8. If you own a computer, please answer the following

8a. How old is your computer?      Median= 2 yrs

8b. Type: Desktop 73.0% Laptop 15.9%

8e. Platform Macintosh 10.1% PC/IBM Compatible 83.3% Other 1.0% Don't Know 0.2%

8f. Operating System: Mac <= 7 3.4% Mac 8 4.1% Win 95 33.3% Win 98/NT 44.7% Win 3.1 3.9% Linux 3.6% Other 0.2% Unix 4.3%

8h. Printer None 65 15.7% Dot matrix 6 1.4% Ink Jet 244 58.9% Laser 79 19.1% Other 9 2.2% Don't know 5 1.2%

8k. Hard Drive size: median = 6GB

8l. Space available: median = 3GB

8g. CD ROM Yes 386 93.2% No 18 4.3%

8i. Zip Drive Yes 123 29.7% No 234 56.5% Don't know 42 10.1%

8j. Floppy Drive Yes 380 91.8% No 8 1.9%

9. If the campus expected students to have personal access to a computer that can connect to the Internet, and to this end recommended that students own a computer, would you purchase a new computer (choose one)? 13.2% YES 16.1% MAYBE 3.4% but only if the price were lower than (median $1000). 14.0% YES, but only if the purchase were subsidized by financial aid. 1.5% YES, but only if (fill in the blanks below): 37.1% NO, because 29.4% The one I have is too new. .6% I couldn't afford one. 4.8% I can always borrow one if I need one. 6.7% Other reason

10. When you have a choice, which of the following platforms do you prefer(choose one)? No answer 3.4% Mac 11.7% Windows 81.8% Linux 2.9% PC-Unix 0.6% VMS 0.0% Unix 2.3%

How often do you use an internet connection for class-related activities?

11. ON CAMPUS 12. OFF CAMPUS No answer 5.7% No answer 6.7% 3+ 17.2% 3+ 21.8% 1-2 33.8% 1-2 32.3% <1 42.3% <1 33.1% Don't use 3.8% Don't use 8.8%

13. Speed of primary connection off campus No answer 15.3% < 28.8K 7.8% 28.8K 26.6% 56K 40.0% ISDN 2.3% DSL 3.8% Ethernet 6.9%

14. If each of these services were available to you, how useful (on a scale from 5, "Very useful", to 1, "Wouldn't Use", would you find it:

• Access to docs: Ability to access your electronic documents from anywhere (home, on-campus, lab, traveling.
• Collaborative space: Share electronic file space (students could share and access documents for collaborative projects).
• Ability to submit your assignments electronically to your instructors.
• Obtain assignments and handouts electronically.
• Personal web page
• Campus e-commerce: Obtain and pay for UCD services on-line

15. Which of the following Internet Service Providers do you use from home?

No answer	10.7%
UCD	57.4%
AOL	17.8%
Other	16.8%

16. I would rate my skill and understanding in each of the following areas as:

17. Generally, how did you most often acquire these computer skills? (choose one):

informally 44.9% ask someone 23.1% high school 9.6% UCD class 4.4% non-credit class 0.4%

tutorial 0.4% manual 1.9% job 7.8% other 5.9%

18. When you have questions about using a computer or software for a class,

19.If you have a question relating to course content, what is your preferred way to find help?

20. What are your experiences regarding what you generally do in a UCD classroom?

21. What are you preferences for classroom activities (choose only the one activity that best represents your experience)?

22. What are your preferences with regard to each of the following learning environments?

23. Which of the following methods do you use to communicate when you are working with other students on a class project (check all that apply)?

An average of 51.9% of the classes respondents are enrolled in, have a course web page

27. Of the course web pages you currently use, think of the "worst" one.

28. For any of the course web pages, would it affect your grade if you weren't able to access them for some reason (e.g., there are resources that are only available on the web page and the page is not available because of hardware problems)?

Yes = 51.4%	No = 22.2%

29. How useful would you find the following features on a course web page: