Mid-Course Assessment

TO: AASCU Chief Academic Officers Participating in the Web Portal Project

FROM: George L. Mehaffy

SUBJECT: Mid-Course Assessment of the Web Portals Project

Would you please take a moment out of your busy day to provide some information for us?  As you know, we piloted the Web Portal Project to provide you with the latest information about web portals. But we also wanted to learn from you, particularly about the best ways to serve you and support your work. That's why I told you, at the beginning, that the only cost for participating was to provide us some feedback. This mid-course assessment is designed to help us understand how useful you find the materials, and how we might make improvements.

To respond to the short survey below, simply write a short response in the space beside each question and send the email back to me. Please feel free to add any thoughts you may have, especially on topics that we didn't ask about, anywhere on the survey. I will collate the information before sharing it with David Eisler and Steve Gilbert. Please be candid; I will not identify your name with your comments.

Thank you very much for your assistance. We value your insights and comments.

George

1. USE OF THE MATERIAL

a. How many of the "lessons" have you read (all, some, a few, none) ?

b. Do you read the email "lessons" when they arrive or later?      If later, how much later?

c. Do you typically read the email and look at the links, or just read the email?

d. Do you print the "lessons" to read off-line

e. Do you routinely forward the "lessons" to others?     If so, to whom (job title, not name) President, Chief Information Officer, Librarian, Others (please specify)

f. When you read a "lesson," are you connected to the Internet so that you can click on the link and look at the Web material?

g. Have you had any technical difficulty opening or using any of the materials sent to you?     If so, please describe.

h. Other thoughts or suggestions, comments about the use of the material, the form that it comes in, etc.?

2. CONTENT OF THE PROJECT

a. How are we doing at helping you understand what a portal is?

b. How are we doing at helping you understand what is involved with creating a portal?

c. How are we doing at helping you understand the risks and difficulties of creating a portal?

d. What's missing that would be really valuable?

Other thoughts, suggestions, or comments about content?

3. OVERALL IMPRESSIONS OF THIS PROJECT

a. What is your overall impression of this course?

b. Is the content what you need?

c. What are the most valuable features?

Other thoughts, suggestions, or comments about this system of delivering information to you and/or the course itself?

Thank you for your input!

George L. Mehaffy

Vice President for Academic Leadership and Change
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
1307 New York Avenue, NW Fifth Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005-4701

Tel. 202.478.4672 Fax. 202.296.5819

Please return this form directly to George Mehaffy

Email: mehaffyg@aascu.org
http://www.aascu.org