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IMS Training Fall 2007 - Course Evaluation
Please fill in this course evaluation. You can submit it before you come for the final exam. If not, you will be asked to do it after you complete your final exam. This evaluation is absolutely confidential. Thank you!
Q1) How would you describe your experience with computers and technology in general prior to IMS Training?
A1)	a) I didn't have any experience with computers or technology in general. b) My experience was limited. c) I had some experience. d) I had a lot of experience.
If your answer to question 1 was a) or b) please also answer the following question. If not, please move on to Question 2:
Q1A) Having in mind the contents and the pace of the course, did you feel that the course was appropriately designed to accommodate people like you with limited computer experience or did you feel like the course was trying to build on prior knowledge?
A1A)	I feel that the course was appropriate for people with limited experience I feel that sometimes people's understanding of the course required prior experience. I feel that the course was designed only for people with prior experience and it was hard for me to keep up and understand the material that was introduced.
Q2) Now that you have finished the course do you feel that?
A2)	you will be comfortable working for IMS you would manage to work for IMS with some additional instructions you would need a fair amount of additional practice and instructions in order to be comfortable working for IMS.
Q3) Which answer best describes your opinion about the instructors of the course?
A3)	They were helpful and their instructions were clear They were sometimes not sufficiently clear and/or helpful A lot of the time they were not clear/helpful.
Q4) Is there any class that you feel was exceptionally helpful and productive, a class you enjoyed more that any other?
A4)	no, all classes were pretty much the same. yes (please specify in the box below)
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Q5) Is there any class that you feel was significantly worse compared to the other classes?
A5)	no, all classes were pretty much the same. yes (please specify in the box below)
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Q6) If you could change something about the course what would it be? (You can select as many answers as you want):
A6)	I would cover more material in the course I would cover less material in the course I would make the course longer (more class periods) I would increase the class length (each class period would last more than they currently do) I would make the course shorter (less class periods) I would decrease the class length (each class period would last less than they currently do) I would change the instructor I would add more exercises I would include more printed instructions/hand-outs I would remove one of the classes since it was not needed. (Please indicate which class you have in mind in the box below).
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Q7) What do you think about the Training homework?
A7)	Useful Useful but too long Not useful Not useful and too long
Q8) What do you think about the quizzes? (choose all that apply)
A8)	Overall good They were too long The time given to complete them was not enough They covered material that was not covered in class, on the class handout, or on the ITS website. They were too hard They didn't really help me improve my knowledge
Q9) What do you think about shadowing? (choose all that apply)
A9)	The exercises were interesting The exercises were boring and useless My mentors did a great job explaining them My mentors could have done a better job explaining them The shadowing sessions were too many The shadowing sessions were not enough The shadowing sessions were too long The shadowing sessions were too short
Q10) Do you think that throughout the course you were given enough instructions so that you would know what is expected from you?
A10)	almost all the time most of the time almost never
Q11) Looking back at your interactions with the IMS Student Managers (Annie, Dan, Anand, Corinne) would you say that they are:
A11)	approachable, helpful and friendly not very helpful and approachable not helpful and friendly at all
Q12) If you had known what you now know about the structure and contents of the course, would you have applied to go through IMS Training?
A12)	yes maybe maybe no definitely no.
Q13) Overall would you say that during training you:
A13)	learned as much as you expected learned less than you expected
Q14) What do you think about this survey?
A14)	The questions in it cover most of important aspects of this training course. The questions in it do not seem relevant The questions are relevant but they are somewhat repetitive and the survey is too long.
Q15) Please feel free to add any additional comments about any aspect of the course, about this survey as a whole or about any question in this survey where you feel that your answer needs further clarification:
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