Survey Results

In general, current users of the CS 3604 Web Pages primarily access the site through the Home Page in order to: 1) obtain information related to the class calendar and homework assignments, and 2) use the on-line debate system.  Users find the web pages to be fairly helpful and are able to accomplish their goals using the web pages most of the time.  They like the breadth of information provided by the web pages and report that other courses should probably have pages similar to those provided for CS 3604.  However, users find navigation through the pages to be somewhat difficult.  They generally feel that the pages are poorly organized and have too many unstructured links.

1. Approximately how many times a week do you access the CS 3604 web pages?

Mean
2.18 times a week
Standard Deviation
1.31 times a week
Minimum
1 time a week
Maximum
7 times a week
 
2. Why do you usually access the CS 3604 web pages?
To access:
 
Homework Assignments and/or Class Calendar
65%
On-line Debate Forum
24%
Class Notes
9%
News
2%
 
3. What page do you use as your primary entry point?
Home Page (http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/)
71%
Homework Assignments and/or Class Calendar
13%
Index Page
8%
Other
8%
 
4. What is the most important information included in the CS 3604 web pages?
Homework Assignments and/or Class Calendar
84%
On-Line Debate Forum
7%
Class Notes
4.5%
Other
4.5%
 
5. What do you like most about the CS 3604 web pages?
Breadth of Information
34%
On-Line Debate Forum
18%
Class Calendar
12%
Availability on Internet
9%
Nothing
9%
Class Notes
6%
News/Current Events
3%
Other (i.e. syllabus, index, career page)
9%
 
6. What features/capabilities would you like to see added to the CS 3604 web pages?
Improved Organization
46%
Link to Assignment Page
8%
Search Engine
8%
Grade Posting
8%
None
8%
Dynamic HTML and Java Applets
8%
Bulletin Board and/or Web Chat
6%
More Links and Cross-References
5%
Up-To-Date Announcements
3%
 
7. What aspects of the CS 3604 web pages make them easy to use?
None
37%
Calendar
13%
Index
10%
Download Time/Few Graphics
10%
Formatting
6%
Multiple Links to Same Page
6%
Outside Links/Hotlinks
6%
Availability of the Internet
3%
Cross-References
3%
Home Page
3%
Careers Page
3%
 
8. What information would you like to see added to the CS 3604 web pages?
None
48%
Better Organization/Index
14%
Grade Information
14%
Easy-To-Follow Links
10%
Announcements/New Information Page
7%
More Detailed Class Notes
3.5%
Outside Information
3.5%
 
9. What do you like least about the CS 3604 web pages?
Poor Organization / Difficult Navigation
54%
Amount of Information
17%
Unstructured Links
12%
Page Length
5%
Number of Pages
5%
Number of Links
5%
Aesthetics
2%
 
10. What aspects of the CS 3604 web pages make them difficult to use?
Organization/Navigation
40%
Number of Links
26%
Unstructured Links
19%
Lack of Assignment Page
7.5%
Other
7.5%
 
11. What information would you like to see deleted from the CS 3604 web pages?
Nothing
57%
Information Unrelated to Class or Assignment Links
22%
Old Material
8%
 
12. Do you interact effectively with others using the "on-line debates"? Why or why not?
Yes
74%
No
26%
 
13. Which browser do you use?
Netscape
72%
Internet Explorer
23%
Lynx
5%
 
14. Overall, I find the CS 3604 web pages to be . . .
"Fairly Helpful"
 
Mean
61.34
Standard Deviation
20.08
Minimum
24
Maximum
100

Please note that a rating of 100 corresponds to Extremely Helpful, a rating of 50 corresponds to Somewhat Helpful, and a rating of 0 corresponds to Of No Help At All.

15. Navigating through the CS 3604 web pages is . . .
"Somewhat Difficult"
 
Mean
32.03
Standard Deviation
23.96
Minimum
0
Maximum
100

Please note that a rating of 100 corresponds to Very Easy, a rating of 50 corresponds to Neither Easy Nor Difficult, and a rating of 0 corresponds to Very Difficult.
16. How often do you accomplish your goals when you're using the CS 3604 web pages?
"Most of the Time"
 
Mean
74.87
Standard Deviation
23.30
Minimum
23
Maximum
100

Please note that a rating of 100 corresponds to Always, a rating of 50 corresponds to Sometimes, and a rating of 0 corresponds to Never.

17. Should other courses have web pages similar to those provided for CS 3604?
 "Probably Yes"
 
Mean
66.76
Standard Deviation
31.14
Minimum
0
Maximum
100

Please note that a rating of 100 corresponds to Definitely Yes, a rating of 50 corresponds to Undecided, and a rating of 0 corresponds to Definitely No.

If you are interested in viewing results from other questionnaire surveys conducted with CS 3604 students in the past by Dr. J. A. N. Lee, please follow this link to: http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/support/Evaluations/WWW.Answers.table.html.