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ACES Academic Computing Facility

2007 Survey Results

January 18, 2008

Thanks to everyone who took the time to complete the on-line survey directed to everyone who used the Academic Computing Facility in the College of ACES last year. We appreciate your input! 

Results of the survey are given below. A representative list of comments is also posted.

Please feel free to contact me at any time with additional comments, suggestions, or questions.

Again, thanks for participating.

Jeana McAllister
ACES Academic Computing Facility
jmac@uiuc.edu
244-0776


Results of the Fall 2007 ACES Academic Computing Facility Survey

Number of Respondents 158
1. What is your University status?
Freshman 08.23%
Sophomore 13.29%
Junior 20.89%
Senior 24.05%
Grad student 20.25%
Faculty/Staff 10.76%
Other 02.54%
2. What College or School are you affiliated with?
ACES 70.89%
Applied Health Studies 03.80%
College of Business 03.16%
Communications 01.27%
Education 00.63%
Engineering 01.27%
FAA 03.80%
Grad College 01.90%
LAS 10.76%
Vet Med 01.27%
Other 01.27%
3. Do you have your own personal computer? 
Yes 88.61%
No 11.39%
4. During which part of the year did you use the ACES Academic Computing Facility in 2007? 
January-May (Spring semester) 59.49%
June-August (Summer) 14.56%
September-December (Fall semester) 81.01%
5. Which one of the following statements most closely describes how often you use the ACES Academic Computing Facility?
less than once a semester 07.59%
once a semester 15.19%
once a month 28.48%
once a week 24.68%
two or more times a week 20.89%
once a day 01.90%
more than once a day 01.27%
6. How often have the ACES ACF workstations (and other equipment) been sufficient to meet your computing needs?
100% of the time 71.52%
More than 85% of the time 25.95%
50% of the time or more 02.53%
Less than 50% of the time 00.00%
7. Please estimate what percentage of your total computer use takes place in the ACES ACF.
100% of computer use 02.53%
more than 85% of computer use 01.90%
more than 50% of computer use 04.43%
25% of computer use or more 17.09%
less than 25% of computer use 74.05%
8. How do you normally use the ACES Academic Computing Facility  
to attend class(es) there 51.90%
to do work for an ACES course 68.99%
to do work for a non-ACES course 36.08%
for personal use 39.24%
for other reasons 17.09%
9. Why do you use the ACES Academic Computing Facility?
convenient facility location 60.76%
convenient hours of operation 25.32%
software that I cannot find at other computer labs 33.54%
printing is less costly than elsewhere 22.78%
instructor suggestion
other 19.62%
10. What software applications have you used in the ACES ACF?
Adobe Acrobat 41.14%
Real Player 05.70%
Windows Media Player 10.13%
Adobe Photoshop 09.49%
Macromedia Dreamweaver 03.16%
Microsoft PowerPoint 55.70%
ArcView 08.86%
ArcGIS 13.29%
SAS
SPSS 04.43%
Microsoft Word 77.85%
Star Office Text Document 00.63%
WordPerfect 01.27%
Microsoft Excel 65.19%
Microsoft Access 26.58%
Microsoft Internet Explorer 46.84%
Mozilla Firefox 59.49%
Opera 01.90%
Other software 10.13%
11. Have you ever used the ACES Academic Computing Facility to do Group Work?
Yes 46.84%
No 53.16%
12. Please rate the fairness of the printing charges at the ACES Academic Computing Facility
Dirt cheap! 07.59%
Inexpensive 28.48%
Fair 50.63%
A little steep… (Pricey) 12.66%
Way too costly! (Exorbitant) 00.63%
13. Do you find the student Lab Monitors helpful and attentive when you have questions or problems?
Very helpful and attentive 48.73%
Somewhat helpful and attentive
>Neither helpful nor unhelpful 15.19%
Somewhat unhelpful and inattentive 01.90%
Very unhelpful and inattentive 01.27%
14. Please compare the ACES ACF to other computer
labs you have visited on campus.
more "user friendly" 51.90%
about the same 31.65%
Less "user friendly" 01.27%>
I don't use other computer labs
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