Are You Ready to Learn Online?

Name (enter your name here):

Date: 7/8/2008

This survey will ask you to assess your own confidence level with many of the technology and learning skills you will need to succeed in online course work. Please click on the number that best matches your own confidence level at this time. When you are finished, click the Check My Score button to see your score for each skills category. Based on your skills rating, the results page may also display suggested links for you to improve certain skills. The rating score of this survey is for your own purposes. Your answers are not sent to or stored in a database. Rating Key:
3 = Proficient	No further instruction necessary.
2 = Satisfactory	Meets minimum standards, could use additional practice.
1 = Needs Improvement	Does not meet minimum standards, needs continued practice.
0 = Unsatisfactory	No skills or knowledge of this competency.

Competency	Rating
Basic Operating System
Start and turn off a computer	0 1 2 3
Install and upgrade application	0 1 2 3
Open a program	0 1 2 3
Create, save, backup, organize, and delete files	0 1 2 3
Create a folder and move files into it	0 1 2 3
Rename a file	0 1 2 3
Start and exit a program	0 1 2 3
Open an existing document	0 1 2 3
Use passwords	0 1 2 3
Minimize, maximize, and resize windows	0 1 2 3
Protect against computer viruses	0 1 2 3
Mouse Skills
Click and double click on a desired target	0 1 2 3
Utilize the scroll bars to navigate on screen	0 1 2 3
Select text by highlighting and undoing highlighting by clicking elsewhere on the page	0 1 2 3
Use the right mouse button (where applicable, for PC users)	0 1 2 3
Use windows to go back and forth between multiple documents open in the same program	0 1 2 3
Word Processing Skills
Open and close a word-processing program	0 1 2 3
Enter and edit text	0 1 2 3
Save a file to a hard or floppy drive	0 1 2 3
Print files	0 1 2 3
Format a document	0 1 2 3
Presentation Graphics
Describe some of the features of PowerPoint that make it a powerful presentation tool	0 1 2 3
Use PowerPoint to create, modify and show presentation graphics	0 1 2 3
List ways to use a presentation package to enhance a classroom presentation	0 1 2 3
Explain the instructional benefit of presentation tools as a classroom delivery method	0 1 2 3
Learning Skills
Apply good organizational and communication skills, including facility with writing in the English language	0 1 2 3
Manage my time well enough to login frequently, keep up with readings in the discussion areas, and post my own responses and course work on time	0 1 2 3
Interact comfortably with my instructors and with my classmates, knowing that I may not actually see them in person very often (or at all)	0 1 2 3
Troubleshoot problems and utilize appropriate support systems (I can figure out when, how, and from whom to ask for assistance)	0 1 2 3
E-Mail Competencies
Use an email system to create, retrieve, read and respond to email messages	0 1 2 3
Attach and send a file to email message and access attached files	0 1 2 3
Internet Browser Competencies
Install and configure the appropriate version of Internet browser(s)	0 1 2 3
Install and configure browser add-ons/plug-ins	0 1 2 3
Open/close a browser	0 1 2 3
Navigate to different Web sites	0 1 2 3
Create/find/use a Bookmark or Favorite	0 1 2 3
Open a second browser window and navigate between the two windows	0 1 2 3
Save/print contents of a browser window	0 1 2 3

Are You Ready to Learn Online?

Competency

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