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Thanks to everyone who took the time to complete the on-line survey directed to everyone who used the Academic Computing Facility in the College of ACES last year. We appreciate your input!
Results of the survey are given below. A representative list of comments is also posted.
Please feel free to contact me at any time with additional comments, suggestions, or questions.
Again, thanks for participating.
Jeana McAllister
ACES Academic Computing Facility
jmac@uiuc.edu
244-0776
Results of the Fall 2007 ACES Academic Computing Facility Survey
| Number of Respondents | 158 |
| 1. What is your University status? | |
| Freshman | 08.23% |
| Sophomore | 13.29% |
| Junior | 20.89% |
| Senior | 24.05% |
| Grad student | 20.25% |
| Faculty/Staff | 10.76% |
| Other | 02.54% |
| 2. What College or School are you affiliated with? | |
| ACES | 70.89% |
| Applied Health Studies | 03.80% |
| College of Business | 03.16% |
| Communications | 01.27% |
| Education | 00.63% |
| Engineering | 01.27% |
| FAA | 03.80% |
| Grad College | 01.90% |
| LAS | 10.76% |
| Vet Med | 01.27% |
| Other | 01.27% |
| 3. Do you have your own personal computer? | |
| Yes | 88.61% |
| No | 11.39% |
| 4. During which part of the year did you use the ACES Academic Computing Facility in 2007? | |
| January-May (Spring semester) | 59.49% |
| June-August (Summer) | 14.56% |
| September-December (Fall semester) | 81.01% |
| 5. Which one of the following statements most closely describes how often you use the ACES Academic Computing Facility? | |
| less than once a semester | 07.59% |
| once a semester | 15.19% |
| once a month | 28.48% |
| once a week | 24.68% |
| two or more times a week | 20.89% |
| once a day | 01.90% |
| more than once a day | 01.27% |
| 6. How often have the ACES ACF workstations (and other equipment) been sufficient to meet your computing needs? | |
| 100% of the time | 71.52% |
| More than 85% of the time | 25.95% |
| 50% of the time or more | 02.53% |
| Less than 50% of the time | 00.00% |
| 7. Please estimate what percentage of your total computer use takes place in the ACES ACF. | |
| 100% of computer use | 02.53% |
| more than 85% of computer use | 01.90% |
| more than 50% of computer use | 04.43% |
| 25% of computer use or more | 17.09% |
| less than 25% of computer use | 74.05% |
| 8. How do you normally use the ACES Academic Computing Facility | |
| to attend class(es) there | 51.90% |
| to do work for an ACES course | 68.99% |
| to do work for a non-ACES course | 36.08% |
| for personal use | 39.24% |
| for other reasons | 17.09% |
| 9. Why do you use the ACES Academic Computing Facility? | |
| convenient facility location | 60.76% |
| convenient hours of operation | 25.32% |
| software that I cannot find at other computer labs | 33.54% |
| printing is less costly than elsewhere | 22.78% |
| instructor suggestion | 20.89% |
| other | 19.62% |
| 10. What software applications have you used in the ACES ACF? | |
| Adobe Acrobat | 41.14% |
| Real Player | 05.70% |
| Windows Media Player | 10.13% |
| Adobe Photoshop | 09.49% |
| Macromedia Dreamweaver | 03.16% |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | 55.70% |
| ArcView | 08.86% |
| ArcGIS | 13.29% |
| SAS | 12.03% |
| SPSS | 04.43% |
| Microsoft Word | 77.85% |
| Star Office Text Document | 00.63% |
| WordPerfect | 01.27% |
| Microsoft Excel | 65.19% |
| Microsoft Access | 26.58% |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | 46.84% |
| Mozilla Firefox | 59.49% |
| Opera | 01.90% |
| Other software | 10.13% |
| 11. Have you ever used the ACES Academic Computing Facility to do Group Work? | |
| Yes | 46.84% |
| No | 53.16% |
| 12. Please rate the fairness of the printing charges at the ACES Academic Computing Facility | |
| Dirt cheap! | 07.59% |
| Inexpensive | 28.48% |
| Fair | 50.63% |
| A little steep… (Pricey) | 12.66% |
| Way too costly! (Exorbitant) | 00.63% |
| 13. Do you find the student Lab Monitors helpful and attentive when you have questions or problems? |
|
| Very helpful and attentive | 48.73% |
| Somewhat helpful and attentive | 32.91% |
| Neither helpful nor unhelpful | 15.19% |
| Somewhat unhelpful and inattentive | 01.90% |
| Very unhelpful and inattentive | 01.27% |
| 14. Please compare the ACES ACF to other computer labs you have visited on campus. |
|
| more "user friendly" | 51.90% |
| about the same | 31.65% |
| Less "user friendly" | 01.27% |
| I don't use other computer labs | 15.19% |
Results from the 2006 ACES ACF Survey
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