MY NASA DATA Survey for Educators (Website Access and Navagation)

As a current or past user of the MY NASA DATA learning resources, you’ve been selected to take part in a brief questionnaire to test a future survey for clarity and comprehensibility of the questions and website navigation. We also want to validate the estimate for how long it takes to complete this survey. Therefore, we ask that you please note the time that you start this survey because we will ask at the end how long it took to complete this survey.

Thank you for your cooperation and participation! Please proceed to the test survey below.

MY NASA DATA Website Access and Navigation Survey for Educators

You’ve been selected to take part in a brief questionnaire because our records indicate you are an educator who has accessed and made us of MY NASA DATA’s website.

Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts and let us know how we’re doing. The survey includes questions about your experiences accessing and navigating MY NASA DATA and solicits suggestions you may have for improving our offerings. We appreciate your candid, honest, and constructive input.

Your feedback will be kept strictly confidential and will be used to improve the services provided by the MY NASA DATA team.

Your contact information will be used by the MY NASA DATA team to share information about upcoming opportunities and changes to the MY NASA DATA offerings.

The survey begins on the next page. Please use the included addressed, stamped envelope to return your completed survey to the MY NASA DATA team at NASA Langley.

Section A: Basic Information about Our Users

Tell us a bit about yourself, so we can better understand who is using MY NASA DATA.

1. Please select the one option that best describes your current work as an educator.

Educator – Elementary School

Educator – Middle School/Junior High

Educator – High School

Educator – Homeschool

Educator – College/University

Educator – Informal (museum, park interpreter, etc.)

Pre-Service Teacher

I work in education but I am not a classroom teacher

I am a retired educator or have left the field of education

Other (please specify): ____________________________________________________

Later in the survey, you will be asked more about your experiences with MY NASA DATA. When answering these questions, please keep in mind how you identified yourself in Question 1.

2. How long have you been a user of MY NASA DATA?

0 to 6 months

More than 6 months, up to 1 year

More than 1 year, but less than 3 years

More than 3 years, but less than 5 years

5 years or longer

3. Have you ever attended a MY NASA DATA event in person?

No, I’ve never attended a MY NASA DATA event.

Yes.

If Yes, check all that apply:

I’ve encountered MY NASA DATA information at a Share-a-thon.

I’ve encountered MY NASA DATA information at a conference information booth.

I’ve attended a MY NASA DATA session at a conference.

I’ve participated in a MY NASA DATA professional development training event.

Please continue to Section B on the next page.

Section B: Navigating and Accessing the MY NASA DATA Website

4. Regarding navigating the website, to what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements:

	Strongly Agree	Somewhat Agree	Somewhat Disagree	Strongly Disagree
I have difficulty finding information that is relevant to me or to my needs on the MY NASA DATA website.
I have difficulty accessing the data or information I need to carry out a lesson plan/activity.
The MY NASA DATA website contains too many navigational links and navigation bars.
The classroom resource and background information sections of the MY NASA DATA website are easy to navigate.
The MY NASA DATA Live Access Server (the online tool for accessing and manipulating NASA datasets) is easy to navigate.

5. When accessing the website, how frequently do you encounter the following technical challenges?

	Never	Almost Never	Sometimes	Frequently
The technological infrastructure/ capabilities in my classroom cause me problems when trying to access MY NASA DATA.
I feel lost and am not sure where I am within the site.
I encounter technical difficulties like broken links or error messages.

Reminder: please base your responses on how you identified yourself as an educator in Question #1.

6. Based on your experience as an educator, what would you expect to be the difficulty level that the following groups of individuals may experience when navigating the MY NASA DATA website?

	Too easy	Just right	Too difficult
For myself, an educator, navigating the MY NASA DATA website is . . .
For typical learners among the students/audiences I work with, I expect that navigating the MY NASA DATA website would be . . .
For advanced learners among the students/audience I work with, I expect that navigating the MY NASA DATA website would be . . .

7. Briefly explain your response to Question 6 in terms of the challenges and difficulties that you expect learners/students may encounter when navigating MY NASA DATA.

8. On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 = “Extremely Dissatisfied” and 10 = “Extremely Satisfied,” what is your overall rating of the experience of accessing and navigating the MY NASA DATA website?

1 = Extremely Dissatisfied	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10 = Extremely Satisfied

9. Share any other feedback you have for the MY NASA DATA team that would improve the website navigation and access experience. For example, are there additional resources (like tutorials, orientations, etc.) that we could provide that would make this website easier to use or more valuable? (If you need more space to respond, please attach an additional sheet.)

Optional: Update Your Contact Information!

We may conduct a more formal evaluation of MY NASA DATA in the future and would like to make use of educators’ knowledge and expertise. If you’d like, please use this space to update your contact information.

Name:

E-mail Address:

OR:

I prefer to continue receiving communications from MY NASA DATA via postal mail.

If you would like to update your contact information in MY NASA DATA’s records but prefer that these survey responses remain anonymous, please use the following email address to submit your contact information separately from this survey: [email protected].

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Please provide the following feedback on your experience:

1. How many minutes did it take you to read the instructions and answer the questions? ________ minutes

Please indicate the level to which you agree or disagree with each statement using a scale of 1 - 4 with 1 = Strongly disagree and 4 = Strongly agree.

		Strongly Disagree	Tend to Disagree	Tend to Agree	Strongly Agree
2.	The survey instructions were clear.
3.	The questions were easy to understand.
4.	The website was easy to navigate.

5. Do you have any additional comments or feedback on the instructions, questions, or navigation?

Thank you for participating!

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