School of Nursing – Distance Learning

* 1. Full Name

* 2. Email

* 3. Age

* 4. Gender
(select) Male Female

* 5. Class Rank
(select) Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior

* 6. Are you taking a distance education class via the Web for the first time this semester?
(select) Yes No

* 7. How would you rate your typing skills?
(select) Poor Average Above Average Excellent

* 8. Approximately how many years have you used a desktop or laptop computer?
(select) Less than one year One to two years Two to three years Over three years

* 9a. Use the Mouse?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9b. Start-up, reboot, and shut down a computer?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9c. Start up a program stored on the hard drive or floppy disk?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9d. Open, close, minimize menus and windows?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9e. Create folders?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9f. Create a word processing document?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9g. Save a document on a hard drive?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9h. Retrieve a document from a hard drive?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9i. Copy/cut text from one source and paste it into another?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9j. Print a document?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9k. Close a document?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9l. Reopen a document?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9m. Use grammar and a spell checker to revise your document?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9n. Create presentations using PowerPoint?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9o. Import graphics or pictures?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 9p. Load software into your computer?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10a. Log onto the Internet?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10b. Log into e-mail?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10c. Retrieve, read and delete e-mail messages?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10d. Reply and send e-mail messages?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10e. Save e-mail messages?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10f. Send an attachment with your e-mail message
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10g. Post messages to discussion groups?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10h. Locate and access information using a web search engine?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10i. Access different URL\’s (web pages)?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10j. Follow a link or a series of links through the web?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10k. Navigate through the web?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10l. Download files from the web?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10m. Access databases from Purdue Calumet library
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 10n. Use Boolean (and/or) terms to narrow the scope of your search?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 11a. Standard etiquette while using e-mail?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 11b. Evaluation of the credibility of information found on the web?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 11c. Experience with a virtual classroom management system like Web Course In A Box, WebCT or Blackboard?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 11d. Basic Internet copyright guidelines?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent

* 11e. Purdue University Calumet academic integrity guidelines?
(select) Not at all competent Somewhat competent Fairly competent Very competent