Student Questionnaire

IT Skills for Work-placements

Please ring the appropriate response

A. Do you use a computer?	YES	NO
If YES, what kind is it?
PC	YES	NO
If YES, what operating system? Windows 3.xxx/Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows NT (circle as appropriate)
Macintosh	YES	NO
If YES, what operating system?
Other	YES	NO
If YES, please specify type: What operating system, e.g. Unix?

B. Are you expected to perform basic 'housekeeping' tasks?

YES

If YES, which of the following?

Format disks	YES	NO
Backup, copy and delete files (file maintenance)	YES	NO
Use utilities such as File Manager	YES	NO
Need to be familiar with basic operating commands	YES	NO

C. What kinds of computing task are you expected to carry out?

i. Word-processing

YES

If YES, please give name of package(s)

Would you describe your use as: basic/intermediate/advanced? (delete as appropriate)

ii. Desktop publishing

YES

If YES, please give name of package

Would you describe your use as: basic/intermediate/advanced? (delete as appropriate)

iii. Spreadsheet work

YES

If YES, please give name of package(s)

Would you describe your use as: basic/intermediate/advanced? (delete as appropriate)

iv. Database work

YES

If YES, please give name of package(s)

Would you describe your use as: basic/intermediate/advanced? (delete as appropriate)

v. Presentations

YES

If YES, please give name of package(s)

Would you describe your use as: basic/intermediate/advanced? (delete as appropriate)

vi. Interrogate electronic reference media, e.g. encyclopedias, dictionaries on CD-rom

YES

If YES, please specify which:

vii. Data-entry YES NO

If YES, please give details of the kind of data-entry, e.g. forms, invoices:

viii. E-mail YES NO

If YES, please give name of mail-system and client:

Would you describe your use as: basic (simple e-mails)/more complex (involving file attachments? (delete as appropriate)

ix. Use the World Wide Web	YES	NO
To search for material?	YES	NO
To author material?	YES	NO

x. Fax

YES

xi. Other, e.g. Minitel

YES

If YES, please specify:

D. Where IT is concerned, do you feel you were adequately prepared for your placement? YES NO

If NO, please state briefly what preparation would have helped:

E. If you feel that you have acquired valuable IT skills during your placement, would you welcome the opportunity to gain some formal recognition by means of accreditation? YES NO

F. Would you be prepared to follow an extra optional module to achieve this? YES NO

G. Would you have been prepared to follow an optional extra module prior to going on placement to acquire IT skills? YES NO

If YES, would you have been prepared to pay for it?
YES NO

H. Would it have been useful to have had an introduction to the language of IT in your foreign language prior to going abroad? YES NO

I. Would it have been useful to have been given a reference glossary to take away with you? YES NO

J. Would it have helped to have acquired keyboard skills for your placement? YES NO

If YES, please state whether you would have been prepared to:

attend a free course?
YES NO

pay to attend a course?
YES NO

Please state the maximum you would be prepared to pay £______

K. Would you use self-instructional materials to acquire such skills? YES NO

G. Would you have been prepared to follow an optional extra module prior to going on placement to acquire IT skills?	YES	NO
If YES, would you have been prepared to pay for it?	YES	NO

J. Would it have helped to have acquired keyboard skills for your placement?	YES	NO
If YES, please state whether you would have been prepared to:
attend a free course?	YES	NO
pay to attend a course?	YES	NO
Please state the maximum you would be prepared to pay	£______