Portfolio Building pilot survey

1. What is your role?

Trainee
Trainer/Assessor/Teacher
Manager

2. Please give an indication of your previous NVQ-style portfolio-building experience.

Never produced a portfolio before
Produced a portfolio a long time ago
I'm just starting to produce my first portfolio
I've been working on my current portfolio for a while
I have completed a portfolio before
I am confident about how to produce portfolios
I guide trainees to produce their portfolios

3. Were you clear what to expect after reading the text before the first episode?

4. How might the introductory text be improved?

5. Did you find the format of the training resource (the single webpage and downloadable workbook) easy to use?

Yes
No

6. Please feel free to add improvement comments about the formatting of the resource, perhaps using the questions below as a guide.
• What were the issues you encountered?
• How might the webpage be improved?
• How might the workbook be improved?

7. What was your reaction to the approach taken with the video material?

I found the animations irritating
They were fine
They were enjoyable to watch
I can still remember some of the images that accompanied the important points

8. There are many different portfolio formats, and awarding bodies are free to design their forms in any way they choose.
To what extent were you able to relate our four forms to those in your own portfolio?

I found your forms confusing as they are so different from mine
The forms were different, but I could see how they related to mine
The forms and narration made it very clear how to complete the ones in my portfolio

9. Were there any sections of the training that were not clear? If so, what were they and how might we resolve this?

10. How might the videos be improved?

11. What are your thoughts on the inclusion of the transcript of the narration?

It made the webpage and workbook too long.
I didn't use it
I didn't use it, but it was good that it was there.
It was useful to be able to read certain sections a second or third time
It will be useful to refer back to without having to watch the videos again

12. This question is for users with little or no experience of portfolio building:

Are you now confident about how to build a portfolio?

No
I think so, but won't know until I start building my own
Yes

13. This question is for experienced assessors:

How likely are you to use this free training resource with your own trainees?

I won't
Unlikely, as I have my own approach
I may use it to supplement my own approach
I may use it, but would need to look at it again to make a final decision
I will definitely use it with my own trainees

14. All of the questions so far have been looking for improvement comments. If you have more improvements to mention, then please do so here. However, we would also be extremely grateful for any positive comments too please. Could you also add roughly how long it took to complete the resource.

15. Please add your name, organisation and contact details if you would like to be notified when the resource is made public.

Please note, we will never give your details to any other organisation – ever.

Thank you very much, from Tony and the development team. We really appreciate the time you've taken to help us get this resource right.

Tony Davis
Director
Centre for Creative Quality Improvement
tony@ccqi.org.uk

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