Survey on State and Local Records Management Online Classes

1. What type of organization do you work for? *This question is required.

• Texas State Agency (e.g., Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Education Agency)
• Texas Local Government (e.g., city, county, school)
• Other (non-Texas government, private entity, etc.)

2. What is your role? *This question is required.

• Records Management Officer
• Records Manager or Records Liaison
• Other records management staff
• IT Department
• Legal/Compliance/Risk Management
• Other (required) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

3. What type of training have you used on this site? (Check all that apply)

• Self-paced courses (i.e., Introduction to Records Management)
• Archived webinars (i.e., Email Management Webinar)
• I have not used any training on this site
• Other (required) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection. * This question is required.

Why have you not participated in any online courses?

• I did not know online training was available
• Not enough topics of interest
• Online course system hard to use/navigate
• Other (required) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

What device do you primarily use to access our training content?

• Desktop or laptop computer
• Android tablet
• Android phone
• iPad
• iPhone
• Other (required) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

How can we improve our self-paced courses? (Rank in order of preference, with 1 being most preferred and 5 being least preferred) Note: for the following table each column is restricted to a single answer across all rows.

	1	2	3	4	5
Incorporate pre-recorded screencasts or videos (for example, in addition to reading text pages, the student would watch a short pre-recorded narrated PowerPoint presentation)	Rank Incorporate pre-recorded screencasts or videos (for example, in addition to reading text pages, the student would watch a short pre-recorded narrated PowerPoint presentation) as 1 out of 5	Rank Incorporate pre-recorded screencasts or videos (for example, in addition to reading text pages, the student would watch a short pre-recorded narrated PowerPoint presentation) as 2 out of 5	Rank Incorporate pre-recorded screencasts or videos (for example, in addition to reading text pages, the student would watch a short pre-recorded narrated PowerPoint presentation) as 3 out of 5	Rank Incorporate pre-recorded screencasts or videos (for example, in addition to reading text pages, the student would watch a short pre-recorded narrated PowerPoint presentation) as 4 out of 5	Rank Incorporate pre-recorded screencasts or videos (for example, in addition to reading text pages, the student would watch a short pre-recorded narrated PowerPoint presentation) as 5 out of 5
Incorporate live webinars (for example, in addition to reading text pages, the student would join a live webinar each week)	Rank Incorporate live webinars (for example, in addition to reading text pages, the student would join a live webinar each week) as 1 out of 5	Rank Incorporate live webinars (for example, in addition to reading text pages, the student would join a live webinar each week) as 2 out of 5	Rank Incorporate live webinars (for example, in addition to reading text pages, the student would join a live webinar each week) as 3 out of 5	Rank Incorporate live webinars (for example, in addition to reading text pages, the student would join a live webinar each week) as 4 out of 5	Rank Incorporate live webinars (for example, in addition to reading text pages, the student would join a live webinar each week) as 5 out of 5
Incorporate a weekly “discussion forum” that would enable all enrolled participants to talk to a live instructor about the class	Rank Incorporate a weekly “discussion forum” that would enable all enrolled participants to talk to a live instructor about the class as 1 out of 5	Rank Incorporate a weekly “discussion forum” that would enable all enrolled participants to talk to a live instructor about the class as 2 out of 5	Rank Incorporate a weekly “discussion forum” that would enable all enrolled participants to talk to a live instructor about the class as 3 out of 5	Rank Incorporate a weekly “discussion forum” that would enable all enrolled participants to talk to a live instructor about the class as 4 out of 5	Rank Incorporate a weekly “discussion forum” that would enable all enrolled participants to talk to a live instructor about the class as 5 out of 5
Add more links to further training/reading	Rank Add more links to further training/reading as 1 out of 5	Rank Add more links to further training/reading as 2 out of 5	Rank Add more links to further training/reading as 3 out of 5	Rank Add more links to further training/reading as 4 out of 5	Rank Add more links to further training/reading as 5 out of 5
Add “homework” that would be graded by an instructor	Rank Add “homework” that would be graded by an instructor as 1 out of 5	Rank Add “homework” that would be graded by an instructor as 2 out of 5	Rank Add “homework” that would be graded by an instructor as 3 out of 5	Rank Add “homework” that would be graded by an instructor as 4 out of 5	Rank Add “homework” that would be graded by an instructor as 5 out of 5

4. We are considering presenting some of our self-paced online courses as facilitated (instructor-led) online courses. Students would enroll for a set period of time (for example, 4 weeks) and would be required to complete short homework assignments to receive credit for the course. The course would be led by a TSLAC Government Information Analyst, who would hold weekly webinars or discussion forums to interact with students. Would you be interested in attending an online facilitated course?

• Yes
• No (comment optional) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

Would you or your institution pay for a facilitated course?

• Yes; able to pay $20-$60 for 4 week course ($5-$15 per week of instruction)
• Yes; able to pay $64-$100 for 4 week course ($16-$25 per week of instruction)
• Yes; able to pay more than $100 for 4 week course
• No; we would not be able/willing to pay for a facilitated course
• Other (required) Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

Which courses would you most like to see presented as a facilitated course? (Select all that apply)

• Introduction to Records Management
• Managing Electronic Records
• Archival Records Basics
• Emergency Preparedness
• Other Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

7. How likely would you be to use a discussion forum, available at all times, that would allow you to converse with other government records managers in Texas?

• Very likely
• Somewhat likely
• Neutral
• Somewhat unlikely
• Very unlikely