Evaluation

From 2006.igem.org

The idea of this questionnaire is to gather information and opinions about iGEM 2006 in order to make iGEM 2007 more successful.

Open issues:

• Is it a good idea to do an evaluation?
• We need to have a small number of good questions...
• We need a way to evaluate the questions. Our idea is to give 1 to 5 points (1 for 'worst' and 5 for 'best')
• We need to decide who the evaluation is meant for (instructors or students or both? Have a different form for instructors and students?
• How do we deliver the questions? (Online form? Printed versions?)
• Do we do the evaluation before or after the jamboree?

Contents 1 Suggested Questions 1.1 General experience 1.2 Ambassador Program 1.2.1 Visits 1.2.2 Ambassadors 1.2.3 Service and Availability 1.2.4 General remarks 1.3 iGEM central organization 1.4 Registry and Biobrick Delivery 1.5 Wiki

Suggested Questions

General experience

• In general, was iGEM a good experience?
• Does iGEM help to get to know the field of Synthetic Biology?
• How many of your team members are considering an academic future in the field of Synthetic Biology?
• General remarks

Ambassador Program

Visits

• How many did you have?
• How many ambassadors were there? Which ambassadors?
• How long was the visit?
• Was the visit useful?
• Was the visit needed?

Ambassadors

• Was the ambassador ‘engagiert’ (dedicated?)?
• Was the ambassador ‘kompetent’ (competent?)? (biologically, engineering, iGEM-organisation)
• Did you feel you had a enjoyable relationship with your ambassador (personally/professionally)

Service and Availability

Were questions answered in time by the ambassadors? Did you get help with administrative issues quickly (e.g. visa)?

General remarks

iGEM central organization

• Have you received sufficient information during the summer competition (mails, wiki, ambassadors)? Too much?
• Were you informed in time?
• Were your questions answered in time? (questions to MIT, not ambassadors)
• Were the answers to your questions useful? (questions MIT, not ambassadors)
• Did you find the information needed on the iGEM Web Page?

Registry and Biobrick Delivery

• Was the Registry easy to use?
• Was the registry well documented?
• Does the registry offer the appropriate tools?
• Was useful help available? On the web page? By FAQs? By asking the ambassadors or the Registry people?
• (more questions on specific features/bugs/shortcomings) standard assembly, search functions, part pages, ...
• Were the biobricks delivered at the right time?
• Were the biobricks well documented?
• Did you get help with questions about the BioBricks?

Wiki

• Did you use the iGEM Wiki or your own Wiki?
• Did you use the Wiki from the start? When dod you start using it?
• For what purposes did you use the Wiki? Team communication/organization, Project documentation, Information source for outsiders (media, sponsors)
• Do you think that having a basic structure prepared would have made it easier to start using the Wiki?
• Did you visit other team’s Wikis?
• Do you think a Wiki is a useful tool for iGEM?