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Producing Online Heritage Projects

Appendix A

Sample Planning Research Focus Group Evaluation Questionnaire

Proposed Product: Interactive Game on Trains

These questions were prepared as part of the production research during the planning phase. They are targeted at youth aged 9-12 years (grades 4-6).

The Topics

1) Have you ever taken a train?

Yes No

2) What comes to mind when you think of a train? You may indicate more than one option.

trip vacation transportation of merchandise locomotive

landscape mechanical rail toy

3) From the following topics, which one would you like to explore? You may choose two topics.

How a train works: today and in the past
Trades related to the train in Canada
To find out about the people who participated in building the railroad
The history of railroad construction in Canada
Architecture of the train station and the stationmaster's house, etc.
Other:

The Games

4) From the following four games, which do you like the best?

www.existing-game-website1.ca
www.existing-game-website2.ca
www.existing-game-website3.ca
www.existing-game-website4.ca

Why do you like it the best?

5) From the same four games, which do you like the least?

www.existing-game-website1.ca
www.existing-game-website2.ca
www.existing-game-website3.ca
www.existing-game-website4.ca

Why don't you like it?

The look of the game

6a) From the following games, which one do you like because of the pictures?

www.existing-game-website1.ca
www.existing-game-website2.ca
www.existing-game-website3.ca
www.existing-game-website4.ca

6b) What do you particularly like about this site?

the characters the colours the font the sound

7) View this site: www.existing-game-website4.ca/introflash
View the Flash version then the HTML version. Which of these do you like better?

Flash HTML

General Information

8) Are you:

a boy? a girl?

9) How old are you?

10) Do you have a computer at home?

Yes No If you answered no, go to question 13.

11) Do you have an Internet connection at home?

Yes No

12) If yes, what type of connection do you have?

Cable High Speed Telephone Modem I don't know

13) Why do you use the Internet?

games homework to chat email Other

14) Have you ever visited the "Name of Museum" Web site?

Yes No
If you answered no, go to this address: museum-website.ca then click on "sample section from museum Web site."

15) Would you return to "Name of Museum" Web site for fun?

Yes No

16) What is your favourite Internet game?

17) What is your favourite CD-ROM game?

Date Published: 2002-08-30
Last Modified: 2002-08-30