion Board"
in Blackboard SD =
Strongly Disagree;D =
Disagree;N =
Neutral; A
=
Agree; SA
= Strongly Agree
I
feel confident...
SD
D
N
A
SA
20.
Reading
a message posted on discussion area.
21.
Posting
a new message to discussion area.
22.
Replying to a message posted on discussion area so
all members can view it.
23.
Downloading
(saving) a file from discussion area when needed.
Questions
about chatting in Blackboard SD
= Strongly Disagree;D
= Disagree;N =
Neutral; A
=
Agree; SA
= Strongly Agree
I
feel confident...
SD
D
N
A
SA
24.
Entering a chat room in Blackboard.
25.
Reading messages from one or more members in chat room.
26.
Answering
a message or providing my own message in chat room (one-to-many
interaction).
27.
Interacting
privately with one member in chat room (one-on-one interaction).
Rationale:
This
survey particularly addresses student's competence in operating communication
tools to participate in an online class. This can be used to detect student's
technology levels.
