Results of e-Learning and Canvas Survey for Students (Year 2017)

Number of responses: 295
Data Collection: 29 March - 20 May 2017


Level of Study

  count
Research Degree 13
Professional Doctorate 1
Taught Postgraduate 50
Undergraduate 137
Associate Degree
(College of Science and Engineering)
3
Associate Degree (CCCU) 63
SCOPE Programme 23
Exchange 1
Elder Academy 4

 

Which of the following best describes the overall usage level# of Canvas in your courses?

  percentage
do not use 1.4%
minimal use 3.4%
supplemental use 11.2%
integral use 25.1%
central use 34.2%
exclusive use 24.7%
# Gandell, T., Weston, C., Finkelstein, A. & Weiner, L. (2000) Appropriate use of the web in teaching higher education, in: B. L. Mann (Ed.) Perspectives in web course management (Toronto, Canadian Scholars’ Press), 61–68.

[Details about overall usage level can be found here]

Please rate the following statements. (291 responses)

  strongly
disagree
disagree neutral agree strongly
agree
Canvas is easy to use. 1.4% 3.4% 12.7% 60.8% 21.7%
Canvas is convenient and it saves my time for my study at CityU. 1.4% 3.8% 18.6% 56.4% 19.9%
Canvas keeps me in touch with teachers and/or classmates. 3.1% 14.8% 32.0% 39.5% 10.7%
Canvas engages me in active learning. 3.1% 15.1% 39.2% 32.7% 10.0%

 

How do you apply mobile technologies to learning at CityU?

  percentage
access Canvas courses 80.0%
search information 59.0%
read documents / ebooks 53.2%
watch video or listen to audio recordings 26.8%
submit assignments or attempt quizzes/surveys 47.8%
take notes / write documents 26.8%
take photos or make video/audio recordings 33.9%
communicate with others 36.9%
others (in-class real time discussions) 0.3%
I have never used mobile technologies for learning at CityU 3.4%

 

What other web service(s) / mobile app(s) have you used for learning?

rank web service / mobile app percentage
1 instant messaging 92.9%
  WhatsApp 82.7%
  WeChat 30.5%
  Skype 26.4%
  Line 12.5%
2 cloud storage 91.5%
  Google Drive 84.8%
  Dropbox 26.1%
  Microsoft OneDrive 19.0%
3 language tool 87.8%
  dictionary website(s) / mobile app(s) 64.1%
  Google Translate 60.0%
4 map service 87.5%
  Google Maps 84.4%
5 office suite 86.1%
  Google Docs / Sheets / Slides 66.1%
  Microsoft Office 365 58.3%
6 search engine 85.8%
  Google Search 84.4%
  Yahoo! Search 11.2%
7 online references 85.1%
  Wikipedia 56.6%
  Google Scholar 52.9%
  E-Resources in CityU Library 52.5%
8 social network 82.0%
  Facebook 73.2%
  Instagram 56.6%
  Google+ 19.7%
  LinkedIn 14.6%
  Twitter 11.9%
9 video service 81.4%
  YouTube 78.3%
  TED Talks 30.2%
10 feedback collection / classroom assessment tool 69.5%
  Google Forms 50.2%
  Polls for Canvas 15.3%
  CityU CB iLearn 13.2%
  Qualtrics 12.9%
11 calendar web service 54.6%
  Google Calendar 41.7%
  Microsoft Office365 Calendar 18.0%
12 MOOC / online learning platform 45.4%
  Canvas Network 20.7%
  Khan Academy 12.5%
  Coursera 11.5%
13 presentation web service 43.4%
  SlideShare 26.8%
  Prezi 19.7%
14 Q&A web service 37.0%
  Yahoo! Answers 25.1%
  Piazza 14.6%
15 social sharing 29.5%
  Pinterest 21.4%
(Web services / mobile apps selected by more than 10% of the participants are shown.)




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