TCF389 New Media: Theory & Practice
Interim 1998
Exit Survey and Course Evaluation

Thank you for taking the time and effort to respond to this questionnaire. Please give your most candid and thorough responses to the questions below. Since TCF389 is experimental in both content and form, your responses and opinions will greatly influence how this course is taught in the future.

Rest assured that the information you share here is anonymous. (Now that you're an HTML master, you can check the source to see that no record of who is taking the survey is included.) Moreover, survey responses will not be read until after the grading is completed.

I. On yourself as a participant in TCF389.

1. Class year you just completed (1997-98):

Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Grad

2. Expected grade in this course

A
B
C
D
F

3. Rate the amount of work you did.

Almost None

What Was Assigned

Much More Than Was Asked

4. Rate the level of your involvement in the activities of this course.

Very Uninvolved

OK

Enthusiastically Involved

5. Rate the increase of your knowledge of skills (Web design, computer-mediated communication) from this course.

Not At All

Moderate

A Great Deal

6. What overall rating would you give yourself as a student in this course?

Very Lax & Unprofessional

OK

Very Hardworking & Professional

II. General evaluation.

1. How clear were the course objectives?

Very Unclear

OK

Very Clear

2. How well did the course tutorials and assignments support course objectives?

Poorly

OK

Very Well

3. Rate the amount of reading you were asked to do.

Very light

Appropriate

Very Heavy

4. Rate the amount of class projects you were asked to do.

Very light

Appropriate

Very Heavy

5. Rate the grading of your performance.

Unfair

Don't Know

Fair

6. What overall rating would you give the course?

Very Poor

OK

Excellent

III. Evaluation of course materials, tools and readings.

A. Computer Access

1. Which of the following best describes your level of experience with computer and new media technologies when you began TCF389?

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.

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

Apple Macintosh
Microsoft Windows 3.1 or 3.11
Microsoft Windows95 or NT
Unix
Commodore 64
Babbage Differential Machine
Whatever's handy

3. How did you usually access the Internet/Web in order to do work for this class?

TCF Lab
Communication Reading Room
Another campus computer lab
Home computer & dial-up line
Other

4. List briefly any problems with computer access and /or computer equipment in this class.

B. Readings

1. How often did you print out the readings?

Never

Occasionally

Very Frequently

2. Is having the readings available online more or less desirable than buying and using a photocopied course reader?

Very Undesirable

Doesn't Matter

Very Desirable

3. Using a computer during the exams?

Stupid Idea

Who Cares?

Brilliant Idea

4. Which texts were most useful or thought-provoking in the required readings? That is, which do you recommend be used again in this class? (Check as many as are appropriate.)

Mark Dery, "Culture Jamming"
Julian Dibbell, "A Rape In Cyberspace"
William Gibson, Neuromancer
Harold Rheingold, The Virtual Community
Andrew Ross, "Hacking Away at the Counterculture"
Victor J. Vitanza, CyberReader anthology
Lynda Weinman, Designing Web Graphics .2
Edupage
Internet Tourbus

5. Which texts where least useful or thought-provoking in the required readings? That is, which do you recommend not be used again in this class? (Check as many as are appropriate.)

Mark Dery, "Culture Jamming"
Julian Dibbell, "A Rape In Cyberspace"
William Gibson, Neuromancer
Harold Rheingold, The Virtual Community
Andrew Ross, "Hacking Away at the Counterculture"
Victor J. Vitanza, CyberReader anthology
Lynda Weinman, Designing Web Graphics .2
Edupage
Internet Tourbus

6. Other comments, positive or negative, regarding the readings:

IV. Evaluation of Assignments

1. Which assignments were the most useful--that is, which should definitely be included the next time TCF389 is taught?

Website Reviews
Personal Web Page
Final Web Project
In-Class Tutorials

2. Which assignments were the least useful--that is, should not be included the next time TCF389 is taught?

Website Reviews
Personal Web Page
Final Web Project
In-Class Tutorials

3. Other comments, positive or negative, regarding the assignments. Can you think of other assignments that ought to be included?

If you were designing a course in New Media,
what would you add to or subtract from TCF389's syllabus?

Any final comments you'd like to make to Jeremy Butler?

Comments: Jeremy Butler, jbutler@ua.edu
Form originally created by D.N. Rodowick.
Last updated June 4, 1998.

TCF389 New Media: Theory & Practice
Interim 1998
Exit Survey and Course Evaluation

I. On yourself as a participant in TCF389.

1. Class year you just completed (1997-98):

2. Expected grade in this course

3. Rate the amount of work you did.

4. Rate the level of your involvement in the activities of this course.

5. Rate the increase of your knowledge of skills (Web design, computer-mediated communication) from this course.

6. What overall rating would you give yourself as a student in this course?

II. General evaluation.

1. How clear were the course objectives?

2. How well did the course tutorials and assignments support course objectives?

3. Rate the amount of reading you were asked to do.

4. Rate the amount of class projects you were asked to do.

5. Rate the grading of your performance.

6. What overall rating would you give the course?

III. Evaluation of course materials, tools and readings.

A. Computer Access

1. Which of the following best describes your level of experience with computer and new media technologies when you began TCF389?

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

3. How did you usually access the Internet/Web in order to do work for this class?

4. List briefly any problems with computer access and /or computer equipment in this class.

B. Readings

1. How often did you print out the readings?

2. Is having the readings available online more or less desirable than buying and using a photocopied course reader?

3. Using a computer during the exams?

4. Which texts were most useful or thought-provoking in the required readings? That is, which do you recommend be used again in this class? (Check as many as are appropriate.)

5. Which texts where least useful or thought-provoking in the required readings? That is, which do you recommend not be used again in this class? (Check as many as are appropriate.)

6. Other comments, positive or negative, regarding the readings:

IV. Evaluation of Assignments

1. Which assignments were the most useful--that is, which should definitely be included the next time TCF389 is taught?

2. Which assignments were the least useful--that is, should not be included the next time TCF389 is taught?

3. Other comments, positive or negative, regarding the assignments. Can you think of other assignments that ought to be included?

If you were designing a course in New Media,
what would you add to or subtract from TCF389's syllabus?

Any final comments you'd like to make to Jeremy Butler?

TCF389 New Media: Theory & Practice Interim 1998 Exit Survey and Course Evaluation

I. On yourself as a participant in TCF389.

1. Class year you just completed (1997-98):

2. Expected grade in this course

3. Rate the amount of work you did.

4. Rate the level of your involvement in the activities of this course.

5. Rate the increase of your knowledge of skills (Web design, computer-mediated communication) from this course.

6. What overall rating would you give yourself as a student in this course?

II. General evaluation.

1. How clear were the course objectives?

2. How well did the course tutorials and assignments support course objectives?

3. Rate the amount of reading you were asked to do.

4. Rate the amount of class projects you were asked to do.

5. Rate the grading of your performance.

6. What overall rating would you give the course?

III. Evaluation of course materials, tools and readings.

A. Computer Access

1. Which of the following best describes your level of experience with computer and new media technologies when you began TCF389?

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

3. How did you usually access the Internet/Web in order to do work for this class?

4. List briefly any problems with computer access and /or computer equipment in this class.

B. Readings

1. How often did you print out the readings?

2. Is having the readings available online more or less desirable than buying and using a photocopied course reader?

3. Using a computer during the exams?

4. Which texts were most useful or thought-provoking in the required readings? That is, which do you recommend be used again in this class? (Check as many as are appropriate.)

5. Which texts where least useful or thought-provoking in the required readings? That is, which do you recommend not be used again in this class? (Check as many as are appropriate.)

6. Other comments, positive or negative, regarding the readings:

IV. Evaluation of Assignments

1. Which assignments were the most useful--that is, which should definitely be included the next time TCF389 is taught?

2. Which assignments were the least useful--that is, should not be included the next time TCF389 is taught?

3. Other comments, positive or negative, regarding the assignments. Can you think of other assignments that ought to be included?

If you were designing a course in New Media, what would you add to or subtract from TCF389's syllabus?

Any final comments you'd like to make to Jeremy Butler?

TCF389 New Media: Theory & Practice
Interim 1998
Exit Survey and Course Evaluation

If you were designing a course in New Media,
what would you add to or subtract from TCF389's syllabus?