| 2008 Spring Faculty Survey |
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Responses: 356/4427 |
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Question 1: In which school is your primary teaching
appointment? |
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Answer |
Percent |
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Arts and Sciences (Weinberg) |
35.1% |
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Engineering and
Applied Sciences (McCormick) |
18.0% |
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Medicine
(Feinberg) |
8.1% |
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Other |
6.7% |
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Continuing
Studies |
6.5% |
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Graduate School |
5.9% |
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Education and
Social Policy |
5.6% |
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Management
(Kellogg) |
4.2% |
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Communication
(formerly Speech) |
2.8% |
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Law |
2.5% |
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Journalism
(Medill) |
2.0% |
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Music |
1.7% |
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Unanswered |
0.8% |
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Question 2: On which campus do you primarily teach? |
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Answer |
Percent |
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Evanston |
75.8% |
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Chicago |
14.9% |
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Other |
4.5% |
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Teaching time is
evenly distributed between Evanston and Chicago |
3.7% |
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Unanswered |
1.1% |
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Question 3: In the course sites I use I usually have
the role of: |
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Answer |
Percent |
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Instructor |
56.2% |
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Teaching
Assistant |
41.3% |
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Unanswered |
2.5% |
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Question 4: What is your preferred browser? |
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Answer |
Percent |
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Firefox on Windows |
36.8% |
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Internet
Explorer on Windows |
32.0% |
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Firefox on Mac |
14.9% |
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Safari |
10.4% |
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Other |
2.8% |
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Internet
Explorer on Mac |
1.1% |
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Unanswered |
1.1% |
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Netscape on
Windows |
0.8% |
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Netscape on Mac |
0.0% |
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Question 5: How many
quarters or semesters have you used the Course Management System in your
teaching? |
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Answer |
Percent |
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1 quarter or semester |
25.6% |
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2-3 quarters or
semesters |
34.8% |
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4-6 quarters or
semesters |
11.2% |
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More than 6
quarters or semesters |
27.0% |
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Unanswered |
1.4% |
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Question 6: How
frequently do you expect your students to use your Course Management site(s)? |
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Answer |
Percent |
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I use CMS to email my students,
but don't expect students to use it |
10.7% |
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Once a week |
22.2% |
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1-3 times per
week |
43.3% |
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4-6 times per
week |
9.0% |
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Daily |
11.8% |
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Unanswered |
3.1% |
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Question 7: I find the Course Management System easy
to use. |
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Answer |
Percent |
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Strongly Agree |
24.7% |
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Somewhat Agree |
50.8% |
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Neither Agree
nor Disagree |
9.8% |
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Somewhat
Disagree |
8.4% |
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Strongly
Disagree |
3.4% |
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Not Applicable |
0.8% |
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Unanswered |
2.0% |
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Question 8: I am
satisfied with the quality of support I receive from the Course Management
Support Staff (course-management@northwestern.edu or 1-4044). |
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Answer |
Percent |
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Strongly Agree |
30.1% |
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Somewhat Agree |
15.7% |
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Neither Agree
nor Disagree |
6.7% |
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Somewhat
Disagree |
0.0% |
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Strongly
Disagree |
1.1% |
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Not Applicable
(No experience with CMS staff) |
44.7% |
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Unanswered |
1.7% |
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Question 9: The Help and Support (H&S) site is
useful for resolving questions and problems
(http://course-management.northwestern.edu). |
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Answer |
Percent |
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Strongly Agree |
13.5% |
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Somewhat Agree |
22.5% |
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Neither Agree
nor Disagree |
11.0% |
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Somewhat
Disagree |
4.5% |
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Strongly
Disagree |
2.2% |
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Not Applicable
(No experience with the H&S site) |
44.9% |
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Unanswered |
1.4% |
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Question 10: What Course Management features do you
currently use? (Check all that apply) |
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Answer |
Percent |
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E-mail |
80.9% |
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Assignment |
59.8% |
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Gradebook |
52.2% |
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Posting Content |
51.4% |
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Digital Dropbox |
27.8% |
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Discussion Board |
27.0% |
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Groups |
15.4% |
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Quizzes/tests |
14.0% |
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Calender |
10.7% |
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Surveys |
9.0% |
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Safe Assignment |
8.4% |
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Chat/virtual
classroom |
4.8% |
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NUBlog |
3.9% |
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NUWiki |
1.7% |
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Question 11: What other web-based tools or resources
are you using to support your teaching? |
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110 RESPONSES |
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Question 12: Which
statement most accurately describes your use of audio and video streaming
(delivery of video and audio via the Internet) through the Course Management
System? |
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Answer |
Percent |
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I use streamed audio or video
and I am happy with this service. |
12.9% |
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I use streamed
audio or video and I am not happy with this service. |
2.0% |
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I am not
currently using streamed audio or video, but I'm interested in learning more
about this service. |
32.6% |
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I am not
currently using streamed audio or video and do not anticipate using this
service in the future. |
48.6% |
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Unanswered |
3.9% |
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Question 13: How would you like to receive notifications
regarding feature enhancements, system downtime, and other important
updates about the Course Management System? (Check all that apply) |
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Answer |
Percent |
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E-mail |
69.1% |
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Announcements in
the Course Management System |
28.7% |
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On the Help and
Support site (http://course-management.northwestern.edu ) |
12.1% |
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Announcements on
NU Link website |
5.1% |
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Flyers or
hand-outs |
2.0% |
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Question 14: Use the
space below to provide feedback or suggestions about the tools, features and
support staff of the course management system. |
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104 RESPONSES
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