Columbia College Website Survey

Help us improve our web site by answering these questions. It should only take a minute or two to complete the survey.

About the Columbia College web site:

1. Please rate this web site on the following criteria:

Ability to find what you're looking for
Frustrating Easy

Usefulness
Not useful  Very useful

Speed of download (time it takes pages to load)
Slow Quick

Navigation (ease of moving around the site)
Confusing Very clear

Naming and labeling of links
Confusing Very clear

Overall visual appeal
Not pleasing Pleasing

Quality of information
Poor Excellent

Amount of information
Limited Abundant
 
2. How do you feel our web site compares to other college/university web sites?
Poor Excellent
 
3. How did you arrive at this web site today?
Using a "Bookmark" or "Favorite"
By directly typing in the address
Search engine
Link from another web site
          (which?)
Other  
 
4. How often do you visit the Columbia College web site?
Daily
Every few days
Once a week
A few times a month
Less than once a month
First visit
 
5. Check the pages you have accessed in the past two months (check all that apply):
Academic calendar
Academic programs
Master syllabi
Course schedules
Employment opportunities
Search page
News & events
Faculty/Staff contact information
Webmail
Library
Nationwide campuses
Online Campus launch page
Online Campus course schedules
Other 
 
6. Which features would you like us to add to this site (Check all that apply)?
Faculty bio pages
More information about courses
More information about departments
Ability to check grades online
Student phone/email directory
Online tuition payment
Online transcript requests
Course message boards
Student chatrooms or forums
Virtual campus tour
Intramural sports information
Cafeteria menu
Online event registration and payment
Nationwide campus site search
Nationwide campus faculty/staff search
More information about Nationwide campuses
Other (please specify)

 
7. Are the results generated by the site search helpful?
Always
Most of the time
Occasionally
Rarely
Don't use it
 
8. What do you like best about the web site?

 
9. What is the biggest challenge with the web site?

 
10. Other comments on how we can improve the web site:

Computer Experience

11. How skillful do you consider yourself to be in the use of a computer and the Internet?
Not skilled Adept
 
12. Which computer system do you use most often?
Windows
Mac
Other  
 
13. Which web browser do you use most often to access the Internet?
Internet Explorer
Netscape Navigator/Mozilla
Safari
Other
Don't Know
 
14. What is your Internet connection speed?
28k dial-up modem
56k dial-up modem
Cable modem/ DSL/ ISDN
Don't know
Other
 
16. Which search engine do you use most often?
Google
Yahoo
MSN
Altavista
Other

About You

17. Relationship to Columbia College:
Home campus student
Nationwide/Extended campus student
Online Campus student
Prospective student
Parent of a student
Parent of a prospective student
Alumni
Administrator
Faculty member
Staff member
Other
 

Thank you for taking time to complete this survey!

Your answers will help us assess the redesign of the web site.