Blackboard Pilot
Faculty Survey Two

The survey should take from ten to twenty minutes to complete, depending on the level of detail you are able to provide.
Your responses will help us provide better courseware support.
Thanks for your participation!

Computing Experience

Which operating system do you primarily use?

Windows

Macintosh

Other

Which browser do you primarily use for accessing the Internet?
Please select an item from the pull-down menu.

3.	How would you characterize your use of computers and the Web?	Never used	Novice	Intermediate	Proficient	Expert
4.	How would you characterize your use of courseware products (WebCT, Blackboard, Prometheus, First Class, Web Course in a Box, etc.)	Never used	Novice	Intermediate	Proficient	Expert
5.	Which products besides Blackboard have you used to create Web-enhanced or Web-based courses? (Select all that apply.)	None	WebCT	Prometheus	First Class	Other

Please rate Blackboard compared to other courseware products.

No experience with other tools

Strongly prefer other tool

Prefer other tool

No preference

Prefer Blackboard

Strongly prefer Blackboard

7.	Do you have an active course Web site on another server in addition to your Blackboard site?	Yes	No
8.	Which statement best describes how you use Blackboard with another course Web site?	I do not provide navigation between the two sites.	I provide navigation between the two but use Blackboard less.	I provide navigation between the two and use them equally.	I provide navigation between the two but use Blackboard more.	This question is not applicable.
9.	Which of the following types of Web courses best describes your most active Blackboard course?	No Web presence	Web-presence (1-24% on the Web)	Web-enhanced (25-49% on the Web)	Web-centric (50-74% on the Web)	Web course (75-100% on the Web)

Blackboard Questions

1.	I access my Blackboard site	Daily	Frequently	Moderately	Infrequently	Never
2.	I will use Blackboard in subsequent semesters.	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree
3.	I would recommend Blackboard to others.	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree
4.	Blackboard is easy to use.	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree
5.	Support for Blackboard provided by the CIT (Center for Instructional Technologies) is adequate.	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree
6.	The technology is reliable.	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree

Instructional Design Issues

Using Blackboard has positively influenced:

1.	My instructional goals and/or overall instruction	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree
2.	Student-student interactions	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree
3.	Student-faculty interactions	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree
4.	Faculty-faculty interactions	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree
5.	I anticipate the impact on the end-of-semester course-instructor survey as a result of my using Blackboard to be (a):	Strong positive impact	Positive impact	No impact	Negative impact	Strong negative impact

Please rate the following:

How important to you is each of the following features in a courseware product?

1.	Allows guest access to the course	Very important	Important	Neutral	Unimportant	Very unimportant
2.	Has a single logon (like UTEID) for all courses	Very important	Important	Neutral	Unimportant	Very unimportant
3.	Loads students into the course directly from the Registrar's records	Very important	Important	Neutral	Unimportant	Very unimportant
4.	Has the ability to customize the look and feel of the site	Very important	Important	Neutral	Unimportant	Very unimportant
5.	Provides access to the file structure on the server	Very important	Important	Neutral	Unimportant	Very unimportant
6.	Is capable of uploading and downloading a grade book	Very important	Important	Neutral	Unimportant	Very unimportant
7.	Is capable of uploading and downloading quizzes	Very important	Important	Neutral	Unimportant	Very unimportant
8.	Provides accessibility for students with disabilities	Very important	Important	Neutral	Unimportant	Very unimportant
9.	Provides round-the-clock support	Very important	Important	Neutral	Unimportant	Very unimportant
	If you would like to add and rate other features, please enter them in the text box below:
10.		Very important	Important	Neutral	Unimportant	Very unimportant
11.		Very important	Important	Neutral	Unimportant	Very unimportant

Institutional Issues

1.	Have you customized UT Direct?	Yes	No	Don't know
2.	How often do you visit UT Direct?	Daily	Frequently	Moderately	Infrequently	Never
3.	How do you access your Blackboard courses?	From http://courses.utexas.edu	From UT Direct	From both courses.utexas.edu and UT Direct

4.	Choose one funding priority from items listed below:

Reduced workload	Course development time	New computers for faculty
Student computer labs	Faculty support staff	Student support staff
Instructional development support	Additional faculty	Faculty support staff training
Faculty instructional technology training	Departmental support staff	Higher faculty pay
Other (Please enter in text box:)

Blackboard Features and Comments (optional)

Please select a response from the pull-down menus below and provide comments if desired.

*Feature*	*Using Feature?* *Please select response*	*Why or why not?* *Your comments are optional*	*Importance Rating* *Please select response from pull-down menu*	*Ease of Use Rating* *Please select response from pull-down menu*	*Satisfaction Rating* *Please select response from pull-down menu*
1. Post course announcements
2. Post a course syllabus
3. Post contact information for faculty and teaching assistants
4. Post course content
5. Course email tool
6. Discussion board
7. Virtual classroom tool
8. Create student groups
9. Quiz
10. Digital drop box

*Feature*	*Using Feature?* *Please select response*	*Why or why not?* *Your comments are optional*	*Importance Rating* *Please select response from pull-down menu*	*Ease of Use Rating* *Please select response from pull-down menu*	*Satisfaction Rating* *Please select response from pull-down menu*
11. Calendar
12. Grade book
13. Add PowerPoint presentations to my course site
14. Add images to my course site
15. Add audio files to my course site
16. Add movies to my course site
17. Add Word documents to my course site.
18. Add linked HTML files to my course site

19. Please enter your name and e-mail address if you are willing to participate in a Blackboard/courseware focus group.

Name:

Email:

20. Please share any other comments you may have. (Please do not press the enter or return key while adding your comments)

Last reviewed May 11,2001
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