How do you use GitHub to support learning or teaching?

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If you use or have used GitHub to support learning and teaching at a university or college (in any way), we want to find out how you've used it, why and what difficulties you had.

We are Alexey Zagalsky, Noel Feliciano and Dr. Margaret-Anne Storey, researchers from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Victoria. Filling out the survey should take only about 10 minutes.

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General Questions

What is your teaching position? *

(e.g. Teaching Assitant, Lecturer)

How many students are or were in each class you taught using GitHub? *

If more than one, list all (e.g. 10,100). If not applicable please write NA

How many semesters have you used GitHub for educational purposes? *

e.g. 0, 1, 2...

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Uses of GitHub to support learning and teaching

I use GitHub as a submission platform:

Check all that apply.

For individual student assignments

For team projects

Other:

I use GitHub to host my course material as follows:

Check all that apply.

Course website (i.e. with GitHub pages)

Notes or slides presented in class

Syllabus

Wiki

Additional reading material

Course assignments

Other:

Students in my course have suggested improvements to the course material by using GitHub.

i.e. by submiting a Pull-Request or an Issue on GitHub

Yes

Other:

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I use GitHub for the following purposes:

Check all that apply.

Monitor student activity (progress, issues they have, or discussion among students)

Provide feedback to students

Share teaching material with other educators

Other:

I will use GitHub to support learning or teaching in my next course.

Yes

Other:

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Motivation and Benefits of Using GitHub

I use GitHub because it is a professional tool students should be familiar with.

Allowing students learn relevant skills and tools.

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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I use GitHub because it is easier or simpler than other systems used at my university.

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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I use GitHub because it is free for academic use.

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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I use GitHub because it allows for reuse and sharing of teaching material and knowledge.

Strongly Disagree

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I use GitHub because it is used by my colleagues or other educators.

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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I use GitHub because it allows for transparency of activities among students.

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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I use GitHub because it facilitates collaboration, discussion and participation among students.

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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I use GitHub because it helps to evaluate students' performance.

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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I use GitHub because of the technical support provided by GitHub.

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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Challenges and Difficulties of Using GitHub

Technical difficulties that I experienced have limited (or prevented) my use of GitHub.

Technical difficulties, e.g. understanding how Git works

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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Technical difficulties that MY STUDENTS experienced have limited (or prevented) my use of GitHub.

Technical difficulties, e.g. understanding how Git works

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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External restrictions have limited (or prevented) my use of GitHub.

e.g. a university's policy, or regional publishing rights

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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Privacy concerns arose when using GitHub for teaching and learning.

e.g. student complaints, or privacy settings were lacking or unclear

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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Managing a large number of students or projects has limited (or prevented) my use of GitHub.

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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I would appreciate having access to a knowledge base of shared practices on how to use GitHub for education.

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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Do you have any suggestions on how GitHub can be improved to better support learning and teaching?

Would you like to add or comment about anything else?

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