Speaking from experience//Questionnaires

As part of my research i wanted to get real evidence to support the concept that i am going to be doing/creating for this brief.

To start off with i wrote a questionnaire for college students about starting university and asking questions to suggest the sort of information they would like to receive and in what way to present it. I have posted this out over social networking websites and contacted my old college to ask them to fill in the survey too.

The questions:

Results

1. When starting university would you like to have any of these on offer from the university?

- information about the uni                                               22%

- information about resources

- something to help you get around uni                            44%

- something to help you in your studies                            44 %

- something relevant to living away from home                33%

- something about the area/town you will be living in      66%

2.What kind of information would you like to be given?

- advice                     44%

- informative             33%

- light hearted           11%

- facts                        44%

- general                    66%

- tips                          66%

3.How would you like the information to be presented?

- welcome pack style                                           77%

- booklet 

- poster                                                                 33%

- A physical 3d object                                          22%

- something you have to build yourself

- something that can be used on a daily basis       55%

4. Would you like the information to be presented visually or text based?

- visual            66%

- text                66%

5.Would you like the information to be something in which you can decorate your room with as well as having a purpose to it?

- yes        66%

- no          44%

So from this survey i have take away the following:

The concept should be around:

- the area to be lived in - Leeds

- something to help in studies

- something to help get around LCA

The type of information should be:

- general help

- tips

- facts

- advice

The concept should be presented:

- in welcome pack

- something to use everyday

It should be both visual and have text

Something that could be used with accommodation room - to decorate?

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I also did a survey to ask my everyone on our course to see how they felt when they first started LCA

The questions for this were:

Results:

1. When you first moved to leeds, what were you thinking/ feeling?

2. When you first started LCA, what were you thinking/feeling?

3. After settling into LCA and starting your course, how did you feel?