Updated 7 October 2021
A much better starting point is here:
HPC-in-a-day Pre-workshop Survey
HPC Carpentry is an unofficial, Carpentries-style suite of materials intended to ease the adoption of high-performance computing resources. We welcome feedback of all kinds, and look forward to seeing you on our screens.
Thank you for volunteering to take part in our research study, which is about understanding the effectiveness of our workshops. To participate in the study, you will complete a short survey about your skills and perspectives related to our workshop content before and after your workshop. Depending on your location, the survey will be 16-18 questions long and will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete.
Your responses will be recorded anonymously. Additionally, you will be asked to create a unique identifier. This identifier will be confidential to you and will help us compare your results with the post-survey. Your anonymous and aggregate responses will be shared with workshop Coordinator, Instructors, Helpers, and the HPC Carpentry Steering Committee for the purpose of understanding the learners' experiences, improving future workshops and providing in-depth feedback to allow Instructors to reflect their teaching strategies.
There are no direct risks or benefits to you from filling out this survey, and no compensation. We hope to use these results to improve workshops for future learners.
You are not required to take this survey to participate in our workshop. You may quit the survey at any time or skip any item other than those required to correctly sort your responses.
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The code combines the date (YYYY-MM-DD) and location of the workshop. It is everything after the final "/" in the URL of your workshop.
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What is the name of the machine or cluster of machines you will be discussing?
This may be in the URL, or in the workshop announcement materials.
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Wirawan I wonder if anyone would use a Chromebook or a tablet to connect. An artifact from SwC is that they strongly recommend against using less-capable devices to do the workshops, because in many cases they want to install & run the software on that computer. However, with HPC Carpentry, it seems like a less capable device may be ok for working remotely (as long as there is a SSH client or a web browser in the case of Open OnDemand).
Can we think of a reason why we want to record the OS?
The following questions relate to your frequency of use and experience with various types of software.
Examples include ArcGIS/QGIS, SAS/SPSS, Solidworks/AutoCAD, ParaView/Mayavi/VisIT, etc.
Example languages include Python, R, C/C++, Java, etc.
Examples include SQL, Access, MongoDB, etc. We are excluding file-based data for the purpose of this question.
Examples include CVS, Git, Mercurial, Subversion, etc.
Usually accessed through Terminal on macOS or PowerShell on Windows.
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These questions are optional. If you prefer not to answer a question, skip it. Please rate your level of agreement with the following statements.
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Thank you very much for participating in this survey. We appreciate your input, which will help us to create a diverse, inclusive and welcoming event.
HPC Carpentry strives for a scientific computing community that is an inclusive and welcoming environment for all. In order to further this goal, we hope to understand the makeup of the community and the experiences of individuals within it. The data from this survey will help us to assess the diversity of our community.
We appreciate the time you have spent answering these questions. We will review your answers ahead of the workshop and keep them in mind as we prepare.
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Our long-term survey measures the impact our workshops are having on learners 6 months to a year after completing a Carpentries workshop. If you want to participate please click on the "Participate" button below.