COMP1900 Entry Survey

Number of forms returned: 45

Your current degree course (eg BA , BSc):

BA

5

BA/BSc

4

BAsianStudies

4

BAsianStudies(Thai)/BScience

1

BCommerce

8

BCommerce/Economics

2

BEconomics/BSC

1

BIT/BCommerce

1

BSc

17

BSc(Resource & Environmental Management)

1

BSc/LB

1

Your load:

Full-time

38

Part -time

7

Is this your first year of study at ANU?

Yes

17

No

28

 

Do you own a computer?

Yes

32

No

13

If Yes, what type?

PC

28

Mac

2

Don't Know

1

Pentium 100

1

Do you have access to a computer off-campus?

Yes

40

No

4

Maybe

1

If Yes, what type ?

PC

32

Mac and PC

5

Mac

2

Pentium 100

1

 

 

Word Processing

Have you done any word processing before COMP1900?

Yes

36

No

9

If Yes, using which packages?

Word (various)

19

Word Perfect

7

ClarisWorks

2

Excel J

1

No Response

3

Have you taken a course in word processing?

Yes

9

No

36

If Yes, where did you do the course?

School

6

CIT/TAFE

3

Work

2

 

 

 

How would you rate your knowledge of word processing?

None

1

Little

11.5

Average

21

Good

11

Excellent

0.5

How would you rate your knowledge of Word98?

None

8

Little

16.5

Average

16.5

Good

4

Excellent

0

 

 

Email

Have you used email before COMP1900?

Yes

29

No

16

If Yes, using which packages?

Hotmail

21

Eudora

10

Windows email package/messaging

2

Yahoo

2

AOL

1

BigPond

1

Explorer

1

Lotus CC:Mail

1

Lotus Notes

1

Netscape Communicator

1

Outlook

1

ROCnet mail

1

 

 

Have you taken a course on email?

Yes

2

No

43

If Yes, where did you do the course?

ANU Library

1

Work

1

How would you rate your knowledge of email?

None

10

Little

12

Average

14

Good

7.5

Excellent

1.5

How would you rate your knowledge of Eudora?

None

24

Little

10

Average

10

Good

1

Excellent

0

 

 

PowerPoint

Have you used PowerPoint before COMP1900?

Yes

7

No

37

Don't Know

1

Have you previously taken a course in PowerPoint?

Yes

3

No

42

If Yes, where did you do the course?

School

1

CIT

1

Work

2

How would you rate your knowledge of PowerPoint?

None

32

Little

9

Average

3

Good

1

Excellent

0

 

Spreadsheets

Have you used spreadsheets before COMP1900?

Yes

25

No

19

Don't know

1

If Yes, using which packages?

Excel (various)

17

ClarisWorks

6

Lotus123

3

JMP

1

MSWorks

1

Don't know

3

No Response

2

Have you taken a course in spreadsheets?

Yes

11

No

34

 

 

 

If Yes, where did you do the course?

School

5

CIT

2

INFS1024

1

Work

3

How would you rate your knowledge of spreadsheets?

No Response

1

None

10

Little

19.5

Average

9.5

Good

5

Excellent

0

How would you rate your knowledge of Excel98?

No Response

1

None

16

Little

17.5

Average

7.5

Good

3

Excellent

0

 

Web Browsing

Have you browsed the web (WWW) before COMP1900?

Yes

37

No

8

If Yes, using which browser?

Internet Explorer

23

Netscape

16

Dynamite

1

Don't know

2

No Response

2

Have you taken a course in web browsing?

Yes

2

No

43

If Yes, where did you do the course?

School

2

Women in IT Workshop

1

 

 

 

How would you rate your knowledge of web browsing?

No Response

1

None

7

Little

13.5

Average

14

Good

9.5

Excellent

0

How would you rate your knowledge of Netscape Navigator 4.08?

No Response

1

None

10.5

Little

15.5

Average

14

Good

4

Excellent

0

 

Web Searching

Have you used search engines on the web (WWW) before COMP1900?

Yes

33

No

12

If Yes, using which engines?

Yahoo

27

Alta Vista

9

Excite

4

Hotbot

3

Infoseek

3

Netscape J

2

Looksmart

1

Lycos

1

Napellar

1

Webcrawler

1

Webwombat

1

Didn't specify

4

 

 

 

Have you previously taken a course in web searching?

Yes

2

No

43

No Response

1

If Yes, where did you do the course?

School

2

How would you rate your knowledge of web searching?

No Response

2

None

8

Little

12

Average

15

Good

7

Excellent

1

 

 

Web Page Composition

Have you created a web page before COMP1900?

Yes

2

No

43

If Yes, did you use HTML?

Yes

1

No

1

did you use a composer?

Yes

2

No

0

If Yes, which composer?

Netscape 3.0

1

Don't know

1

 

 

 

Have you taken a course in web page construction?

Yes

2

No

42

No Response

1

If Yes, where did you do the course?

School

1

Women in IT Workshop

1

How would you rate your knowledge of web page construction?

No Response

1

None

41.5

Little

1.5

Average

1

Good

0

Excellent

0

 

 

 

How would you rate your knowledge of Adobe PageMill 3.0?

No Response

1

None

42

Little

2

Average

0

Good

0

Excellent

0

 

EndNote3

Have you previously taken a course in EndNote3?

Yes

0

No

45

If Yes, where did you do the course?

How would you rate your knowledge of EndNote3?

No Response

1

None

41

Little

3

Average

0

Good

0

Excellent

0

 

 

Bibliographical Databases

Have you used bibliographical databases before COMP1900?

Yes

7

No

37

Unsure

2

No Response

1

If Yes, where?

(High) School

3

CIT

2

(Part-time) Work

1

ANU/university

3

How would you rate your knowledge of bibliographical databases?

No Response

2

None

30.5

Little

8.5

Average

3

Good

0

Excellent

0

 

 

 

Areas of interest (for bibliographical databases):

Psychology

2

Science

2

Anthropology

1

Asia/Pacific

1

Biology

1

Chemistry

1

Commerce

1

Economics

1

Japan/Korea

1

Medical Science

1

Microbiology

1

 

Your Comments on COMP1900:

Hope to use COMP1900 as an introductory course to all aspects of computing.

Having only attended two lectures and this being my first lab session it seems a bit early to be asking for comments, but it looks as though it will be interesting and educational thus far.

I'm hoping to be more literate + "able" on computers.

Yes, it does start off terribly basic but I can see it becoming very useful & applicable to a variety of scenarios.

Great idea, provides a much needed start to uni life and essay production. Thank you.

This course will be very useful for a luddite like me because I have been informed that handwritten material either will not be accepted, or will be penalised, in 3rd year subjects.

I think the first lecture confused most of the students.

I hope this unit will help me build confidence in most computer application, especially concerning the internet.

Let's do lots of web page construction, & less word processing.

Looking forward to web page construction.