MediaandOnlineUsageQuestionnaire

PurposeDearU3AMemberDigitaltechnologyisall-pervasive.Itsuseisreshapingallsectorsofsocietyandthewaysindividualsandgroupsinteractintheircommunities.Changeisrapidandon-going.SomeU3ABendigomembers’workandlifeexperienceshaveequippedthemtoenjoythebenefitsofdigitaltechnologies.Othersseekthesameenjoyment,buttheyarecon-fusedbytheoptions;apprehensiveaboutrisks;haveoldequipmentthatnolongerworks;haveacquiredequipmentbutcan’tworkit;orsimplydonotknowwheretostart.TheCommitteeiscommittedtoassistingmembersenjoythebenefitsofnewinfor-mationandcommunicationtechnologies.WehaveaskedourrecentlyformedTechnolo-gyAdvisoryGrouptoprepareaquestionnairetofindoutwhatmemberswant.Acopyofthequestionnaireandastamped-addressenvelopehasbeenmailedtoeverymember.Wehopememberswilltelluswhatmediaandonlineactivitiestheyengageinandwhattechnologyrelatedcourses,activitiesandfacilitiestheywouldlikeU3Atopro-vide.Weintendtousethereturnstoplansomeofour2016coursesandactivities.Wewillusetheinformationgatheredto:

• planactivities,coursesandfacilitiesthatwillhelpmembersenjoythebenefitsofthedigitalage;

• obtainfeedbackfrommembersonthetechnologyactivitiesandfacilitiesU3Aof-fers;

• IdentifyadditionalactivitiesorfacilitiesU3Amightofferinthefuture;• identifymemberswhoareableandwillingtosharetheirtechnologyskillsand

knowledgewithothermembers.WewilldevelopasummaryreportandpublishitinTheBUZZ.ThesummaryinformationwillbeusedtosupportU3ABendigograntsubmissions.Yourpersonaldetailsarenotrequired.Yourprivacyisguaranteed.WehopeyouwillcompletetheMediaandOnlineUsageQuestionnaire.Welookforwardtoreceivingyourresponse.Themoreweknowaboutthetechnologyneedsofthemem-bers,thebetterwecanprovidetailoredservicesforyou.Pleasereturnthecompletedquestionnaireviapostinthestamped-addressedenvelope,orplaceitintheQuestionnaireBoxinthekitchenatStMary’s,byFriday23rdOctober2015. Thank you, U3A Bendigo Committee of Management

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Pleasetickeverystatementthatappliestoyou.Ifyourequireassistancetocompletethequestionnaire,

pleasecontactacommitteemember.Pleasereturnthecompletedquestionnairebypostinthestamped-addressedenvelopeorplaceitintheQuestionnaireBoxintheKitchenatStMary’sbyFriday23rdOctober2015

Notes

Onlineactivitymeanstheuseoftheinternetfromcomputers,phones,tablePCsetc.tosendandreceiveemails,searchforinformation,shop,dobanking,purchaseanddownloadmediafiles,etc..Mediafilesaredigitalcopiesofimages,audiorecordings,orvideorecordings.Theycanbestoredonharddisks,USBdrives,memorycards,etc.Theycanbeplayedbackbycom-puters,smartTVs,mediaplayers,tabletPCs,smartphonesetc.AustralianCopyrightLawallowsformatshift-ingofsoundrecordings.OwnersofAudioTapesandCDscanlegallymakeonecopyofaworkforprivate,domesticplaybackonanoth-erdevice.

Section1.

MediaUsageIoccasionallyplay:001!LPrecords002!AudioCassettetapes003!VideoCassettetapes004!AudioCDs005!DVDs006!BluRaydiscs007!AudioFiles008!VideoFiles009!______________________________________AudiofileconversionIhaveconverted:010!Tapes/LPtrackstomediafiles011!AudioCDstomediafiles012!Mediafilestootherformats013!______________________________________

ComputerUsageIuse:014!adesktopcomputer015!alaptop/notebookcomputer016!atabletcomputer

017!Iuseacomputerwithassistance018!Iamacompetentcomputeruser019!_____________________________________FrequencyofUseIuseacomputer020!Regularly021!Infrequently022!_____________________________________FamiliaritywithComputerSystemsIuse:023!aWindowsComputer024!aMacintoshComputer025!aLinuxComputer026!_____________________________________U3ABendigoComputerGroups027!IhaveattendedU3ABendigoCom-

putercourses028!IhaveattendedU3ABendigoCom-

puterUserGroupsessions029!_____________________________________InternetUsage030!Ibrowsetheinternetwhensearch-

ingforinformation031!Iuseemail032!Ipaybillsanddobankingonline033!Icheckmanufacturerssitesand

productreviewswhenmakingpur-chasingdecisions

034!Ichecktheinternettocomparepricespriortomakingpurchases

035!Ipurchaseitemsfromonlinestores

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036!Iusetheinternettobookaccommo-dation/airlineflights/ticketstoevents.

037!IuseFacebook038!IuseTwitter039!IuseSkype040!_____________________________________041!Iwouldliketoaccesstheinternet

butdonotknowhowMobilePhoneUsage042!Iuseamobilephone043!Isendandreceivetextmessageson

myphone044!_____________________________________SmartPhoneAppsUsage045!Isendandreceiveemailsonmy

phone046!Ilistentomusicfilesonmyphone047!Ilistentoradiostationsonmyphone048!Itakephotoswithmyphone049!Ichecktheweatherforecastonmy

phone050!Ichecksportsscoresonmyphone051!Iaccessstreetmapsonmyphone052!_____________________________________053!_____________________________________DigitalCameraUsage054!Iuseadigitalcamera055!Iprintselectedphotosathome056!Igetphotosprintedatastore057!Icreateflipalbumsfromphotos058!IdisplayphotosonaTV059!Idisplayphotosonacomputer060!IdisplayphotosinaDigitalPhoto

Frame061!IburnphotostoCD/DVD062!Imakeshortvideos/films063!_____________________________________ImageandDocumentScanning064!Ihavescannedphotosandslides065!Ihavescanneddocuments066!_____________________________________

VideoandComputerGamesUsage067!Iuseavideogameconsole068!Iplaycomputergamesorsimula-

tions069!_____________________________________EbookUsageandeBookPurchases070!Ihaveanebookreader071!Ipurchaseebooks072!IborroweBooksfromaLibrary073!_____________________________________OnlinePurchasesandSubscriptions074!Ipurchasemusiconline075!Ipurchasevideosonline076!Isubscribetoanonlinenewspaper077!Isubscribetoanonlinemagazine078!_____________________________________FreeMediaStreamingServiceUsage079!Idonotknowwhatmediastream-

ingis080!Iuseacomputertostreammedia081!Iuseasmartphone/atabletPCto

streammedia082!IuseasmartTVtostreammedia083!IhaveaccessedprogramsfromABC

iViewand/orSBSOnDemand084!_____________________________________Video-on-DemandSubscriptions085!IdonotknowwhataVideo-on-

demandserviceis086!IsubscribetoanonlineVideo-on-

demandservice087!_____________________________________OnlineSecurityConcerns088!IamawareofsecurityissuesandI

feelthatIamabletousetheInter-netsafely

089!Iamreluctanttogoonlinebecauseofsecurityconcerns

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090!Mycomputerhasbeen/iscompro-misedbyaviruscontractedwhileonline

091!Ihavebeencompromisedfinancial-lywhenmyonlineinformationwasobtainedbyothers

092!Ihaveneverbeencompromisedbyonlineactivity

093!_____________________________________

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U3ABendigoTechnologyActivities,FacilitiesandFutureDirections

094!IvisittheU3ABendigoWebsite095!IaccessTheBUZZonline096!IhavecorrespondedwithU3ABen-

digoviaemail097!IhaveaccessedU3ABendigo’sWiFi

networkatStMary’s098!Ihaveattendedactivitieswhere

U3ABendigo’sVideoProjectorisused

099!IhaveusedU3ABendigo’sVideoProjectortopresentinformationorplaymediatogroups

100!Ihaveusedmycomputertopreparecoursematerialforand/ortopre-sentmediatoU3ABendigogroups

101!IhaveusedmycomputertopreparedocumentsforU3ABendigo

102!_____________________________________103!_____________________________________IwouldlikeU3ABendigotoofferactivitieswhereIcouldlearnabout:Operatinga:104!Windowscomputer105!Macintoshcomputer106!Linuxcomputer107!______________________________108!Backingupthedataonmycomputer109!Establishinganinternetconnection110!SettingupaWiFiModem111!Onlinesecuritymeasures112!Browsingandsearchinginternetsites113!Sendingandreceivingemailsand

attachments

Usingsocialmedia114!Facebook115!Twitter116!Skype117!______________________________118!OperatingaSmartPhone

Model:________________________________119!OperatingaTabletPC

Model:________________________________120!OperatinganeBookReader121!OperatingaSmartTV122!OperatingaMediaPlayer123!OperatingaPortableMusicPlayer124!ConvertingTapesandCDstoaudio

filesandaccessingthefiles125!Editinganddisplayingdigitalphotos126!Convertingphotosandslidestodig-

italimages127!Scanningdocuments128!Downloadingcontentfrominternet

sites129!Accessingmediastreamingservices

suchasABCiViewandSBSOnDe-mand

130!AccessingPodcasts131!SubscribingtoaVideo-on-demand

service132!NetworkingcomputersandMedia

Equipment133!Storingmediafilesandaccessing

themfromthehomenetwork134!_______________________________________135!_______________________________________IwouldlikeU3ABendigotoofferthefol-lowingcourses/activities/facilities:136!_______________________________________137!_______________________________________138!_______________________________________

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WillingnesstoAssistIfyouwouldliketojoinTheTechnologyAdvisoryGroupandsharetechnologyskillsandknowledgewithothermembers,pleasecontactacommitteememberoremailusat:techgroup@u3abendigo.com