Evaluation Form

The web-based experiment introductions are new and still under development.We would appreciate your input as to whether or not they succeeded in preparing you to do the experiment, and how we may make them more effective.

Your responses are anonymous and all questions are optional.

We particularly welcome your comments, and the final section allows you to tell us anything you wish about these introductions.

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General

Here we ask some general questions about the experiment introduction. In later sections you will have the opportunity to comment on specific aspects.

Overall, this introduction to the experiment was:	Excellent Good OK Poor Useless
In the first term, your Demonstrator introduced the experiments you were about to perform. Compared to the introductions by your Demonstrator, this one was:	Much better Better About the same Worse Much worse
If you wish, you may tell us who your Demonstrator in the first term was by entering his/her name in the field to the right:
Going through this experiment introduction, including viewing the video, took you about:	Less than 10 minutes 10 - 20 minutes 20 - 30 minutes 30 - 40 minutes Over 40 minutes

Introduction Section

Each web page includes an Introduction section that tries to supply all the needed background necessary to do the experiment. These parts of the page are intended to replace the corresponding part of the Guide Sheet in the laboratory manual.

The amount of information presented in the Introduction section was:	Much more than is needed More than is needed About right Less than is needed Much less than is needed
The clarity of the section is related to how easy it was for you to read and understand the information being presented. The Introduction section was:	Very clear Clear OK Unclear Very unclear and confusing
The Guide Sheets also have Introduction sections with the same goal as the corresponding section of the web page. Compared to the typical Guide Sheet, the Introduction in this web page is:	Much better Better About the same Worse Much worse

Animations

Here we ask about the Flash animations used to illustrate various aspects of the experiment.

If you could not see the animations in your browser, please click the button to the right and skip the rest of this section. We would appreciate you using the Comments section at the end to describe what the problems were with viewing Flash.	The Flash animations were not viewable.
The speed of the animations is seldom the actual speed of the situation being demonstrated. Would you have preferred the speed we chose to be:	Much faster Faster Just as they are Slower Much slower
The complexity of the animations is the number of things going on in them at one time. Did you find the complexity of the animations:	Much too complex Too complex About right Too simple Much too simple
Overall, for demonstrating various aspects of the experiment and the underlying Physics the animations were:	Invaluable Very useful OK Poor Useless

The Videos

Here we ask about the Videos that were used to describe the apparatus and how to use it.

If you could not see the videos in your browser, please click the button to the right and skip the rest of this section. We would appreciate you using the Comments section at the end to describe what the problems were with viewing the videos.	The videos were not viewable.
The pace of the videos was:	Much too fast Too fast About right Too slow Much too slow
Which version of the video did you use? If you used more than one, select the one you used the most:	RealMedia Streaming RealMedia Higher Resolution Real Media Lower Resolution QuickTime Higher Resolution QuickTime Lower Resolution
The information presented in the video was:	Much too detailed Too detailed About right Too brief Much too brief
There is a trade-off between the quality of the video and the time necessary to deliver it to your screen. If a higher-resolution version were available would you have used it?	Yes No
Overall, using a video format to discuss the apparatus for the experiment and how to use it is:	Excellent Good OK Poor Useless

Miscellaneous

Here we have a few questions about miscellaneous aspects of the experiment introduction.

The document includes access to the soundtrack of the video. This was:	Very helpful OK Useless I didn't look at it
The document includes access to a summary of the information that was presented. This was:	Very helpful OK Useless I didn't look at it
Using the web to deliver the experiment introduction is:	An excellent idea A good idea OK A poor idea A very poor idea
We are considering making a CD of all the experiment introductions and including it in the laboratory manual. This would add a few dollars to the cost of the manual. We would continue to offer the introductions via the web. Should we produce the CD and distribute it with the manual?	Yes No
Your Physics course is:	PHY110Y1Y PHY138Y1Y PHY140Y1Y PHY180/181 Other

Comments

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