TCF389 New Media: Theory & Practice
Interim 1998
Entry Survey

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Personal Info

                            Name: 
           Local Mailing Address: 
                     Local Phone: (205) 
Student ID# - Last 4 Digits Only: XXXX-XX-
                   Email Address: 
                Personal Web URL: 

General Info

1. What is your major?

2. How does this class fit in your major?

Major Requirement
Free Elective
Other Degree Requirement
Uncertain

3. Which class year did you just complete (1997-98)?

Freshperson
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Graduate
Part-Time Matriculated

Computer Info

4. Which of the following best describes your level of experience with computer and new media technologies?

Been there, done that (I am a new media god).
Can I rebuild your computer for you?
I can get by, but really want to learn more.
I'm just getting started.
Computers are spawn of the devil.

5. Which type of computer do you most often use?

Apple Macintosh
Microsoft Windows 3.x (or WindowsNT 3.x)
Microsoft Windows95 (or Windows NT 4.x)
Unix
Whatever's handy

6. Do you have a computer at home? If so, what type?

Yes No
Home computer type:

7. Which type of e-mail software do you most often use?

America Online
cc:Mail
CMS Mail (UA1VM's mail program)
Eudora
Microsoft Internet Mail or Outlook Express
Netscape Messenger (Navigator/Communicator)
Pegasus Mail (PMail)
Pine (Unix)
Don't know its name.

7. Which of the following kinds of programs can you use comfortably? (Please check all that apply; and don't worry if you've never heard of some of them. That's what we're here to teach you!)

Word processing (e.g., Word, WordPerfect).
Graphics (e.g., Photoshop, Freehand, Pagemaker, Quark).
Web browsers for surfing the net (e.g., Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer).
HTML editors for creating Web pages (e.g., Frontpage, Netscape Navigator Gold, Hot Dog).
Other Internet client programs (e.g., FTP, Telnet, IRC, Usenet).
Nonlinear (digital) video editing systems (e.g., Media 100, Avid, Premiere).
Nonlinear (digital) audio editing systems (e.g., Sound Forge).
Programming languages (e.g., VisualBASIC, C++, Perl).

8. For each of the following statements, please check the box that best describes your level of experience:

a. I know how to use Web search engines (e.g., Yahoo, Hotbot and Alta Vista) . . .

very well.
somewhat.
not at all.

b. I can use my e-mail account . . .

very well.
somewhat.
not at all.

c. I know how to download graphics and text from the Web. . .

very well.
somewhat.
not at all.

d. I know how to use a scanner . . .

very well.
somewhat.
not at all.

e. I can write HTML code . . .

very well.
somewhat.
not at all.

9. Are there particular skills or software (related to new media, the Internet and/or the World Wide Web) we haven't mentioned that you'd like to learn in this course? If so, please list them here.

You may also use this space to include any comments to Jeremy Butler.