Instructor: Please print this, and mail copies of your students' responses to Eric Martz, Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA 01003, USA. Please include a brief description of your course and the way you used Protein Explorer (www.proteinexplorer.org). This version of the form cannot be submitted electronically.

Name of class _______________________________     Name of school _________________________
Year & semester ________________

1. How much did Protein Explorer help you to learn and understand the principles of protein structure? A great deal A fair amount Some A little None 2. How easy did you find Protein Explorer to use? Very easy to use Easy enough to use, right away After I got used to it, easy enough Not easy enough to use Much too difficult to use 3. How much did you use Protein Explorer above and beyond what was required for this class? A great deal A fair amount Some A little None 4. In this class, how much total time did you actually spend using Protein Explorer on computer(s)? (Your responses are anonymous!) None (I only saw it in lectures) Less than one hour One to three hours Three to six hours More than six hours

5. How often do you think you'll use Protein Explorer to look at molecules discussed in future classes (even if using Protein Explorer is not assigned)? Very often Often Sometimes A Little Never 6. Before this course, how much experience did you have with software for visualizing protein or nucleic acid structure? (Please mention the specific software package(s) to the right of the checkboxes.) A great deal A fair amount Some A little None 7. Your comments about the use of Protein Explorer in this course, or for the author of Protein Explorer, may be added below.