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Typical usage - End of class (5-7 minutes)
What is learned - Get basic feedback about the class and its content
Advantages - Informal and quick. Can give a complete copy of the results to the course instructor right away.
Potential disadvantages - Lack detailed information, making it hard to determine the reason behind some answers.
Special notes - Important to emphasize to students to include written comments as these can help supplement numerical responses.
Contact - Printed cards may be obtained from Lori Lee.
Typical usage - Start and end of class (5-7 minutes total)
What is learned - Lets you know what students expected to learn and how well those expectations were met.
Advantages - Informal, open-ended. Provides instant feedback.
Potential disadvantages - Students are usually in a hurry to leave and may not complete the exit portion very thoroughly.
Typical usage - End of class (5-7 minutes).
What is learned - Focus of assessment is on presentation skills and technique.
Advantages - Quick and easy to administer. Provides good overview of session performance. Statistical report easy to generate.
Potential disadvantages - Lack detailed information, making it hard to determine the reason behind some answers. Students may not read questions closely or take answers seriously.
Special notes - Important to emphasize to students to include written comments as these can help supplement numerical responses.
Contacts - Preprinted forms are available in department office.
Special notes - Very similar in most respects to the generic online/opscan above but is designed for those instructional sessions that are oriented towards a specific class assignment.
Library tours can be scheduled for classes or groups in order to familiarize them with Newman Library. Locations and services are highlighted. For more information about these options, please contact Tracy Hall.
Our primary tour option for individuals is a self-guided, audio tour option with a graded quiz that can be used to show attendance for classes that require participation or give extra credit.
The tour consists of 16 different information stops/points, accessible by using a device to scan a QR code. Once scanned using the camera in your mobile device and its built-in reader or a separate app, your device will play an audio track (with some photos/videos) explaining the different services that are offered in Newman Library and how our collections are organized. The audio track at each stop will direct you to the next stop, where you will scan the next QR code.
To take the tour you will either need to use a smartphone or tablet, have access to Virginia Tech’s wireless network (we recommend wireless over a cellular data network since several sections of the library get little to no cellular signal), and have headphones or earbuds to hear the narration. If you do not have a suitable device, then you can check out an iPad at the Circulation Desk. The Circulation staff will show you how to take the tour.
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