Computer and Information Literacy Survey

Spring 2009 Survey of WCC Course Emphases on Computer and Information Literacy (CIL) Skills Below are listed various computer and information literacy skills. Please indicate the degree of emphasis placed on each in your course:

0 = No Emphasis Students do not learn, use, practice, and/or apply this skill for this class.

1 = Minor Emphasis Students have an opportunity to learn, use, practice, and/or apply this skill, but it is not a focus of the class and students are not evaluated on it.

2 = Moderate Emphasis Students learn, use, practice, and/or apply this skill, and they are evaluated on it. However, this skill is NOT a focus of the class.

3 = Significant Emphasis Students learn, use, practice, and/or apply this skill and are evaluated on it. It IS a focus of the class.

Example:

Students compose, send and receive email with attachments. 0 = No Emphasis Students do not use email for this class 1 = Minor Emphasis Students are encouraged to use email with attachments, but they don’t get credit for doing so. 2 = Moderate Emphasis Students are expected to use email with attachments, and are given credit for doing so. 3 = Significant Emphasis One of the objectives of this class is for students to learn how to use email with attachments, and they are evaluated on how well they do.

1. Your name:

2. Course alpha and number. Example: ENG 100

3. Course title:

4. Is this a special course? Check all that apply. a.  Computer-assisted instruction b.  WebCT c.  Distance Education d.  Writing Intensive e.  Hybrid course (taught both face to face and via distance instruction) f.  Service Learning g.  Lab class h.  Other--If you choose "other," please answer the next question.

5. If you selected "other" in the previous question, please describe.

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The following refer to basic computer skills used or taught in this course.

6. Students in this course open existing files, and save or resave files with new names or in new locations. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

7. Students create and organize computer folders/directories. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

8. Students in this course modify print settings, such as printer selection and page orientation. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

The following questions refer to email skills used or taught in this course.

9. Students compose, send, and receive email. This could be WebCT, Web-mail, or other forms of email. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

10. Students work with email attachments. This includes downloading, editing, and uploading attachments that are sent with email. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

This section refers to information literacy skills used or taught in this course.

11. Students identify authoritative, credible sources of information. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

12. Students search for information for a particular purpose by selecting appropriate potential sources of information. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

13. In using sources of information, students give proper credit to their sources (citing). a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

14. Students use advanced search strategies, such as phrase searching, or combining search terms with AND, OR, or NOT. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

This next section refers to word processing skills used or taught in this course.

15. Students create text documents with a word processing program. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

16. Students format multi-page documents, including margins, headers/footers and automatic page numbering.

3 Spring 2009 Survey of WCC Course Emphases on Computer and Information Literacy (CIL) Skills a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

17. Students create and format tables. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

18. Students apply text-formatting changes in a document: text color, size, fonts, boldface, etc. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

19. Students cut, copy, and move text or graphics within and between documents. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

20. Students format headings and paragraphs, including alignment (justification), indentions, and page breaks. For example, text may be centered, right-aligned, left-aligned, or justified. Indentions include hanging indents for works cited pages and first-line indented paragraphs. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

This next section refers to spreadsheets skills used or taught in this course.

21. Students format selected cells in a worksheet: merging and centering, changing widths and heights, adding borders, changing cell formats, and adding/removing comma separators. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

22. Students add and delete columns and rows. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

23. Students use cell references, formulas, and functions to solve problems. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

24. Using worksheet data, students create, format, and label charts or graphs. a.  0 - No Emphasis c.  2 - Moderate Emphasis b.  1 - Minor Emphasis d.  3 - Significant Emphasis

25. If you have other courses with nearly the same emphases, list them here.

Course Alpha & Number Title Special Mode (DE, WI, CAI, etc.)

(If you have other courses or sections that have significantly different emphases, please complete a separate survey for each one.)

4 Spring 2009 Survey of WCC Course Emphases on Computer and Information Literacy (CIL) Skills Thanks for taking time to respond! Please return this survey to Bryan Shon’s mailbox in Hale Alakai by 4 PM on Friday, February 6.