"Accessing and Evaluating Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Resources on the Internet:
  A Primer for Faculty and Students" Monahan & Colthurst
 

ASSESSING STUDENT INFORMATICS SKILLS
 

The following is a copy of an Informatics Self-Assessment Tool available for student evaluation. Students often think they know more than they do (many use only email programs and often are limited in their skills).  We'd recommend using this tool or something like it to get a handle on how much assistance your students will need.  You are welcome to use this as is or to adapt it.

                                Informatics Self-Assessment Tool
 
 

Student Name ______________________________

Do you have a computer in your home? Yes____ No_____

If yes, what is the:

Manufacturer ______________________

Model ________________

CPU _________________
 

Please check all of the following categories of software currently on your computer:

Word-processing ___________________________

Spreadsheet ___________________________

Database ___________________________

Statistical software ___________________________

Presentation graphics ___________________________

Web page authoring ___________________________

Is your computer connected to the Internet? Yes ____ No_____

If yes, what Internet Service Provider (ISP) do you use? ___________________

Have you taken a formal introductory computing class? Yes ____ No______
 

Please rate your skill level on a scale of 1 (no experience) to 4 (advanced skills) on the following computing skills:

            1                    2                         3                        4
No experience     Beginning skills     Intermediate skills     Advanced skills
 
 

Email/Listservs                   1     2     3     4

Word-processing                1     2     3     4

Spreadsheets                     1     2     3     4

Statistical software             1     2     3     4

Presentation graphics          1    2     3     4

Downloading software         1    2    3      4

Internet/World Wide Web   1    2    3      4

File transfer protocol            1    2    3      4

Literature databases             1     2     3    4

Bibliographic databases        1     2     3    4

Public health databases         1     2     3    4

Web page construction         1     2     3    4

Integrating streaming             1     2     3    4
video & audio
in web pages
 

If you could learn three specific new skills in this class – what would they be?

(1) _____________________________________________________

(2) _____________________________________________________

(3) _____________________________________________________
 
 

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Last updated: January 8, 2001

©1997 - This page was developed in electronic form and made available on-line by:  Genevieve Monahan, PhD, RN,C
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