Assessment: Data for Evaluating Workshop and Collecting Particpant Information

Evaluating workshop sessions and collecting information about the participants who attend the Elluminate sessions are keys to providing an effective service. The survey data from the first semester Elluminate workshop series during the spring 2007 semester was overall very positive. The survey included the following questions:

1. How would you rate this workshop on a scale from 1-5 (1 is lowest and 5 is highest)?
2. What is your major?
3. What is your class?
4. How did you find out about this workshop?
5. Would you like to join our CTL-write listserv?
6. What time of day would you prefer to attend our workshops?
7. What day of the week would you prefer to attend our workshops?
8. What other writing workshops would you like to attend?
9. What additional comments do you want to share with us?

Of the 78 attendees, 43 students completed the online survey. See data from questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9:

Question 1: Rating

• Rating 5 = 15 students
• Rating 4 = 12 students
• Rating 3 = 12 students

Question 2: Students from 11 different majors (Bus Admin, CLS, ENG, CHE, COM, CRJ, PSY, Soc/Anthro, LES, LIS, and BIO)

Question 3: Class

• Freshman = 34
• Sophomore = 1
• Junior = 5
• Senior = 2
• Graduate = 1

Question 4: Thirty-two students found the advertisement for their workshop in their student email.

Question 5: Thirty-four students wanted to join our CTL-write listserv.

Question 9: Comments about workshop -

• This workshop helped me to brainstorm my essay better.
• I think the CTL Writing Workshops are a big asset to have on campus.
• I liked the online workshop a lot. I hope there are more like it.
• I had a fun time during the online workshop, which proved to be very helpful in helping me understand the topics covered.
• The workshops I've attended so far have been informative and served as good refreshers for a lot of different areas of writing and studying.
• Very helpful workshop; I learned a lot.
• Today was my first day attending an online class. I loved it! Would love to do it again. Jen, our instructor, was very informative and helpful. Thanks!
• I really enjoyed the online workshop; it is not as time consuming as a classroom workshop and it is very convenient.
• I really enjoyed the online workshop. I can say I pay more attention to the online workshops than the classroom workshops.
• I REALLY enjoy the online workshops. They are awesome!
• I really enjoyed this workshop and I learned a lot about APA and MLA, and the differences between them.
• I think the workshop went very well and the participation of everyone was good too!
• I believe the workshops are very helpful to me because I have learned so much.
• The online workshop helped me the most because it worked better with my schedule.