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Participants attendance and withdrawal were recorded throughout the course. Fig. \ref{371013} demonstrates participants’ attendance and withdrawal patterns, in regard to the course modules and data collection points.
Prior to the beginning of the course participants addressed their interests via the application form.
Fig. 4 illustrates IBT participants’ perspective on the course, on a labeled five-point scale from very uncomfortable to very comfortable. The data is a combination from the initial, mid-course and final surveys. The participants were asked whether they had a prior familiarity with the modules on the initial survey. On the mid-course survey they were questioned if the modules content were appropriate. On the final survey they reported their satisfaction with the modules and if they met their expectations. An average of the participants’ answers in the six IBT modules (Database and Resources, Linux, Sequence Alignment, Multiple Sequence Alignment, Genomics and Phylogenetics) have been taken. The six modules individual graphs of participants’ responses are listed in the appendix.
The students were asked about different aspects of course logistics via mid and last surveys. The picture depicts students answers for selected logistics (Asking/Answering question in Vula forum/chat, Networking with others from other locations, Networking with others from your classroom, Submission of assignments to Vula) at the mid (dotted lines) and end (solid lines) of the course. The questions were given 5 levels describing how much they were comfortable with a selected item.