Are You Ready to Learn Online?

Name (enter your name here):

Date: 7/19/2008

This survey will ask you to assess your own confidence level with many of the technology and learning skills you will need in order to succeed in your online course work. Please click on the number that best matches your own confidence level and click the Check My Score button when you are finished. You will see a result page with your rating score. The result page may also display suggested links for you to improve certain skills based on your rating. The rating score of this checklist is for your own purposes. Your answers are neither sent to nor 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. Continued practice
0 = Unsatisfactory	Possesses 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 out of 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)	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/close a word-processing program	0 1 2 3
Enter and edit text	0 1 2 3
Save file to hard or floppy drive	0 1 2 3
Print files	0 1 2 3
Format 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 log in 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 the institution’s 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 websites	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

Rating