The Lost Museum - User Survey

YOU

Your occupation: (Required)

Student:
High School
Undergraduate
Graduate Student

Gender:
M
F

Age:

YOUR VISIT

Date you visited The Lost Museum web site

How did you learn about this web site?
Search engine
Link from another site
Teacher
Word of mouth
Other

If you learned about this site from your teacher please provide
department and course name

Which Operating system did you use?
Windows 98
Windows XP
Macintosh
Other

Which browser did you use to visit The Lost Museum?
Internet Explorer
Netscape
Firefox
Mozilla
Safari
Other

How did you connect to the web?
dial up (56k modem)
DSL or Cable
T1 line or higher

How much time did you spend looking at The Lost Museum?
under 30 minutes
30-60 minutes
60-90 minutes
more than 90 minutes

Which museum rooms did you visit?

Waxworks Room:
Yes
No

Picture Gallery:
Yes
No

Barnum's office:
Yes
No

Lecture Room:
Yes
No

Did you work on solving the mystery of "Who Burned Down the Museum?"
Yes
No

if yes, were you assigned this by a teacher or did you make the decision on your own?
Teacher's assignment
My decision

Did you look at any primary documents in the Archive?
Yes
No

Did you use the search?
Yes
No

Resources you used:
Teaching Activity
Essay
Timeline
Bird's-eye view of lower Manhattan

Did you encounter any technical difficulties?
Yes
No

Please explain:

GENERAL:

Please circle your answer using a 1-5 rating scale.
1 = not at all, 5 = very much.

Do you think this is an effective website?
1
2
3
4
5

Do you think this is a useful way to present historical material?
1
2
3
4
5

Was the virtual museum an interesting visual and spatial experience?
1
2
3
4
5

Did the web site convey a sense of another time and place?
1
2
3
4
5

Did you appreciate the design and look of the overall site?
1
2
3
4
5

Did you learn anything new?
1
2
3
4
5

How informative was each section?

Museum:
1
2
3
4
5

Archive:
1
2
3
4
5

Classroom:
1
2
3
4
5

How difficult or easy did you find the essays and document introductions? (1=easy 5= difficult)
1
2
3
4
5

Were the instructions clear?
1
2
3
4
5

How helpful was the site's overall navigation?
1
2
3
4
5

Did you move between rooms
using the floor maps
by clicking from one room to another
both

Overall, how would you rate this site?
1
2
3
4
5

WHO BURNED DOWN THE MUSEUM?

Did the mystery successfully transmit new information to you?
1
2
3
4
5

Did you find the mystery enjoyable?
1
2
3
4
5

Were the mystery’s instructions clear?
1
2
3
4
5

Rate the mystery's navigation. Were you able to go where you wanted to go?
1
2
3
4
5

How would you rate the notebook feature of the mystery?
1
2
3
4
5

Were the notebook instructions clear?
1
2
3
4
5

Do you feel that you used the notebook successfully?
1
2
3
4
5

Please share some of what you learned while trying to solve the mystery?

How much time do you estimate you spent on the Mystery section?
under 30 minutes
30-60 minutes
60-90 minutes
more than 90 minutes

What do you think optimal time would be?

Given the time you had to do the mystery, did you feel that you made progress?

Did you collect enough clues to accuse a suspect and see final movie?

FINAL THOUGHTS

Will you return to The Lost Museum web site?
definitely
probably
maybe
no

Closing comments – everyone please answer:

Any other comments/thoughts

Any suggestions


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