Each year ITS participates in the Student Satisfaction Surveys administered by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning. In 2013 questions were asked about the Carleton’s wireless network and access to student lab software.
The importance of universal wireless coverage at Carleton to improve my overall learning experience is:
- Very important – 75.3%
- Important – 19.7%
- Moderately Important – 4.7%
- Of little importance – 0.4%
99% of Carleton students identified that it is important for them to have universal wireless coverage.
Overall experience with the Campus Wireless Network:
- 2013 – 5.9 (out of 10)
- 2011 – 6.6 (out of 10)
The importance of accessing the software contained in the Public Student Labs (e.g. SPSS, SAS, MS Office, Visual Studio) from anywhere, at any time and from most devices (e.g. laptops, tablets, desktops) to improve my overall learning experience is:
- Very important – 53.9%
- Important – 27.8%
- Moderately Important – 10.7%
- Of little importance – 7.7%
More than 90% indicated that it is important for them to gain Internet access to software applications such as SPSS, SAS, MatLab and Maple, that are now only available in public student labs.
Learn more about wireless at Carleton. Learn more about student computer labs.