Online Evaluation Part 2: Complete After Finishing Your Assignment

Code Number (last 4 numbers of student ID):  

I. Website Navigation
9. Using the following scale, please rate the overall quality of the website?

Too difficult
Challenging
Just about right
Easy
Too simple


10. Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements about the website:

    1. Strongly agree 2. Tend to agree 3. Neutral 4. Tend to disagree 5. Strongly disagree
a. The prompts led to what I expected
b. The font type and size was easy to read
c. The text was clear
d. The "site information" explained everything you needed to know to run the experiment
e. The demo was extremely helpful
f. Being able to view the live shake table was important to the experiment
g. The image of the shake table was clear
h. Downloading the software / plugin to view the shake table was easy and didn't take too much time
i. The live demonstration took too long to view
j. The results were returned in a timely fashion


11. In the space below, please describe any other problems, if any, that you experienced using the website.



12. Is there any information missing from the web site that would aid in the use of the web site?



II. Convenience of Experiment:
13. Of the following choices, which best describes the ease of performing the experiments?

Very hard to do,
Challenging,
Got the hang of it quickly,
Very easy to do


14. How many total of visits to the web site did it take you to run all of the assigned experiments? :



15. When did you visit the website most often?

Morning(before 12pm),
Afternoon(before 5pm),
Evening(before 10pm),
Night(before 7am)


16. From where did you visit the website most often?

On-campus computer lab,
At home with cable/dsl,
At home with dial-up modem,
Other (please describe)


17. On average, how long did an experiment take?

Less than 5 minutes,
5 - 10 minutes,
More than 10 minutes


18. How useful did you find the graphs?

Very useful,
OK, just fine,
Not at all useful


19. Did you find the website experience to adequately reflect the experience of working with a shake table 'live'?

Yes

No


III. Learning Tool:
20. Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements regarding Webshaker:

    1. Strongly agree 2. Tend to agree 3. Neutral 4. Tend to disagree 5. Strongly to disagree
a. To use Webshaker, I had to recall information from other courses (dynamics, structural engineering, etc.)
b. Webshaker has motivated me to learn more about how experiments are done to simulate the effect of earthquakes on structures.
c. Webshaker was an effective way to learn about the effects of earthquakes
d. Webshaker inspired me to take more classes in structural and/or geotechnical engineering


22. Did you visit any of the links provided?

No,
Yes. If so, which is your favorite site(s)?


23. Are there other earthquakes you are interested in using to run Webshaker?



24. How likely are you to return to Webshaker to perform more experiments?

Have already done so,
Will probably return,
Will not return,
Have no idea


25. Will you, or have you, recommended Webshaker to your friends or colleagues?

Yes,
If Not, why?


26. How does Webshaker compare to other on-line experiments you have used?

Much better,
About the same,
Worse,
Don't know, haven't done other on-line experiments


IV. Conceptual Questions
27. Have you acquired a feeling for the effect of damping?

Yes,
No
Do not know


28. Have you acquired a feeling for the significance of resonance?

Yes,
No
Do not know


29. Have you acquired a feeling for the relationship between seismic input and motion and structural response?

Yes,
No
Do not know


30. Was this assignment effective in helping you learn more about dynamics?

Yes,
No
Do not know


31. Is there a better way to get you involved in the experimentation?

Yes,
No
Do not know


32. Does this question effectively ask about damping?

Yes,
No
Do not know


33. Would you like to see other elements of structural engineering presented as an interactive internet experiment?

Yes,
No
Do not know