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Feedback form for Scilab Workshop on 7 October 2020

Dear Participant,
We thank you for attending the Scilab workshop on 7 Oct. 2020. 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!

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Questions marked with are mandatory

1A. Your background:

Faculty in a College
Lab Assistant/ Lab Staff member
Research Scholars/PhD Student
Student (B.E/B.Tech/B.Sc/Any other bachelor's degree)
Student (M.E/M.Tech/M.Sc/Any other Master's degree)
Working Professional
Other

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

Questions related to the Scilab background

2A. Do you use any numerical computation software (Other than Scilab) in your college/Institute/Organisation?

Yes
No

2B. If the answer to the above question is Yes, please let us know the name of the software (Other than Scilab) in your college/organization.

Octave
Julia
Python - NumPy. etc.
Sage Math
Mathematica
Matlab
Other

2C. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:

3. For how long have you been using the above-mentioned numerical computation software? (If NO, then please select the option 'Never used before'.)

Never used before
less than 1 year
less than 3 years
less than 5 years
more than 5 years

4A. Do you already use Scilab in your college/Institute/Organisation?

Yes
No
Not sure

4B. If the answer is "Yes" to the above question, in what way do you use? Please select all the relevant options.

Course work - class or lab
Research
Consultancy
Other

4C. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:

5A. Why would you like to learn Scilab?

For course work - class or lab
For research
Consultancy
Other

5B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:

6. Before today's workshop, have you attended any other Scilab 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.

0 days
1 day
2-4 days
5-7 days
Above 7 days

Questions related to the workshop

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

	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither Disagree Nor Agree	Agree	Strongly Agree
Tutorials are well made and self-explanatory
Tutorials need improvement
Various aspects are unclear and need further explanation
Some concepts were unclear but I could follow the tutorial
I learnt a lot using Spoken Tutorials

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".)

	1 (extremely useful)	2	3	4	5 (totally useless)	6 (Not applicable)
How to use Scilab
Vector and Matrix Operations
Conditional branching
Scripts and functions
Iterations
Plotting 2D graphs
Concept of Xcos

9. Did the assignments help you understand the associated topic?

Yes
No

10. Please explain your answer to the previous question

11. Did you find the TA's help useful?

Yes
No

12. Rate the following aspects of the workshop:

	Excellent	Good	Acceptable	Bad	Extremely bad
Quality of instructional material presented to you
Learning through Spoken Tutorials and classroom sessions
Discussion on practice problem
Quality of the online workshop overall

13. How would you rate your level of knowledge in using Scilab before and after the workshop?

	Novice	Amateur	Competent	Proficient	Expert
Before the workshop
After the workshop

14. Select the response that describes your views/responses regarding the format of the workshop:

	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither Disagree Nor Agree	Agree	Strongly Agree
I am happy with the format of this workshop
There were too many students in my classroom
Even if some people will be denied admission it is better to have less number of participants in the workshop
Given that this project has to work for self sufficiency it is better to charge a larger fee and conduct workshop with smaller number of students
I liked the classroom break-up format

15. Select the response that describes your overall view of the workshop:

	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither Disagree Nor Agree	Agree	Strongly Agree
The workshop exposed me to new knowledge and practices.
I did not learn much from this workshop
I will recommend my friends and colleagues to use Scilab
I will recommend my friends and colleagues to attend similar workshops

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

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

Questions related to the Spoken Tutorial Forum

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

Yes
No

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

Yes
No

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

Yes
No

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

I did not refer to the Spoken Tutorial Forum
Yes my doubt was already posted on the Forum by somebody and it was also answered
My question was not posted on the Forum
I did not have any doubts

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

	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither Disagree Nor Agree	Agree	Strongly Agree
Discussion on the ST Forum will be useful even after the workshop
Answers on the ST Forum will be available also to those who do not attend this workshop
Forum based support by the FOSSEE team will be useful if you decide to conduct a workshop using Spoken Tutorials
Your answers on the ST Forum will provide recognition of your capabilities
I will recommend my friends and colleagues to use the Spoken Tutorial Forum

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

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

General

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

	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neither Disagree Nor Agree	Agree	Strongly Agree
(a) Remote help of a FOSSEE expert (b) Spoken Tutorial Forum support
Spoken Tutorial Forum support alone is enough
I don't need any other help

26A. Check all the activities of the FOSSEE Scilab team that you will be interested to participate in.

Scilab Lab migration
Simulink to Xcos migration
Scilab textbook companion
Xcos textbook companion
Conducting workshops using the instructional material created by the Scilab team
Going through research papers and identifying case studies that could be simulated in Scilab/Xcos
Other

26B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:

27. Suggestions for improvement or any other suggestions.