Feedback form for Synfig Studio Advanced 1 Week Workshop

Dear Participant,

We thank you for attending the Advanced workshop on Synfig Studio. We would like to have your valuable feedback about the Workshop and the Self-Learning experience as it will help us enhance the quality of our work. Kindly click on the best option that describes your views. You can also provide your comments in the spaces provided in the form. Your response will be kept confidential.

Thank you for your time!

Total number of responses : 13



1A. Your background:

Count of  'Student'   :    2
Count of  'Teacher in school'   :    0
Count of  'Faculty in college'   :    11
Count of  'Research Scholars/PhD Student'   :    0
Count of  'Professionals (Graphic designer/ Animator/ etc.)'   :    0
Count of  'Other'   :    0




1B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





2A. Do you use any other equivalent software for 2D animation (other than Synfig Studio) in your School/ Institute/Organisation?

Count of  'Yes'   :    0
Count of  'No'   :    11
Count of  'Not Sure'   :    2




2B. If the answer is "Yes" for the above question, please mention the name of the software.





3A. Have you used Synfig Studio before registering for this workshop?

Count of  'Yes'   :    3
Count of  'No'   :    10




3B. If the answer is "Yes" for the above question, in what way did you use. Please select all the relevant options.

Count of  'To create animations for teaching'   :    2
Count of  'To create animations as a hobby'   :    2
Count of  'For presentations'   :    1
Count of  'For short movies'   :    0
Count of  'Other'   :    0




3C. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





4. Any workshop/training on Synfig Studio that you may have attended BEFORE this workshop. Please enter the total number of days of the workshop/training you have undergone before. If you have not gone through any such workshop/training before, please choose 0 days

Count of  '0 days'   :    13
Count of  '1 day'   :    0
Count of  '2-4 days'   :    0
Count of  '5-7 days'   :    0
Count of  'Above 7 days'   :    0




5. How would you rate your level of knowledge in using Synfig Studio before and after the workshop?





6. Rate your effort in order to solve the screening task.





7. Rate your experience in using Spoken Tutorial to learn Synfig Studio. Kindly provide the response that describes your views





8. Using these tutorials, were you able to learn the following concepts? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "extremely useful" and 5 implies "totally useless".)





9. Rate your experience in understanding and following live demonstration of Synfig Studio features during the interactive session of the workshop. (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "extremely easy to understand and follow" and 5 implies "extremely difficult to understand and follow".)





10. Rate your experience in performing the following assignments during the interactive session of the workshop. (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "extremely easy" and 5 implies "extremely difficult".)





11. Rate the following aspects of the workshop





12. Select the response that describes your views/responses





13. Would you be interested in volunteering to be a TA for the beginner workshop on Synfig Studio on 7 November 2020 (9.30 AM to 5.30 PM)

Count of  'Yes'   :    9
Count of  'No'   :    4




14. Did you register yourself on the Spoken Tutorial Forums as asked in the guideline email sent before the workshop?

Count of  'Yes'   :    9
Count of  'No'   :    4




15. Did you post questions on the Spoken Tutorial Forum during the workshop?

Count of  'Yes'   :    2
Count of  'No'   :    11




16. Did you answer anybody's questions on the Spoken Tutorial Forum during the workshop?

Count of  'Yes'   :    0
Count of  'No'   :    13




17. Were your doubts already answered in the Spoken Tutorial Forum?

Count of  'I did not refer to the Spoken Tutorial Forum'   :    2
Count of  'Yes my doubt was already posted on the Forum by somebody and it was also answered'   :    3
Count of  'My question was not posted on the Forum'   :    4
Count of  'I did not have any doubts'   :    4




18. Select the response that describes your views/responses regarding the Spoken Tutorial (ST) Forum





19. What aspect(s) about the ST Forum did you like the most?


Clears doubt


Almost all topics are available


If you have any queries then it can be easily resolved by experts


Immediate response to question


Khushalsingh Rajput session


Live session of the forum was the best part of the total workshop. But I need to make heavy practice to command over this software. Thank you all the professors and trainers to teach us to improve our skills


knowledge sharing is easy


Motivated Team for Instructors


okay


Tutorials and assignments


Information sharing


Not used till now.


I can post my doubts and can seek expert solutions.





20. What aspect(s) about the ST Forum did you dislike the most?


Nothing


Had difficulty in searching the required topic


Not applicable


nothing in particular


Nothing


Lunch time was too short


na


Seem to be bit fast paced.


nothing


some online demonstrations were not up to mark particularly without assignment.


Nothing


Not used till now.


I like it and appreciate it.





21. We have provided you Synfig Studio Spoken Tutorials and many other learning materials in this workshop. What else is required for you to conduct a similar workshop in your institution by yourself?





22. In what way do you plan to use Synfig Studio after learning the advanced features in this workshop.


To create animation


Some kind of animations can be created for Online Teaching Process


I will use in in my teaching and learning


To develop teaching material


Teaching


college work


Developing some animation to explain concepts to students.


Exploring to use for academic purpose.


For making animation videos and making teaching more interesting.





23. What aspect(s) did you like most about the workshop?


Everything explained properly


Spoken Tutorials


Hands on session and assignments


Hands on session


what I aspect I got


teaching faculty


home assignment and self study.


Self learning aspects.





24. What aspect(s) did you dislike most about the workshop?


It was a bit fast at the beginning


The Online tutorials were bit too fast as per the time constraints..


They should give more information and purpose of tools


Some of the live sessions appeared to be conducted impromptu, giving little discomfort


Nothing


little bit fast


less contact hours.


No. of days should be increased for interactions.





25. Have you visited our website FOCAL (https://focal.fossee.in)?

Count of  'Yes'   :    8
Count of  'No'   :    3




26. Any suggestions for improvement


Some more time can be given for Assignments during interaction session


They should give more information and purpose of tools


Overall an excellent workshop. More planning for some live sessions will make it better.


It should be of more days 3 hours day like


Very good support from the team. Keep it up.


Thanks to entire Synfig Team for this wonderful workshop. Some examples can also be added related to basic courses related to 1st year of engineering.


More detailed tutorials need to be uploaded.