Survey Review Q1-4 Tech Readiness

- Like the change in the description of device options. Suggestion
- make "Q4" appear only if Q3 is "Yes"
- Possibly add a "Select All" option

For question 1--I would think we would want to separate the Yes answer into two: Yes-I have a reliable internet connection at home, or Yes--I have can travel to another location for reliable internet.
Or this could be a separate question, but students who have to travel or can only access internet from their cars in a parking lot at their campus is a very different experience and they have very different needs than someone who has it at home.
Or make question 1--do you have reliable internet connection at home and then when they say no, then ask if they can travel to a location with a reliable connection.

Also for question 3, some of our students are having to share devices with their siblings or others in their household. I would think that we would want to distinguish between these situations--Do you have exclusive use of a personal devise or do you have to share a personal device.

Again, shouldn't these questions reflect that students access a variety of internet connections during the day? They might have a reliable internet connection during the day or when they are on campus or at work, but they might not have a reliable connection at home. Or maybe they are using their phone as their device during the day and a family laptop in the evenings?

Might be useful to ask if students must share devices with others in the household - we've seen students experience challenges with this. Also define "reliable" - i.e. do we mean broadband? Is ability to stream video expected?

In addition to the Yes / No data in question #3, it would be helpful to know what device students use. A smart phone might be sufficient for accessing class materials but it's going to be a difficult way to write papers.

It would also be helpful to know where / how students access technology (I.e., are students at home, at a library, at a friend or family members home, at a local business).

3. Do you have access to a person device

personal device

#3...I think it should read "personal device" (not person device)

General...I don't have a specific idea on how to fix this, but I do think a point that was made on the call hasn't been fixed here yet...and that is a person may answer questions #1 and #3 affirmatively, but the answers may not be adequate. For instance, they could answer "yes" to #1, but it is because they go to the library, which doesn't tell us what we need to know. I'm less concerned about #3, but the answer could be "yes", but they have limited availability because of sharing with family members also engaged in work/online learning. (Perhaps we could have an option that is "yes but" In other words, they have access but only part-time because of sharing among others in the household.)

There are 3 visible questions, and the fourth is visually dependent on the answer to #3 being yes. Changes to #1 included "where you access class materials and complete class assignments?" For #2, it was changed to "personal mobile hotspot" which may include a smart phone or a carrier device. Number 3 uses "person device" and examples that allows you to ...